Prefontaine | |
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Directed by | Steve James |
Written by | Steve James Eugene Corr |
Produced by | Mark Doonan Peter Gilbert Jon Lutz Irby Smith |
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Cinematography | Peter Gilbert |
Edited by | Peter Frank |
Music by | Mason Daring |
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Distributed by | Buena Vista Pictures Distribution |
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Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $8 million |
Box office | $589,304 |
Prefontaine is a 1997 American biographical film chronicling the life of the American long-distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his death at age 24. Jared Leto plays the title character and R. Lee Ermey plays Bill Bowerman. The film was written by Steve James and Eugene Corr, and directed by James. Prefontaine tells the story from the point of view of Bill Dellinger, played by Ed O'Neill, the assistant coach who was with him day-to-day, and Nancy Alleman, the runner's girlfriend at the time of his death.