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The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.The life of renowned runner Steve Prefontaine and his relationship with legendary coach Bill Bowerman.
- Awards
- 1 win & 2 nominations
Nicholas R. Oleson
- Russ Francis
- (as Nicholas Oleson)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaTom Cruise considered playing Prefontaine, but decided against it citing that he was too old for the part.
- GoofsBefore the NCAA championship the movie shows Pre injuring his foot in a hotel room with "Iowa's Finest" (Amy Jo Johnson). Pre actually hurt his foot jumping into the hotel's pool from the lifeguard post.
- Quotes
Bill Bowerman: Running, one might say, is basically an absurd past-time upon which to be exhausting ourselves. But if you can find meaning, in the kind of running you have to do to stay on this team, chances are you will be able to find meaning in another absurd past-time: Life.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Siskel & Ebert: Edge of Stardom (2001)
- SoundtracksSummon the Heroes
Written by John Williams
Performed by Boston Pops Orchestra (as The Boston Pops Orchestra)
Conducted by John Williams
Courtesy of Sony Classical
By arrangement with Sony Music Licensing
Featured review
Although a contemporary of Steve Prefontaine I had never heard of him, not being a fan of track and field. Nonetheless, Without Limits, a biographical film of Prefontaine, made middle-distance running interesting, even exciting. The racing scenes are not the reason to see this movie though, it is the acting, especially Donald Sutherland who plays Bill Bowerman his coach at the University of Oregon. The film follows Prefontaine (Crudup) from his admission to college in 1969 through the '72 Munich Olympics to his death in 1975 as he trained for Montreal. The axis around which the movie revolves is the relationship between wizened coach and impetuous youth, and Crudup and Sutherland do an excellent job of it. As a Baby Boomer it's always a treat to see those late '60s-early '70s years recreated. What memories. You even get to glimpse the founding of the Nike shoe empire in Bowerman's kitchen.
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Box office
- Budget
- $25,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $777,423
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $56,180
- Sep 13, 1998
- Gross worldwide
- $777,423
- Runtime1 hour 57 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.35 : 1
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