The Boys in the Boat
- Release Date
- December 25, 2023
- Director
- George Clooney
- Cast
- Joel Edgerton , Callum Turner , Peter Guinness , Sam Strike
- Main Genre
- Biography
- Studio
- Tempesta Films, Lantern Entertainment, Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM)
- Writers
- Daniel James Brown , Mark L. Smith
Summary
The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction novel written by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed by George Clooney, is about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirational true story follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world
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