Pre. His spirit set a pace only his heart could follow.
1999
113 Minutes
Feature, PG-13
Available on DVD
Steve Prefontaine didn’t run races, he attacked them. He was a champion’s champion, holder of every American distance-running record from 2,000 to 10,000 meters. Fans cheered his daring front-running and elevated him to rock star status. Athletes were inspired by him. Off the track, officials clinging to outdated politics got the point that activist Pre was taking the sport into a new era, so perhaps they’d better follow. The short life and fast times of the fiery Oregon distance runner form an acclaimed movie that "belongs in the company of Jim Thorpe: All American and Chariots of Fire" (Jack Mathews, Newsday).
Billy Crudup, bearing an uncanny resemblance to the real-life Pre, and Donald Sutherland, as coach and mentor Bill Bowerman, give strong portrayals of lives aflame with conviction. Infused with track-savvy authenticity by director Robert Towne (Personal Best, Tequila Sunrise) and his co-writer Kenny Moore (Prefontaine’s friend and a former world-class runner), Without Limits comes home a winner. The box provided the previous information and to obtain much much more go to the official webs site at Without Limits.com. Warner Home Video released the video that can be obtained in three different formats from Amazon.com: DVD, VHS or VHS with Spanish subtitles.
