Claim: Donald Sutherland is in Without Limits.

Without Limits is a 1998 biographical sports film . It is written and directed by Robert Towne and follows the relationship between record-breaking distance runner Steve Prefontaine and his coach Bill Bowerman , who later co-founded Nike , Inc. . Billy Crudup plays Prefontaine and Donald Sutherland plays Bowerman . It also stars Monica Potter , Jeremy Sisto , Judith Ivey , Matthew Lillard and William Mapother .   Without Limits was produced by Tom Cruise -LRB- Cruise and Mapother are cousins -RRB- and Paula Wagner , and released and distributed by Warner Bros. . Due to a very low-key promotional campaign , the $ 25 million film grossed only $ 777,000 at the box office , although it received good reviews from many major critics . Sutherland received a Golden Globe nomination for Best Supporting Actor .