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Synopsis: 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 heroes are on performance enhancing drugs? Director Christopher Bell explores America's win-at-all-cost culture by examining how his two brothers became members of the steroid-subculture in an effort to realize their American dream.
Director(s): Chris Bell
Production: Magnolia
  2 wins & 5 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.6
Metacritic:
80
Rotten Tomatoes:
96%
PG-13
Year:
2008
105 min
$216,748
Website
511 Views


It's a little bit of sugar,

which can get you going,

carbs.

But it's all natural

ingredients.

There's no steroids

in here.

Eating your mom's cooking is sort

of comforting, don't you think?

Sure.

Things change,

but the cookie bars remain,

that's for sure.

CHRIS:

My mom likes to think

that the world is as pure

as her cookie bars.

But life isn't always

like that.

And a lot of things we grew up

believing ended up not being true.

First I found out there's

no such thing as Santa Claus

or the easter bunny.

That kind of sucks.

Then I saw

this news report.

REPORTER:
The Iron Sheik

had been arrested recently

along with wrestler

Hacksaw Jim Duggan

while driving along

the Garden State Parkway.

The Iron Sheik was charged with

possession of cocaine and marijuana.

What has interested most

wrestling fans in this case

is that the Iron Sheik and Hacksaw

are known to be adversaries.

So why were they

traveling together?

CHRIS:
Yeah, I thought

these guys hated each other.

COMMENTATOR:
Wham! Right on

the back of the Iron Sheik!

CHRIS:
Was their feud all made up?

Was wrestling fake?

Who's left

to believe in anymore?

Well, at least

I still had my heroes.

Those guys would never

let me down.

I need a hero...

REPORTER:
Today Hogan

admits the famous physique

was the result

of 12 years of steroids.

CHRIS:
Truth is, all my heroes

had a dirty little secret.

Hollywood actor Sylvester

Stallone has been charged

with importing

bodybuilding drugs

when he visited Australia

last month.

- MAN:
Did you take steroids?

- I take them.

I took them, yeah,

up until the competition.

CHRIS:
I was always

against steroids

and when I found out that

all my heroes used them

I'd like to say it didn't

bother me, but it really did.

I can't imagine

how my mom would feel

if she found out

that both of my brothers

are on steroids

right now.

My older brother

started using steroids

when he went to play

Division I football

at the University

of Cincinnati.

When I got to Cincinnati the

practices were so grueling,

much more than

what I expected.

Coaches would say, "you gotta

get bigger, stronger, faster. "

- CHRIS:
Was it intimidating?

- Oh, man,

A lot different than I

thought it was gonna be.

SHELDON BELL:
He called me from Cincinnati

and asked me for money for steroids.

I said, "what do you need that for?"

he says, "I can't compete here. "

So I'm like, "I don't know what

that is. It sounds like drugs. "

He goes, "it is drugs. " I said, "I'm

not gonna send you money for drugs.

If you want drugs

go get a job. "

I remember at one point I

think you maybe came home

for a break

or you did something

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