Movie
1997
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 coach 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…
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Because of the tribal instincts within world's audiences, team sports are always going to be the most popular sports. Hollywood, keenly aware of its audience's plebeian tastes, shied away from dealing with more aristocratic sports like track running, swimming or tennis. It takes very special kind of individual and very special kind of story to break such prejudice. In 1997 truck runner Steve Prefontaine proved to be…More
