Boys In The Boat Essay

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“‘300 meters, and the Americans have pulled even! The boats are three across now. 250 meters to go’”. “‘It’s a three-boat race. Who’s going to break?’’ ‘“100 meters to go. It’s neck and neck’”. “‘Germany, Italy, America. And that’s it for now! The results are just too close for this reporter to tell’”. “‘The German fans believe they’ve got their sixth win of these 1936 Olympics. We can only sit and wait for the results.’”...”’America’”. “‘The United States has won the gold!’” Directed by George Clonney, the movie The Boys in the Boat is a true story about the University of Washington's JV rowing team and their journey of going to try and win the Gold medal at the 1936 Olympics in Berlin, Germany. The Boys in the Boat runs for 2h 4m and is rated PG-13. …show more content…

The movie is about Joe Rantz, who tried out and made the University of Washington’s JV rowing team. It tells the story of his childhood, college, and finally getting accepted for the JV rowing team. It shows the team's progression from their first race ever to winning the Olympics. Along the way, we get introduced to Joe’s love interest and the reason why he joined the rowing team in the first place. It shows the struggles with deciding whether the Jv team or the varsity team goes to the Olympics and the struggles with money getting to Berlin. In the end, we get a glimpse of Joe’s life after rowing and we get a full circle effect. A major part of the movie was when Coach Edgerton chose to make the JV team go to the Olympics rather than the Varsity team. This was a major conflict due to the fact that the Varsity team had been training for this very moment for over 4 years. It irritated a lot of people because the JV team just started this year and that they don’t have enough experience to compete in the Olympics, unlike the Varsity team. Coach Edgerton could have lost his job if the decision he made went

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