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Overview

User Rating:
6.9/10   3,165 votes
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Director:
Robert Towne
Writers (WGA):
Robert Towne (written by) and
Kenny Moore (written by)
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Release Date:
11 September 1998 (USA) more
Genre:
Biography | Drama | Sport more
Tagline:
Pre-The Way he Competed...The Way he Lives his Life more
Plot:
The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to... more | add synopsis
Awards:
Nominated for Golden Globe. Another 1 win more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
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Billy Crudup: "Titanic" Would've Sunk My Life
 (From WENN. 22 June 2000)

User Comments:
Without Limits: Well-made and acted film draws fervent fan - again! more (52 total)

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Billy Crudup ... Steve Prefontaine

Donald Sutherland ... Bill Bowerman

Monica Potter ... Mary Marckx

Jeremy Sisto ... Frank Shorter

Matthew Lillard ... Roscoe Devine

Dean Norris ... Bill Dellinger

Billy Burke ... Kenny Moore

Gabriel Olds ... Don Kardong
Judith Ivey ... Barbara Bowerman

William Mapother ... Bob Peters
Adam Setliff ... Mac Wilkins
Nicholas R. Oleson ... Russ Francis (as Nicholas Oleson)

Amy Jo Johnson ... Iowa's Finest
Lisa Banes ... Elfriede Prefontaine
Frank Shorter ... Fred Long
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG-13 for brief sexual material and brief strong language.
Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Color:
Color (Technicolor)
Aspect Ratio:
2.35 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS
Certification:
Finland:K-12 | UK:12 | UK:15 (video rating) | Argentina:Atp | Australia:M | Chile:TE | Portugal:M/6 (video premiere) | USA:G (short version) | USA:PG-13 | Spain:7 | Singapore:PG

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Trivia:
Tom Cruise considered playing Prefontaine, but decided against it citing that he was too old for the part. more
Goofs:
Factual errors: Finnish runner Juha Väätäinen's name is in then end credits spelled as "Juha Vastinen". more
Quotes:
Steve Prefontaine: Bill, has it ever occurred to you that there's such a thing as overcoaching?
Bill Bowerman: Yeah... I'm against it.
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Movie Connections:
Version of Prefontaine (1997) more
Soundtrack:
Can't Get Enough of Your Love, Babe more

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4 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
Without Limits: Well-made and acted film draws fervent fan - again!, 1 December 2000
10/10
Author: thedinmother from San Francisco, California

While I did not know Steve Prefontaine personally, I am the age he would be now and I remember him and the incredible records he set, as though it happened yesterday. I routinely devoured the sports pages to read anything about him. And, from all that I do remember, this film was made based on truth. It was also extraordinarily well-cast and well-acted. Donald Sutherland is the consummate character actor, literally BECOMING Bill Bowerman. Billy Crudup, as well, WAS "Pre"! And he has a stunning future (he was great in "Almost Famous"). I would like to see more of Monica Potter, who is quietly making a name for herself. I enjoyed the reality of the script by Robert Towne and Kenny Moore. And Towne's direction assured that no one overacted, as I believe occurred in another docu/film on the same subject recently. The cinematography made me yearn for Oregon once more, and the editing, as it is supposed to do, completed the work with its continuity: I never felt as though I wasn't brought naturally from one scene to the next. I have seen this film a half-dozen times and could watch it again and again - if only for the "race" footage! Steve Prefontaine, after all, was this country's best middle and long distance runner, and moreover, its quintessential athlete - American to the core.

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