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Overview

User Rating:
7.9/10   1,786 votes
Director:
Chris Bell
Writers (WGA):
Chris Bell (written by) &
Alexander Buono (written by) ...
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Genre:
Documentary more
Tagline:
The side effects of being American. more
Plot:
In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world... more | full synopsis
Awards:
1 win & 1 nomination more
User Comments:
Honest, interesting more

Cast

 (Credited cast)
Chris Bell ... Himself - Host (also archive footage)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Hank Aaron ... Himself (archive footage)
Lyle Alzado ... Himself (archive footage)
Mark Bell ... Himself (also archive footage)
Mike Bell ... Himself (also archive footage)
Rosemary Bell ... Herself (also archive footage)
Sheldon Bell ... Himself (also archive footage)
Joseph R. Biden ... Himself (archive footage) (as Sen. Joseph Biden)

Christian Boeving ... Himself
Barry Bonds ... Himself (archive footage)
Jim Bunning ... Himself (archive footage)
George Bush ... Himself (archive footage)

George W. Bush ... Himself (archive footage)

Jose Canseco ... Himself (archive footage)

Rick Collins ... Himself
Wade Exum ... Himself
Orrin G. Hatch ... Himself (archive footage) (as Sen. Orrin Hatch)

Hulk Hogan ... Himself (archive footage)
Donald Hooton ... Himself
Ben Johnson ... Himself (also archive footage)
Marion Jones ... Herself (archive footage)

John F. Kennedy ... Himself (archive footage)
Floyd Landis ... Himself (also archive footage)
Stan Lee ... Himself

Carl Lewis ... Himself (also archive footage)
Mickey Mantle ... Himself (archive footage)
Roger Maris ... Himself (archive footage)
Mark McGwire ... Himself (archive footage)

Marilyn Monroe ... Herself (archive footage)
Joe Niekro ... Himself (archive footage)
Rafael Palmeiro ... Himself (archive footage)

Ronald Reagan ... Himself (archive footage)
John Romano ... Himself

Giovanni Roselli ... Romeo Roselli
Rosie Ruiz ... Herself (archive footage)
Babe Ruth ... Himself (archive footage)

Arnold Schwarzenegger ... Himself (also archive footage)

Maria Shriver ... Herself (archive footage)
Sammy Sosa ... Himself (archive footage)

Sylvester Stallone ... Himself (archive footage)
John Sweeney ... Himself
Jeff Taylor ... Himself
Gregg Valentino ... Himself
Gary Wadler ... Himself (as Dr. Gary Wadler)
Diane Watson ... Herself
Henry Waxman ... Himself (also archive footage)
Tiger Woods ... Himself (archive footage)
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Bigger Stronger Faster*: *The Side Effects of Being American (USA) (long title)
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MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for thematic material involving drugs, language, some sexual content and violent images.
Runtime:
105 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.78 : 1 more
Certification:
USA:PG-13
Filming Locations:
Columbus, Ohio, USA more
MOVIEmeter: ?
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Company:
BSF Film more

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Movie Connections:
Features "Saturday Night Live" (1975) more

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19 out of 21 people found the following comment useful:-
Honest, interesting, 30 May 2008
10/10
Author: IMcharger from United States

Finally an honest look into the steroid world. These days in order to compete with your peers/teammates, you almost have to take some sort of performance enhancing drugs. If you don't, you'll fall behind. Standard case of "keeping up with the Jones's". I feel it is very obvious to the world and sports fans that this is going on, but NO ONE is honest about it! And when one guy gets busted, he's looked down upon and singled out. Not fair to single them out and criticize when everyone else on the team is doing it.

This doc doesn't really detail team sports, but it is still the same concept. You finally get a good look into this world and a good look into why people do these types of drugs. Very informative, well done documentary. I am so glad to have seen it, and for anyone curious, it's worth watching.

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