The Toronto International Film Festival kicks off tomorrow, and so begins a flurry of activity, premieres, some movies that will surprise and others that will disappoint. One picture with the biggest question mark around it is Stephen Frears‘ "The Program." It’s been in the can for a while, but the premiere will take place this weekend, and the first two clips have arrived online.
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Ben Foster leads the movie as disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong, in this movie chronicling the champion’s fall from grace. In these two clips, we see him practice lying in the mirror about testing positive for using performance enhancing drugs, and then dancing around a question posed by journalist David Walsh, played by Chris O’Dowd.
"The Program" has been picked up for North American release by eOne. No release date has been set, though the picture opens in the U.K. and France on September 16th. Watch below.
This looks good! I don\’t know why so many people want this to be bad, but I see nothing but good casting, good acting, good cinematography and good directing. I like those scenes, let\’s hope the film\’s great.
This looks utterly dreadful. I predict reviews at TIFF are going to be savaging.
Compelling? All I see is a Lifetime movie with a straight to VOD US distributor.