AFI Dallas International Film Festival - ‘Bigger, Stronger, Faster*’

Premiere Series

Favorites

• Favorites

  Login or register for a free Pegasus News user account in order to add this to your favorites. (As a bonus, you'll also unlock cool features like The Daily You, custom local music playlists and comment posting.)

• See all my favorites

Related links

• AFI Dallas '08 (official site)

Full Screen Map

Description

(USA, 2007, 105 mins)

Directed By: Christopher Bell

Director Christopher Bell explores America’s win-at-all-cost philosophy by examining the way his two brothers became members of the steroid subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.

Ingeniously beginning the film by harkening back to the mentality of the 1980s, where the heroes were Rambo, Conan, and Hulk Hogan, Bell recounts how these role models led him and his brothers into powerlifting and dreams of becoming all-star wrestlers. Those dreams were soon shattered by the realization that success in those fields required the use of performance-enhancing drugs. Bell uses his personal story as an entree into analyzing ethics in sports; the health ramifications, both physical and psychological; as well as the mentality that fuels it all.

Bigger, Stronger, Faster* combines crisp editing of hilarious archival footage with priceless family revelations, as well as interviews with congressmen, professional athletes, medical experts, and everyday gym rats.

Information from the AFI's website

Some nearby drink specials on April 6th

• Phases: 12 pm - 9 pm: $2.50 domestic bottles, $2.50 wells
• Frankie's Sports Bar and Grill: 11 am - 4 pm: $2 mimosas, $3 tequila sunrises, ultimate "make your own Bloody Mary" bar
• The Fish: 5 pm - 11 pm: $3 large hot sake, $2 drafts, $3 you call it, $4 house wine; $3 hot edamame, $3 California, Spicy Tuna and Philly Rolls, $3 Chicken Kushiyaki and $3 Beef Kushiyaki
• Hook Line and Sinker: 4 pm - 7 pm: $1.75 domestics, $2.75 imports
• Uptown Bar & Grill: 7 pm - 2 am: $3 Bloody Mary's

Some nearby restaurants

• Stoneleigh P
• Hook Line and Sinker
• Green Papaya
• Creperie du Chateau
• Potbelly Sandwich Works (Dallas / I-75)

Some nearby events on April 6th

• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'Life and Tragic Death of James Byrd', Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar, 5 p.m.
• The Blonde, The Brunette, and the Vengeful Redhead, Dallas Theater Center, 2 p.m.
• Whodunnit Previews, Theatre Three, 7:30 p.m.
• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - '1963: act II kennedy', Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar, 1:30 p.m.
• AFI Dallas International Film Festival - 'Please Vote For Me', Landmark Magnolia Theater and Bar, 2:15 p.m.

Event posted March 11, 2008
Last updated March 11, 2008