Bigger, Stronger, Faster* to debut at Sundance Film Festival
News / January 3, 2008

Bigger, Stronger, Faster* is a documentary by powerlifter, Christopher Bell. It will be interesting to see how the film does at one of the biggest film festivals in the world, The Sundance Film Festival. U.S.A., 2007, 105 mins, Color Screenings: Sat. January 19, 8:30pm, Holiday Village Cinema II, Park City Sun. January 20, 10:30pm, Broadway Centre Cinemas VI, SLC Tue. January 22, 2:30pm, Library Center Theatre, Park City Wed. January 23, 12:15pm, Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City Fri. January 25, 11:45pm, Holiday Village Cinema III, Park City From the Sundance Website: In America, we define ourselves in the superlative: we are the biggest, strongest, fastest country in the world. Is it any wonder that so many of our athletes take performance-enhancing drugs? 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 power lifting and dreams of becoming all-star wrestlers. Those dreams were soon shattered by the…