The film starring Joel Edgerton is based on a true story.
The Big Picture MGM has unveiled the first images for The Boys in the Boat, directed by George Clooney, a film based on Daniel James Brown's #1 New York Times bestselling book of the same name. The movie is based on the true story of the University of Washington's 1936 rowing team, as the underdogs make a name for themselves by defeating their seniors and eventually defeating the Nazis for the first position, in an event that Adolf Hitler himself attended.
Rowing was one of the most popular and cheered-for sports in the early twentieth century. As the country grappled with the Great Depression, a group of strong-headed and physically fit boys carved a name for themselves. They represented their country at the Summer Olympics in Berlin and faced elite rivals from all around the world. These were underprivileged kids for whom staying on the team was their only chance to remain in the University.
Hollywood's Celebration of Sports Stories The Boys in the Boat is not the first time that audiences are going to see high-octane rowing competitions on the silver screen. The Nicholas Cage-starring The Boy in Blue also followed the journey of Ned Hanlan, a late-19th-century Canadian sculler and world champion rower who later became a national hero and a bootlegger.
Similar to The Boy in Blue, Clooney’s The Boys in the Boat is going to be intense. “Every film we’ve ever seen that has an underdog in it whom you are always rooting for — that you can pull yourself up from nothing and succeed,” said Clooney, hinting at the film's enthusiastic, passionate, and heartfelt themes. “There are lots of times when the human spirit prevails over circumstances that it doesn’t seem that they ought to be able to prevail over. George understood what the story was.
The movie stars Joel Edgerton, Callum Turner, Peter Guinness, Courtney Henggeler, Jack Mulhern, and James Wolk among others. The Boys in the Boat is coming to theaters on December 25. Check out the images below:
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