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Prefontaine
Directed by
Steve James
PG-13
1997
1h 46m
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6.8
56%
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Life and times of Steve Prefontaine, a young long-distance runner from Oregon who pursued the dream of Olympic gold in Munich and became one of the biggest, yet most tragic sport stars in America.
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Cast of Prefontaine
Jared Leto
Steve Prefontaine
R. Lee Ermey
Bill Bowerman
Ed O'Neill
Bill Dellinger
Breckin Meyer
Pat Tyson
Lindsay Crouse
Elfriede Prefontaine
Amy Locane
Nancy Alleman
Laurel Holloman
Elaine Finley
Brian McGovern
Mac Wilkins
Kurtwood Smith
Curtis Cunningham
Adrian Amadeus
Finnish Teammate
Laurence Ballard
O'Hara
Ryan Brewer
12 Year Old Kid
Shannon Leto
Bar Patron
Robert Burke
Young Pre
Kevin Calabro
3rd Airport Reporter
George Catalano
Patron #1
Wally Dalton
Dick Burke
Adam Fitzhugh
Thomas Becker
Jim Freeman
Patron #2
Peter Anthony Jacobs
Ray Prefontaine
Eric Keenleyside
James Buck
Stephen J. Lang
Bartender
Eric Liddell
Gary Powers
Henri Lubatti
Frank Shorter
Michael Patten
Munich Stadium Official
Prefontaine Ratings & Reviews
USA Today
Mike Clark
The Super-16mm film stock gives the film a grainy look that blends in artfully with the vintage videotape of ABC's '72 Olympics coverage.
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
Here is a sports movie in the tradition of the best sportswriting, where athletes are portrayed warts and all. You do not have to be nice to win races, but you have to be good.
San Francisco Chronicle
Peter Stack
With hypnotic blue eyes and dirty blond hair, Leto captures the rock-star style Prefontaine affected, and he looks natural in fiery performances on the track, as well as off, where Pre affected a brash, confrontational style.
TV Guide
TV Guide Staff
Steve Prefontaine must have been something special -- everyone says so -- but there's no magic on the screen.
Christian Science Monitor
David Sterritt
Prefontaine is a fascinating hero, but his experiences become a string of sports-movie clichs in the hands of filmmaker Steve James.
Seattle Times
John Hartl
The most poignant aspect of Prefontaine has to do with the title character's adjustment to relative failure.
Hartford Courant
Garth Stahl
Prefontaine's cocky competitiveness overstrides his good qualities.
Chicago Tribune
John Petrakis
As Prefontaine, unknown actor Jared Leto does the best he can with a part that is sorely underwritten.
Austin Chronicle
Alison Macor
With its moving final scenes and well-developed subject, the story of Steve Prefontaine is a decidedly well-told American tale.
Chicago Reader
Lisa Alspector
The result is both too earnest and too campy.
AV Club
Maria Schneider
These shortcomings prevent Prefontaine from transcending the sports-bio genre, but it's still a vigorous, passionate piece of movie-making.
Washington Post
Desson Thomson
The story is not so much told as reported.
Variety
Todd McCarthy
Prefontaine gets to the finish line in reasonable shape despite plenty of sloppy running along the way.
New York Times
Janet Maslin
Disappointingly colorless and squeaky-clean.
Los Angeles Times
Kenneth Turan
Though it is always pleasant and agreeable, this film has the bland and undemanding texture that characterizes movies made for network TV.
Salon.com
Gary Kamiya
Even through Prefontaine's obviousness, we feel its force.
Spokesman-Review (Washington)
Dan Webster
Behind decent performances by R. Lee Ermey and Jared Leto as Oregon running legend Steve Prefontaine, James manages to capture a feeling of reality that augments this tearful, yet stirring, tale of a great athlete who dies young.
People Magazine
People Staff
Unlike most sports movies, which have the artificial uplift of a pep rally, Prefontaine, small-scaled and quiet, is about defeat as much as victory.
Entertainment Weekly
We never do catch the magic that made Steve Prefontaine a towering figure. Instead, this Pre is a shaggy-haired, sentimental favorite - a teen angel rather than an Olympian.
Moviehole
Caffeinated Clint
A touching, poignant movie with a great performance by Leto
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