A 1930s-set story centered on the University of Washington's rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.A 1930s-set story centered on the University of Washington's rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.A 1930s-set story centered on the University of Washington's rowing team, from their Depression-era beginnings to winning gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics.
- Awards
- 2 wins & 2 nominations
Tom Varey
- Johnny White
- (as Thomas Stephen Varey)
- Director
- Writers
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaPrior to making the film, the actors had no rowing experience. They were given a physio and a trainer to prepare for the physicality of rowing. They trained every day for months, rowing for four hours a day, every day, and then an hour after filming. George Clooney deliberately shot the film in order "so by the time we got to the race in Germany, our kids could stay in the game." The actors' goal was to get to 46 strokes per minute while working on the film, which they achieved, matching the strokes per minute of the original crew in the Olympics.
- GoofsThe newsreel in the movie says Jesse Owens is from the University of Ohio. While there is an Ohio University in Athens, Ohio, he was actually a student at The Ohio State University --- so named in 1878, well before 1936.
- Quotes
George Pocock: That bunch of kids rowed like no one else who's ever come through here.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Jimmy Kimmel Live!: George Clooney/Kumail Nanjani/Lenny Kravitz (2023)
- SoundtracksUntil Life Turns Your Way Again
Written and Performed by Ian James Donaldson
Courtesy of Black Toast Music
Featured review
Amazing Story, Fun Film
Boys in the Boat is maybe my favorite nonfiction book of all time. The story of Joe Rantz is inspiring tragic and incredibly easy to root.
The boys in the boat movie captures the beauty of rowing and team work, but it only begins to scratch the surface of the depth of these real life characters.
The biggest flaw in this movie is the writing and at times the dialogue. The writers boil down the tragedies of Joe Rantz and his teammates to simplistic and generic back stories when it would have lead to a more emotional movie to focus on how little these people were given in there life's and how much they were able to accomplish.
While it was still enjoyable and inspiring to watch this classic story, with the material that they had, they should have created a much more emotional and factual film.
I would recommend this movie to anyone but I would highly recommend people read the book.
The boys in the boat movie captures the beauty of rowing and team work, but it only begins to scratch the surface of the depth of these real life characters.
The biggest flaw in this movie is the writing and at times the dialogue. The writers boil down the tragedies of Joe Rantz and his teammates to simplistic and generic back stories when it would have lead to a more emotional movie to focus on how little these people were given in there life's and how much they were able to accomplish.
While it was still enjoyable and inspiring to watch this classic story, with the material that they had, they should have created a much more emotional and factual film.
I would recommend this movie to anyone but I would highly recommend people read the book.
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- masontullis
- Dec 26, 2023
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- Release date
- Country of origin
- Official site
- Languages
- Also known as
- Хлопці у човні
- Filming locations
- Cleveland Lakes Nature Reserve, Ashton Keynes, Swindon, Wiltshire, England, UK(University of Washington Boathouse, Berlin Olympics)
- Production companies
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Box office
- Budget
- $40,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $52,641,306
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $8,400,548
- Dec 31, 2023
- Gross worldwide
- $55,481,773
- Runtime2 hours 3 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 2.39:1
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