#GeorgeClooney Brings #TheBoysInTheBoat From Page to Screen
Watch as director George Clooney talks about taking Daniel James Brown's novel The Boys In The Boat from page to the big screen!
The Boys In The Boat Cast:
Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton, Jack Mulhern, Sam Strike, Peter Guinness and Alec Newman
The Boys In The Boat will hit theaters December 25, 2023!
The Boys In The Boat Cast:
Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton, Jack Mulhern, Sam Strike, Peter Guinness and Alec Newman
The Boys In The Boat will hit theaters December 25, 2023!
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00:00 There were a lot of challenges in adapting the book because it's a book and it's thick
00:08 and he's got a lot of storylines in it.
00:09 So we had to pick the greatest hits, you know.
00:13 The reality is you could do Boys in the Boat, a six-part series, and then you'd be able
00:17 to sort of go through all of the back story of Joe, which is a heartbreaking story.
00:22 So the hardest, the main part was that you wanted to be cinematic.
00:27 You know that you have to deal with the races and you have to make them sort of special.
00:31 You know that you have to talk about some version of where they came from and you have
00:35 a beautiful love story.
00:36 And so those were the main focuses.
00:38 And the rest of the stuff that's the, when you read the book, it's so beautiful.
00:42 It's beautiful prose.
00:43 It's beautifully written.
00:46 You have to pick and choose your battles on those.