Without Limits

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Without Limits

PG-13,

1998,

1h 57m,

Biography/

Drama

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Before Steve Prefontaine (Billy Crudup) makes it to the 1972 Olympics in Munich, he is an unlikely track star at the University of Oregon. At school, after Steve initially clashes with coach Bill Bowerman (Donald Sutherland) over his style of front-running -- running the race at maximum speed from beginning to end -- he develops a strong bond with the man. Steve also has a profound effect on a beautiful co-ed named Mary (Monica Potter), who becomes the object of his affection.

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Critics Consensus

This drama about American track star and hero Steve Prefontaine intelligently looks at the character of this oft mythologized athlete and features a fantastic performance by Donald Sutherland as Prefontaine's trainer.

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Richard Schickel

TIME Magazine

Aug 5, 2008

Whether he would have won at the next Olympics, we'll never know. What we do know is that Towne, a man of ruefully romantic temperament, has found a soulmate in Steve Prefontaine.

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Todd McCarthy

Variety

Aug 5, 2008

With a very good part for a change, Sutherland invests the imposing Bowerman with a host of subtly expressed attitudes toward his most illustrious charge.

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Time Out

Jan 26, 2006

he understated cinematography by Conrad Hall and sterling work from Crudup and Sutherland lend a patina of class, yet it's in the end a po-faced film.

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Catherine Graham

Santa Cruz Sentinel

Mar 25, 2020

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Dazzling, violent, star-driven thrill rides are routine. Finding an intelligent, well-written, old-fashioned movie-movie has become an event. Thus, it is a thrill to watch Without Limits.

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John A. Nesbit

Old School Reviews

Jul 24, 2011

B

intelligent character study of a mythologized athlete

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Caffeinated Clint

Brag Magazine

Feb 3, 2009

3/5

A brilliantly performed, gut-wrenchingly sad flick

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Oct 25, 2018

excellent sports drama the storytelling is superb and really draws you in a must see if you haven't already

Albus W

Sep 4, 2018

A splendid, magnificent sport movie, nay, it breaks the limits of being just a sport movie - it's a drama that tells of a great sportsman who believed, which is the hardest thing in the world, using his own words. There should be more movies like this one, it's uplifting, even though it's surely sad and tear-jerking, but ultimately spirit-inspiring story. The performances are a pillar in this movie, they are as strong and effective as they could be, with Donald Sutherland giving the movie solidity it otherwise might lack.

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Sep 3, 2018

"Phenomenal... Inspirational."

Kylo W

Jun 3, 2017

One of the best running movies and probably the best Prefontaine movie out there. As a runner myself, he does certainly bring enough inspiration to myself as well as thousands of other runners across the country.

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Robert Towne

Director

Billy Crudup

Steve Prefontaine

Donald Sutherland

Bill Bowerman

Monica Potter

Mary Marckx

Jeremy Sisto

Frank Shorter

Matthew Lillard

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Synopsis

Before Steve Prefontaine (Billy Crudup) makes it to the 1972 Olympics in Munich, he is an unlikely track star at the University of Oregon. At school, after Steve initially clashes with coach Bill Bowerman (Donald Sutherland) over his style of front-running -- running the race at maximum speed from beginning to end -- he develops a strong bond with the man. Steve also has a profound effect on a beautiful co-ed named Mary (Monica Potter), who becomes the object of his affection.

Director: Robert Towne
Producer: Tom Cruise, Paula Wagner
Screenwriter: Robert Towne, Kenny Moore
Distributor: Warner Bros.
Production Co: Cruise-Wagner Productions
Rating: PG-13
Genre: Biography, Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Sep 11, 1998, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 24, 2008
Box Office (Gross USA): $777.4K
Runtime: 1h 57m
Sound Mix: Surround, DTS, SDDS, Dolby Digital

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