The Program wasn't released here in theaters, but it is now playing on Direct TV pay per view in the USA. I saw an advertisement for it the other day. That'll rake in a little bit more cash.
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2001ish, methinks. There was also, you know, the Emma O'Reilly interview. I'd say that was a fairly important bit. As always, YMMV.thehog said:Ballester did all the research, Walsh was really only at the Tour and managed to interview Armstrong way back in 1995 (or close to).
djpbaltimore said:The Program wasn't released here in theaters, but it is now playing on Direct TV pay per view in the USA. I saw an advertisement for it the other day. That'll rake in a little bit more cash.
I'm going to give $2.99 to watch it! lolthehog said:djpbaltimore said:The Program wasn't released here in theaters, but it is now playing on Direct TV pay per view in the USA. I saw an advertisement for it the other day. That'll rake in a little bit more cash.
Might pay off some of the debt, lol!![]()
Irondan said:I'm going to give $2.99 to watch it! lolthehog said:djpbaltimore said:The Program wasn't released here in theaters, but it is now playing on Direct TV pay per view in the USA. I saw an advertisement for it the other day. That'll rake in a little bit more cash.
Might pay off some of the debt, lol!![]()
ebandit said:thehog said:ebandit said:enjoy jealous haterz
You mean you just admitted to illegally downloading pirated movies
ebandit......not ehonest.....but it's not about me
next members will be calling the cast 'ugly' ...............what a shallow world
Mark L
If there's anything Hollywood loves, it's a rags to riches story. The only thing it likes better is the polar opposite: a fall from grace. The story of cycling champion Lance Armstrong's descent from hero to top heel due to a doping scandal has all of the ingredients to make an incredibly incisive, razor sharp story about athletics, celebrity, media, and more. It had everything. And yet Stephen Frears' "The Program" offers absolutely zero insight into Armstrong, who he was, or why he did what he did. It doesn't even offer up a compelling look at his cycling career, which begs the question: Why does this movie even exist?
It suggests Frears and Hodge had no earthly idea what kind of story they wanted to tell about Armstrong, just that they wanted to make a movie about him while the time was right. Well, the time wasn't right and "The Program" definitely isn't the right film. Perhaps it's time to just close the book on Armstrong and let him fade into infamy where he belongs.
thehog said:The Program has been released on cable TV in the US, skipping cinema release.
Some good reviews coming in:
If there's anything Hollywood loves, it's a rags to riches story. The only thing it likes better is the polar opposite: a fall from grace. The story of cycling champion Lance Armstrong's descent from hero to top heel due to a doping scandal has all of the ingredients to make an incredibly incisive, razor sharp story about athletics, celebrity, media, and more. It had everything. And yet Stephen Frears' "The Program" offers absolutely zero insight into Armstrong, who he was, or why he did what he did. It doesn't even offer up a compelling look at his cycling career, which begs the question: Why does this movie even exist?
http://www.examiner.com/review/review-lance-armstrong-biopic-the-program-is-a-major-let-down
It suggests Frears and Hodge had no earthly idea what kind of story they wanted to tell about Armstrong, just that they wanted to make a movie about him while the time was right. Well, the time wasn't right and "The Program" definitely isn't the right film. Perhaps it's time to just close the book on Armstrong and let him fade into infamy where he belongs.
Sounds like a hit!![]()
Asked for comment Thursday about this and movie, Armstrong replied to USA TODAY Sports: “Why would I comment on something that will only benefit them and has been a total and complete failure?” he in an email.
this pretty much.hitch:
Beautiful. The failure of walshs fraudulent attempt to take all the glory for Armstrong's fall is truly delicious.
Regardless of why it failed, it's just good to see it fail.ebandit said:funny to see failure gauged purely in $ terms...does walsh talk of disappointment? i bet he's still stoked film was made ..i would be...Mark L
ebandit said:funny to see failure gauged purely in $ terms...does walsh talk of disappointment? i bet he's still stoked film was made ..i would be...Mark L
That is very true.thehog said:ebandit said:funny to see failure gauged purely in $ terms...does walsh talk of disappointment? i bet he's still stoked film was made ..i would be...Mark L
Walsh doesn't talk about it because he is too embarrassed what a bomb the film became. He talked it up for months prior to release. I bet Walsh even thought his Sky books would make it into movies, LOL!![]()
The only person I know who liked the movie is some guy on an internet forum who had to illegally download it!![]()
Glenn_Wilson said:That is very true.thehog said:ebandit said:funny to see failure gauged purely in $ terms...does walsh talk of disappointment? i bet he's still stoked film was made ..i would be...Mark L
Walsh doesn't talk about it because he is too embarrassed what a bomb the film became. He talked it up for months prior to release. I bet Walsh even thought his Sky books would make it into movies, LOL!![]()
The only person I know who liked the movie is some guy on an internet forum who had to illegally download it!![]()
Anywho------remember that story that the FishHack likes to tell ....you know the one where he was watching in the press area on the tv while LA climbed up the mountain won that stage in 99? He had that feeling that what he was watching was a fraud.
I wonder did he watch when his bro's over Sky have done the same thing. If so did he get that same feeling? LMAO at that hypocritical FishHack.
Glenn_Wilson said:remember that story that the FishHack likes to tell ....you know the one where he was watching in the press area on the tv while LA climbed up the mountain won that stage in 99? He had that feeling that what he was watching was a fraud.
I wonder did he watch when his bro's over Sky have done the same thing. If so did he get that same feeling? LMAO at that hypocritical FishHack.
PONT-SAINT-ESPRIT, France (VN) — There was a collective groan among the press corps Sunday when Chris Froome (Sky) turned the screws with about 7km to go on France’s hardest climb to drop Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff).
No, the freebie buffet hadn’t run out. Team Sky just dropped a Froome bomb. And it pissed people off.
“That attack is not the smartest PR move,” grumbled one scandal-weary scribe, “not if he doesn’t want to raise eyebrows.”
Froome made Contador look like an espoir. The Sky captain spun his legs as if they were well-lubed pistons, churning out huge power, grinding his way toward the Ventoux summit and victory, only to leave a swath of doubt in his wake.
Robert21 said:Glenn_Wilson said:remember that story that the FishHack likes to tell ....you know the one where he was watching in the press area on the tv while LA climbed up the mountain won that stage in 99? He had that feeling that what he was watching was a fraud.
I wonder did he watch when his bro's over Sky have done the same thing. If so did he get that same feeling? LMAO at that hypocritical FishHack.
If he was in the newsroom when this happened, it must have at least crossed his mind.
PONT-SAINT-ESPRIT, France (VN) — There was a collective groan among the press corps Sunday when Chris Froome (Sky) turned the screws with about 7km to go on France’s hardest climb to drop Alberto Contador (Saxo-Tinkoff).
No, the freebie buffet hadn’t run out. Team Sky just dropped a Froome bomb. And it pissed people off.
“That attack is not the smartest PR move,” grumbled one scandal-weary scribe, “not if he doesn’t want to raise eyebrows.”
Froome made Contador look like an espoir. The Sky captain spun his legs as if they were well-lubed pistons, churning out huge power, grinding his way toward the Ventoux summit and victory, only to leave a swath of doubt in his wake.
http://velonews.competitor.com/2013/07/news/commentary-is-chris-froome-just-too-good-to-be-true_295224
thehog said:Like history repeating itself, I guess Walsh doesn’t see the irony in what he has become.
Maxiton said:thehog said:Like history repeating itself, I guess Walsh doesn’t see the irony in what he has become.
Walsh doesn't get paid for seeing irony, he gets paid for being irony.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/david-walsh-the-times-is-not-a-team-sky-mouthpiece-but-article-in-question-was-daft-31397211.html"I think it's unfair to say that The Times has become the mouth-piece for Team Sky," he told listeners.
sniper said:Maxiton said:thehog said:Like history repeating itself, I guess Walsh doesn’t see the irony in what he has become.
Walsh doesn't get paid for seeing irony, he gets paid for being irony.
http://www.independent.ie/sport/other-sports/david-walsh-the-times-is-not-a-team-sky-mouthpiece-but-article-in-question-was-daft-31397211.html"I think it's unfair to say that The Times has become the mouth-piece for Team Sky," he told listeners.
Taxus4a said:I dont like that things abourt SKY, and I dont like team with big money, and I dont like newspapers so close to teams, but things always worrk that way. In spain with contador or Valverdeis the same, is normal, and before was the same with Banesto and Indurain.
I dont like that of walsh, but I understand it is normal that a journalist who has fight againt doping support the team most have do againts doping in cycling history.
Some people could now dont see that, I unerstand his reasons, people could dont like the way SKY do things, but in the future people will admit that. it is a question of time. I dont like a lot of things of SKY, but it is amazing what he can do in a lot of aspect that have been revolutionaries in cycling, so I must recognize that and gratefull to show other people how to improve performance without doping.
Taxus4a said:I dont like that things abourt SKY, and I dont like team with big money, and I dont like newspapers so close to teams, but things always worrk that way. In spain with contador or Valverdeis the same, is normal, and before was the same with Banesto and Indurain.
I dont like that of walsh, but I understand it is normal that a journalist who has fight againt doping support the team most have do againts doping in cycling history.
Some people could now dont see that, I unerstand his reasons, people could dont like the way SKY do things, but in the future people will admit that. it is a question of time. I dont like a lot of things of SKY, but it is amazing what he can do in a lot of aspect that have been revolutionaries in cycling, so I must recognize that and gratefull to show other people how to improve performance without doping.