The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the#1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction bookwritten by Daniel James Brown. The film, directed byGeorge Clooney, is about the 1936 University ofWashington rowing team that competed for gold atthe Summer Olympics in Berlin. This inspirationaltrue story follows a group of underdogs at theheight of the Great Depression as they are thrustinto the spotlight and take on elite rivals fromaround the world.