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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08/05/08
Without Limits (1998)
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Reviews Counted:14
Fresh:12
Rotten:2
Average Rating:6.6/10
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.
Runtime: 1 hr 58 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Robert Towne's bio-pic about the legendary long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine. The picture follows Pre's Oregon upbringing, through his days at Oregon University (where he met and worked with... [More]
Starring: Billy Crudup, Donald Sutherland, Monica Potter, Jeremy Sisto
Director: Robert Towne
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Reviews for Without Limits
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Top CriticWith a very good part for a change, Sutherland invests the imposing Bowerman with a host of subtly expressed attitudes toward his most illustrious charge.
08/05/08
Top CriticWithout Limits wins as a sports film precisely because it's not really about sports or a great victory.
07/21/05
Top CriticWithout Limits is an admirable departure from the norm, but its greatest strength doubles as an undermining weakness.
07/12/02
Top CriticAs Pre, Billy Crudup is dynamite -- a magnetic star presence who's unafraid to show how Pre's drive also makes him a bit of a prick.
05/11/01
Top CriticTowne's most important contribution, aside from his gift for structure and willingness to direct this story in a classic, straight-ahead manner, is the power of his words.
02/14/01
Top CriticBeautifully made and features a marvelous performance by Donald Sutherland as the track coach Bill Bowerman, but the movie is no more than moderately interesting.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt's not a bad film, but Towne and his star, the charismatic Billy Crudup, never fire the imagination in the way their inspirational, respectful biopic is obviously intended to.
01/01/00
Top CriticWithout Limits makes for an engrossing examination of the will to win, the importance of icons in American sports, and the interference of money in amateur athletics.
01/01/00
Top CriticIts wisdom, and clearly Mr. Towne's, lies in the film's way of filtering a young man's headstrong nature through an older man's more rueful point of view.
01/01/00
Top CriticWhere can a movie like this go except straight into a brick wall?
01/01/00
Top CriticDefinitely has its problems, but it's still one of the best sports movies I've ever seen.
01/01/00
Top CriticSutherland's performance is the film's treasure.
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