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Bigger, Stronger, Faster*

starring: Christopher Bell, Mark Bell, Mike Bell, Christian Boeving, Floyd Landis
directed by: Christopher Bell

: Bigger, Stronger, Faster*
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Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: BIGGER, STRONGER, FASTER (DVD MOVIE)
EAN: 0876964001403
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Label: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Manufacturer: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 30, 2008
Running Time: 107 minutes
Sales Rank: 2082
Studio: Magnolia Home Entertainment
Theatrical Release Date: 2008



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Product Description:
When you discover that your heroes have all broken the rules, do you follow the rules, or do you follow your heroes? From the producers of Bowling For Columbine and Fahrenheit 9/11 comes a powerful new documentary that unflinchingly explores steroid use in the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world: America.

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Pop culture junkies tend to think of Hulk Hogan, Sylvester Stallone, and Arnold Schwarzenegger as entertainment figures. In Poughkeepsie, NY, back in the 1980s, filmmaker Christopher Bell and his brothers viewed them as heroes and became bodybuilders. Like the Hulkster, Mike and Mark Bell even turned to professional wrestling. Chris, a former staffer at Venice's famous Gold's Gym, doesn't use anabolic steroids--he did try them once--but his heroes have and his brothers do, leading him to look deeper at this increasingly common practice. While Bell explores the health costs of juicing, he's mostly concerned with the moral consequences involved in the use of performance-enhancing substances. Though he refrains from judgment, he stopped taking steroids because it felt dishonest. Naturally, his burly brothers feel otherwise. Aside from his family, Bell speaks with doctors, lawyers, congressmen, gym rats, and professional athletes, like Olympic sprinters Ben Johnson and Carl Lewis and Tour de France cyclist Floyd Landis. He also includes footage of José Canseco, Barry Bonds, and Mark McGwire testifying during the federal grand jury and congressional hearings on steroid use in the major leagues (prompted by the publication of Canseco's Juiced: Wild Times, Rampant 'Roids, Smash Hits, and How Baseball Got Big). For the most part, Bell doesn't leave any stone unturned and the personal nature of his entertaining and enlightening inquiry elevates Bigger, Stronger, Faster, i.e. The Side Effects of Being American, above your average exposé. Recommended to athletes, sports fans, health nuts, and of course, pop culture junkies. --Kathleen C. Fennessy



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Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Biceps in Balance!
Bigger, Stronger, Faster is a well done, honestly written documentary that avoids the usual hyperbole ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Excellent!!!
Finally the truth about the Ben Johnson' case. The whole world know that the american athletes only compete ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Thought provoking documentary that may shatter your preconceptions ..
"Our heroes have always used steroids ..." Or is that how the song goes???

I expected this to ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Even better than I expected!
I wanted to see this film ever since it got outstanding reviews during its theatrical run. Unfortunately, that ... Read More


Rating: 5 out of 5 stars - Chris Bell nails it.....
Awesome, outstanding, can't miss!!!

Those three phrases best describe this documentary.

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