Without Limits [VHS]

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	Actor(s):	Billy Crudup Donald Sutherland Monica Potter Jeremy Sisto Matthew Lillard
	Video by:	Warner Home Video
	Sales Rank:	155656

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Actor(s):
Billy Crudup
Donald Sutherland
Monica Potter
Jeremy Sisto
Matthew Lillard

Creators:
Conrad L. Hall (Cinematographer)
Robert Towne (Writer)
Jonathan Sanger (Producer)
Kenny Moore (Producer)
Kenny Moore (Writer)
Paula Wagner (Producer)
Tom Cruise (Producer)

Director(s):
Robert Towne

Recording label: Warner Home Video
EAN: 9780790739281
Binding: VHS Tape
ISBN: 0790739283
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, NTSC,
Release Date: 1999-09-28
Universal product code (UPC): 085391490531
Number of discs: 1
Audience rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)

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This subtle and deeply moving film about the life of athlete Steve Prefontaine (Billy Crudup) is a rarity: a movie about the beauty of youth, as opposed to a patronizing, junk-culture youth film. Written by legendary Hollywood screenwriter Robert Towne (along with Kenny Moore) and directed by Towne with his usual masculine insight, bold creativity, and superior taste, Without Limits tells the tale of Oregon runner Prefontaine's love-hate relationship with his tactically minded coach, Bill Bowerman (Donald Sutherland) in the 1970s. The tug of war between the two men--Pre's passion for running each race as if it will be his last and Bowerman's seasoned, conservative strategies for winning--becomes a wonderful metaphor for distinct stages of life and attitude. It almost doesn't matter that this is the story of a track-and-field star: Prefontaine's gift, as Towne describes it, is in his refusal to be influenced by the relativity of talent. That could describe anyone young with a pronounced sense of possibility and organic integrity. But because this film's hero happened to be one of the most exciting American athletes of his generation, Towne also makes every race count--whether college meet or 1972 Olympics--through some extraordinarily well-directed sequences. Crudup and Sutherland are remarkable in their roles, and Monica Potter is stirring as Pre's lover. --Tom Keogh

Running time: 117 minutes
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