Without Limits (Warner Brothers, 1998) Running time: 1 hour, 58 minutes Selected Film Credits Produced by Tom Cruise and Paula Wagner Directed by Robert Towne Executive Producers – Jonathan Sanger and Kenny Moore Written by Robert Towne and Kenny Moore Track Consultants – Frank Shorter, John Gillespie, Steve Bence Special Consultants – Bill and Barbara Bowerman, Jim Jaqua, Mary Marckx, Dave Frohnmayer Original music composed and conducted by Randy Miller Partial Cast of Characters Steve Prefontaine Billy Crudup Olympic Trials Bill Bowerman Donald Sutherland George Young Garth Granholm Walt McClure Greg Foote Bill Dellinger Dean Norris Munich Olympics Elfriede Prefontaine Lisa Banes TV Director William Friedkin Kenny Moore Billy Burke Charlie Jones Himself Roscoe Devine Matthew Lillard Fred Long Frank Shorter Mary Marckx Monica Potter BBC Commentator David Coleman Molly Cox Karen Elliott Prefontaine (age 6) Jamie Schwering Bob Peters William Mapother Bully Coleman Dow Barbara Bowerman Judith Ivey German Guard John Roemer Mac Wilkins Adam Setliff Russ Francis Nicholas Oleson Lasse Viren Pat Porter Hayward Field Announcer Wendy Ray Mohammed Gammoudi Steve Ave Starter Wade Bell Dave Bedford Jonathan Pritchard Don Kardong Gabriel Olds Emiel Puttemans Tom Ansberry Turn Judge Edwin L. Coleman II Harold Norpoth Sol Alexis Sallos Coed #1 Katharine Towne Juha Vaatinen Thomas DeBacker Coed #2 Cassandra A. Coogan Ian Stewart Ashley Johnson Coed #3 Amy Erenberger Javier Alvarez Brad Hudson Frank Eisenberg Todd D. Lewis NCAA Championships Per Halle Tove Christensen Iowa’s Finest Amy Jo Johnson Nikolay Sviridov Chris Caldwell Ian McCafferty Paul Vincent Helsinki Frank Shorter Jeremy Cisto Restoration Meet & Party Finnish Track Official #1 Ryan S. Warren Arne Kvalheim James Howarth Oregon Letterman Kenny Moore Story and screenplay © 1998 Warner Bros. All material is protected by Copyright Laws of the United States and all countries throughout the world. All rights reserved. Country of First Publication: United States of America. Warner Bros. is the author of this motion picture for purposes of copyright and other laws. Any unauthorized exhibition, distribution, or copying of this film or any part thereof (including soundtrack) is an infringement of the relevant copyright and will subject the infringer to severe civil and criminal penalties. This film is based on the life of Steve Prefontaine. Dialogue and certain events and characters contained in the film were created for the purpose of dramatization. 2 Music Credits “Montage 1” – 0:43:35-0:44:14 “Comin’ Back to Me” (1967) “Olympic 5,000 meter race” – 1:14:50-1:20:38 Composed by Marty Balin “Confrontation Aftermath” – 1:28:57-1:29:27 Performed by Jefferson Airplane “Quarry Run” – 1:41:14-1:41:55 Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment Closing Credits – 1:54:10-1:57:57 0:45:27-0:48:43 Composed and Conducted by Randy Miller 1:00:13-1:01:20 1:31:41-1:32:15 “Summon the Heroes” (1996) Composed by John Williams “Bugler’s Dream” (Olympic Theme, 1958) Performed by the Boston Pops Orchestra Composed by Leo Arnaud Conducted by John Williams 1:06:04-1:06:49 Courtesy of Sony Classical By Arrangement with Sony Music Listening “Yitgadal Veyitkadash” 0:00:14-0:03:30 Adapted by Edward Birnbaum 0:29:11-0:30:01 Performed by “Rinat” Israel National Choir 1:51:58-1:54:09 Conductor: Stanley Sperber / Cantor: Naftoli Herstik Courtesy of Beth Hatefutsoth – Museum of The Jewish “County Fair” (December 1974) Diaspora Composed and Performed by Joe Walsh 1:10:16-1:10:29 Courtesy of MCA Records By Arrangement with Universal Music Special Markets “Can’t Find My Way Home” (August, 1969) 0:04:32-0:05:44 Composed by Steve Winwood 0:05:58-0:06:38 Performed by Blind Faith 0:25:19-0:28:38 Courtesy of PolyGram Music International B.V. 1:34:55-1:38:57 By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing 1:21:56-1:23:03 “The Recruiting Run” – 0:08:23-0:09:21 “Montage Number 2” – 59:02-59:33 “I Feel Free” (December 1966) “Olympic Trials” – 1:04:57-1:06:03 Composed by Jack Bruce and Peter Brown Composed and Produced by Scott and Seth Grusin Performed by Cream Courtesy of PolyGram Music International B.V. “Tamalpais High (At About 3)” (February 1971) By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing Composed and Performed by David Crosby 1:25:03-1:26:30 Courtesy of Atlantic Recording Corp. By Arrangement with Warner Special Products “John, I’m Only Dancing” (September 1972) 0:10:41-0:12:11 Composed and Performed by David Bowie 0:18:58-0:19:40 Courtesy of Jones/Tintoretto Entertainment Co., LLC 1:30:26-1:31:20 1:43:32-1:44:30 “Walk on the Wild Side” (November 1972) “Badge” (April 1969) Composed and Performed by Lou Reed Composed and George Harrison and Eric Clapton Courtesy of The RCA Records Label of BMG Entertainment Performed by Cream 0:12:13-0:13:17 Courtesy of PolyGram Music International B.V. 0:15:42-0:16:06 By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing 1:44:30-1:45:32 “Do You Know What I Mean” (Fall 1971) Composed and Performed by Lee Michaels “Rocket Man” (April 1972) Courtesy of Lee Michaels Composed by Elton John and Bernie Taupin By Arrangement with Rhino Entertainment, Inc. Performed by Elton John 0:30:20-0:33:40 Courtesy of Rocket Records/Mercury Records Ltd. By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing “Can’t Get Enough of Your Love, Babe” (1974) 1:46:55-1:48:05 Composed and Performed by Barry White Courtesy of Mercury Records, Inc. By Arrangement with PolyGram Film & TV Licensing 0:39:40-0:40:52 3 (0:00:00-0:01:02) OPENING CREDITS (1:04) SCENE 1: Munich, West Germany, the 1972 Olympic Games. An assistant carries several cups of coffee to the “International News Corporation Sports” video truck. Director (shouting): Bobby, let’s make a pan left now. Left! Le- your other left, Bobby! Hello...close that door! Awright, stand by to cue da suits, we’re coming to 6 next. Get the VTRs ready. Thank you. Assistant: 10, 9, 8, 7… (counting continues in background) Director: All right, Irvo, you’re on 228, Billy, you’re on 904, Johnny, you’re on 274, and Vic, you’re on 61. Ready to cue Jones, and…cue Jones! TAKE 6! Race announcer Charlie Jones and commentator Fred Long appear on one of several video monitors, along with the favorites for the 5,000 meter run. Charlie Jones: Hello again everybody, and welcome to the Olympic Stadium here in Munich. This is Charlie Jones, along with Fred Long as we get set for the men’s 5,000 meters. An absolutely gorgeous day. Fred Long: Charlie, this race has the potential, on paper, of being the most competitive of the entire men’s track competition. Jones: Lasse Viren, is he the favorite? Fred Long: Oh he has to be. He’s been running the best of anyone in the world for the past six weeks and he is the current Olympic 10,000 meter champion. He has the psychological edge. Here he is, winning in world-record time just a few days ago. Lasse Viren: I have no specific tactic. I just want to be ready when the race starts. Director: Take 1! Ready to wipe it in. Jones: This is the greatest 5,000 meter field in Olympic history. Long: Ten of these men have set world records or won major championships. Director (off): Bring it in! Jones: It’s a mythic race. There is a reason, this was the longest distance in the ancient Olympic Games. Long: Run the 5,000 and you share something unique with those who’ve run it before. Jones: What is that? Long: Pain, Charlie. 13 minutes of pain that only they know. Jones: And so it will be a Finnish policeman, a Belgian gardener, a Tunisian soldier, and ironically, here in Munich, from Coos Bay, Oregon, a millworker’s son who was raised in a German-speaking household. Long: Earlier, when I talked to both Stewart and Prefontaine, I asked them how they thought the race might unfold. Ian Stewart: Well, it’ll probably be down to Viren and myself, with Prefontaine trying to chase us down in the last kilometer. Steve Prefontaine: I’d like to work it out so in…in the end, um, it comes down to a pure guts race. Voice (background): Stand by, 4! Prefontaine (continuing): If it is, I’m the only one who can win it. Jones: 14 qualifiers, 13 on the starting line. Mariano Haro of Spain has withdrawn. 5,000 meters. 12 and a half laps, for the gold medal. The gun is up. [Starting gun cracks.] It is a fair start, and the thirteen finalists are away... Bill Bowerman narrates in voiceover against close-up, slow motion race action of the pack of runners. Bill Bowerman: “Citius...Altius...Fortius.” It means faster...higher...stronger. It’s been the motto for the Olympics for the last 2,500 years. But it doesn’t mean faster, higher and stronger than who you’re competing against. Just “Faster...higher...stronger.” One runner brought this home to me. From the beginning, I tried to change him. And from the beginning, he tried not to change. That was our relationship, and even that never changed. He couldn’t stand a crowd. Always wanted to race out front, from the start, like he was trying to get away from something. Just where and when this compulsion came from, no one can say for sure, so, like Plato and his tale of the world’s creation, I will not say absolutely, this is the truth, but I will say, it is a likely story.