CINEHUNCH / YOUR NEXT CHAPTER

A FRESH ALLOWANCE AT MIDNIGHT · ISTANBUL TIME

Back to the finderTHE FILM / 1997
Prefontaine posterA FILM WORTH A CLOSER LOOK

THE FEATURE PRESENTATION

MOVIE1997 1h 46m USA

IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU

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Prefontaine

Drama
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME

Keep the feeling.

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01 / THE STORY

A little about the film.

Steve Prefontaine, a Coos Bay, Oregon student, is too small to play most sports but becomes a talented distance runner. He enrolls at the University of Oregon in 1969, and meets fellow Oregon Ducks track and field athletes Pat Tyson and Mac Wilkins. With coaches Bill Bowerman and Bill Dellinger, "Pre" wins three national cross-country championships and four consecutive 5k runs, breaking the U.S. record in the latter. Prefontaine gains fame as an aggressive runner who likes to be out front from the start, rather than biding his time until a strong finish.

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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME

The people who bring it to life.

Jared Leto

Jared Leto

Steve Prefontaine

Ed O'Neill

Ed O'Neill

Bill Dellinger

Lindsay Crouse

Lindsay Crouse

Elfriede Prefontaine

Amy Locane

Amy Locane

Nancy Alleman

Laurel Holloman

Elaine Finley

Brian McGovern

Mac Wilkins

Laurence Ballard

O'Hara

R. Lee Ermey

R. Lee Ermey

Bill Bowerman