The Boys in the Boat is a sports drama based on the#1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction boo 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 thrustinto the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world.