![]() ![]() ![]() Crudup, a rising star of both stage and screen (Arcadia on Broadway Sleepers, Inventing the Abbotts onscreen), doesn't attempt to unravel the enigmatic athlete he tries to capture his complex, uncompromising nature. Written and directed by Robert Towne, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of Chinatown (he also directed Tequila Sunrise and the underrated Personal Best), Without Limits benefits enormously from nuanced performances by Billy Crudup as Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland as Bowerman. Their emotional bond extended far beyond the track. The two clashed about Pre's insistence on running at the front of the pack throughout a race, as well as about his belief that winning wasn't enough. His relationship with Bill Bowerman, his coach at the University of Oregon, was perhaps the most pivotal in his life. He pushed himself beyond all limits, enduring physical pain few others would even want to consider. With the sexy good looks and cocky self-confidence of a rock star, Prefontaine (called Pre by friends, fans, and competitors alike) harbored a fierce will - not just to win, but to be the best runner he could be. In this case the character is that of Steve Prefontaine, the legendary track star of the 1970s who held every American running record between 2000 and 10,000 meters he died in a car accident in 1975 at the age of 24. Like all the best films, it is really about character. You don't have to give a damn about sports to find Without Limits engrossing. ![]()
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