The Program (2015 film)
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Country United Kingdom
France | 6.6/10 IMDb Director Stephen Frears Language English | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Release date September 2015 (2015-09) (TIFF) Based on Seven Deadly Sins
by David Walsh Tagline Champion. Hero. Legend. Cheat. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Program (working title Icon) is a 2015 biographical drama film about Lance Armstrong directed by Stephen Frears, starring Ben Foster as Armstrong and Chris O'Dowd as journalist David Walsh.
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- The program official international teaser trailer 1 2015 lee pace ben foster movie hd
- The program official international trailer 1 2015 ben foster chris o dowd movie hd
- Cast
- Development
- Casting
- Filming
- Box office
- Critical response
- References
The film is based on Walsh's book Seven Deadly Sins. It premiered at the 2015 Toronto International Film Festival on 14 September 2015 and was theatrically released in France on 16 September and the United Kingdom on 14 October.
The program official international trailer 1 2015 ben foster chris o dowd movie hd
Cast
Development
Screenwriter John Hodge has said that he primarily based his screenplay on Seven Deadly Sins, in addition to other journalism and affidavits from cyclists. Hodge says he ruled out using Armstrong's own accounts of his behavior during this period, and that scenes shown from Armstrong's perspective are fiction.
Casting
Lee Pace joined the cast in November 2013. Dustin Hoffman joined the cast in December 2013.
To better understand his role, Foster took performance enhancing drugs while shooting the film.
Filming
Principal photography began in October 2013.
Box office
The Program grossed $3 million worldwide. It was released for U.S. rental on DirecTV on 19 February 2016, with a theater release date on 18 March 2016.
Critical response
On Rotten Tomatoes, the film has a rating of 59%, based on 94 reviews, with an average rating of 5.5/10. The site's critical consensus reads, "Ben Foster's impressive efforts to channel Lance Armstrong are often enough to power The Program past director Stephen Frears' frustrating unwillingness to delve deeper into its real-life story." On Metacritic, the film has a score of 53 out of 100, based on 20 critics, indicating "mixed or average reviews".
References
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