The film follows the life of famous 1970s runner Steve Prefontaine from his youth days in Oregon to the University of Oregon where he worked with the legendary coach Bill Bowerman, later to Olympics in Munich and his early death at 24 in a car crash.

• Cruise/Wagner Productions
• Warner Bros. Pictures
• Billy Crudup
• Donald Sutherland
• Monica Potter
• Jeremy Sisto
• Matthew Lillard
• Dean Norris
• Billy Burke
• Gabriel Olds