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Life and times of Steve Prefontaine, a young long-distance runner from Oregon who pursued the dream of Olympic gold in Munich and became one of the biggest, yet most tragic sport stars in America., In the early 1970s Steve Prefontaine broke every American track record for 2,000-10,000 meter racing. When he went to the 1972 Olympics in Munich he did not win a medal, but he did go on to fight for athletes’ rights up until his tragic death in 1974., Jared Leto stars as Steve Prefontaine in this account of the Olympic athlete’s life. In high school, the young Prefontaine took up running after failing to make it as a football star. His determination to succeed took him all the way to the top before a car crash took his life., The inspiring true story of American track and field athlete Steve Prefontaine – who rose to record-breaking fame in the early 1970s – and the devastating effect of the terrorist attack on the 1972 Munich Olympics. Jared Leto, R. Lee Ermy, Ed O’Neill, Amy Locane, Lindsay Crouse, Laurel Holloman, Breckin Meyer, Brian McGover, Kurtwood Smith, Peter Anthony Jacobs., Drama based on the life of athlete Steve Prefontaine, who rose from running for recreation in his home town of Coos Bay, Oregon, to competing in the Munich Olympics.
