{"id":32605,"date":"2024-01-12T17:22:29","date_gmt":"2024-01-12T16:22:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.historyextra.com\/?p=256166"},"modified":"2024-01-12T22:11:55","modified_gmt":"2024-01-12T21:11:55","slug":"the-boys-in-the-boat-the-real-history-behind-george-clooneys-underdog-sports-movie","status":"publish","type":"rss_feed","link":"https:\/\/c01.purpledshub.com\/bbchistory\/rss_feed\/the-boys-in-the-boat-the-real-history-behind-george-clooneys-underdog-sports-movie\/","title":{"rendered":"The Boys in the Boat: the real history behind George Clooney\u2019s underdog sports movie"},"content":{"rendered":"

A new sporting drama directed by George Clooney follows a group of impoverished young Americans who, through rowing, emerge from the depths of the Great Depression to take on Hitler\u2019s regime. Jonny Wilkes explores the true story behind their remarkable Olympic feat <\/p>

By Jonny Wilkes\n \t\t<\/p>

Published: Friday, 12 January 2024 at 16:22 PM<\/p>

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Berlin, 1936: a crew of nine Americans arrive in the heart of Nazi Germany to compete in the Olympic Games<\/a>. All blue-collar boys who learned to survive and thrive at time of economic depression, they have dominated the sport of rowing in their nation, easily beating teams from the most elite schools. Now they are eyeing Olympic glory and gold.<\/p>\n

That is the story of The Boys in the Boat<\/em>, a new film directed by George Clooney, starring Callum Turner as Joe Rantz (one of the eponymous \u2018boys\u2019), and Joel Edgerton as the crew\u2019s taciturn coach Al Ulbrickson. It is based on a bestselling 2013 book by Daniel James Brown with the same title.<\/p>\n