Prefontaine
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Directed by | Steve James |
Produced by | Mark Doonan Peter Gilbert Shelly Glasser Jon Lutz Irby Smith |
Written by | Steve James Eugene Corr |
Starring | Jared Leto |
Music by | Mason Daring |
Cinematography | Peter Gilbert |
Editing by | Peter Frank |
Distributed by | Hollywood Pictures |
Release date(s) | January 24, 1997 |
Running time | 107 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $8,000,000 (estimated) |
Gross profits | $532,190 |
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Prefontaine is a 1997 film documenting the life of American long-distance track athlete Steve Prefontaine. It was written and directed by Steve James, and stars Jared Leto as the title character.
Most of the movie was filmed at the University of Puget Sound campus in Tacoma, Washington. Peyton Field was redecorated to resemble Hayward Field at the University of Oregon.