It was nearly two years ago that the first image from Stephen Frears‘ Lance Armstrong movie "The Program" arrived. since that time a number of festivals have come and gone where we might’ve expected it to show up, and when any movie is off the grid this long, one does begin to wonder about its quality. Today the first international trailer has arrived, and though it’s dubbed in German, it gives you an idea of the picture.
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Ben Foster takes the lead role as the disgraced cyclist in the story penned by John Hodge ("Trance," "The Beach," "Trainspotting") and based on David Walsh‘s book "Seven Deadly Sins: My Pursuit Of Lance Armstrong, about the journalist’s work in exposing Armstrong’s misdeeds. Yes, that’s Chris O’Dowd taking a dramatic co-starring role, with Guillaume Canet and Jesse Plemons among the cast as well.
"The Program" opens in Germany on October 8th and I presume U.S. release details will be coming soon. Watch below.
cant see it unless you sign in?
Why the sign in requirement?
Not impressed by Foster physical transformation: it’s not enough to dye your hair and make a d-bag face to look like Armstrong. I’m talking about not having at all a cyclist body! Foster legs, calves show that he never rode a bike in his life, and any superficial training he may have wasn’t enough. I hoped at least they would get someone who actually looks like a professional cyclist.
This is so Lifetime-y! No US distributor, rejected by Cannes and needed reshooting scenes after 2 years production ended…NO BUENO
That\’s a whole lot of negativity for a 1:40 trailer thats dubbed into a different language.
Keep up the good work indiewire hecklers
The yellow font is so classy.
If this movie gets a score higher than 1.5 on IMDB, then we really are the most stupid living creatures ever.
Jeez, sounds really bad. Like A LOT. Frears whould released this on Netflix or VOD, in theaters this will flop for sure.
His bulge in spandex is disappointingly small. That’s all I got for now.