- Without Limits
Infobox Film
name = Without Limits
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caption = Theatrical release poster
director =Robert Towne
producer =Tom Cruise ,Paula Wagner
writer =Robert Towne ,Kenny Moore
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starring =Billy Crudup ,Donald Sutherland ,Monica Potter ,Jeremy Sisto ,Matthew Lillard ,Dean Norris ,
Billy Burke
music =Randy Miller
cinematography =Conrad L. Hall
editing = Charles Ireland,
Robert K. Lambert,
Claire Simpson
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released =September 11 , 1998
runtime = 117 min
country =United States
language = English
Finnish
German
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gross =
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imdb_id = 0119934"Without Limits" is a 1998
biographical film about the friendship betweenrunning starSteve Prefontaine and his coachBill Bowerman , who had co-foundedNike, Inc. Billy Crudup played Prefontaine andDonald Sutherland played Bowerman. The film was written and directed byRobert Towne ."Without Limits" was produced by
Tom Cruise andPaula Wagner andCruise/Wagner Productions , and released and distributed byWarner Brothers . Cruise originally wanted to play the role of Steve Prefontaine, but decided he was too old.Tommy Lee Jones turned down the part ofBill Bowerman . [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119934/trivia Without Limits (1998) - Trivia ] ]Due to a very low-key promotional campaign, the $25 million film grossed only $777,000 at the box office but received mostly good reviews from major critics. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119934/business Without Limits (1998) - Box office / business ] ] [ [http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/without_limits/ Without Limits - Movie Reviews, Trailers, Pictures - Rotten Tomatoes ] ] The film also stars
Monica Potter ,Jeremy Sisto ,Judith Ivey ,Matthew Lillard and Cruise's cousin,William Mapother .Sutherland received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor. [ [http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0119934/awards Without Limits (1998) - Awards ] ]
Comparison to "Prefontaine"
"Without Limits" is often compared to "Prefontaine", a similar movie on Prefontaine's life that was released a year earlier by
Disney . While the two films both focus on the same events, the Disney Film tells the story from the point of view of the assistant coach who was with him day-to-day,Bill Dellinger and Prefontaine's girlfriend at the time of his death, Nancy Alleman. It includes a cast ofJared Leto as Prefontaine,Ed O'Neil as Bill Dellinger andR. Lee Ermey as Bill Bowerman. Siskel and Ebert reviewed it and gave it two thumbs up."Without Limits" is told from the point of view of
Bill Bowerman , with Dellinger as a minor character and Mary Marckx, who was a previous girlfriend of Prefontaine while at Oregon. In this film there is no Nancy Alleman and Mary is his girlfriend all the way through. Bowerman is played byDonald Sutherland and is givenguru status, whereas Ermey had portrayed Bowerman as more of a hard-line general-type.In both films, Prefontaine is shown as headstrong and difficult to coach. Bowerman did remain active with the Oregon program and with Prefontaine after his retirement.
References
External links
*imdb title|id=0119934|title=Without Limits
* [http://without-limits.warnerbros.com/ The film's offcial website (Warner Bros.)]
* [http://www.moviesmackdown.com/2008/08/without-limits.html "Without Limits -vs- Prefontaine"] at [http://www.moviesmackdown.com Movie Smackdown]
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