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Starring: Callum Turner, Joel Edgerton, Chris Diamantopoulos, Jack Mulhern, Sam Strike, Luke Slattery, Thomas Elms, Tom Varey, Bruce Herbelin-Earle, Wil Coban, James Wolk, Hadley Robinson, Courtney Henggeler
Story:
Bio-sports drama directed by George Clooney and written by Mark L. Smith. Based on a true story, The Boys in the Boat (2023) centers on the 1936 University of Washington rowing team that competed for gold at the Summer Olympics in Berlin and follows a group of underdogs at the height of the Great Depression as they are thrust into the spotlight and take on elite rivals from around the world.
We’ll add the best quotes once the movie is released and we’ve had a chance to watch it, but for now, here’s a small selection.
Quotes:
Elderly Joe Rantz: There are some moments in life you never forget.
Elderly Joe Rantz: The depression hit everyone hard. No jobs. No food. We were broke.
UW Registrar: [to Joe] Looks like you still owe a balance on this semester.
Joe Rantz: So what’s that about making some money?
Roger Morris: Yeah, the rowing team. You’re on you get a part time job including a cheap place to live.
Coach Al Ulbrickson: Eight-man crew is the most difficult team sport in the world. The average human body is just not meant for such things. Most of you will not be chosen.
Coach Tom Bolles: [to Ulbrickson] Beautiful speech, coach.
Joyce Simdars: [to Joe] They’re announcing the team today. Are you going to make it?
Elderly Joe Rantz: We rowed out of need. The need to stay in school. The need to eat. To sleep.
Joe Rantz: We got to keep these, right? Long as we stay on the team.
Rowing Announcer: Washington Huskies coach is bringing an inexperienced boat to the competition.
Elderly Joe Rantz: They said we couldn’t compete with the richest schools in the nation. They said we couldn’t beat the Germans. But they didn’t understand who we were.
Rowing Announcer: The Washington boat has taken the lead! Washington has done it!
Coach Tom Bolles: [to Ulbrickson] I got nine seconds under the course record.
Royal Brougham: Olympic year this year.
Coach Al Ulbrickson: Olympic year!? I didn’t realize.
George Pocock: That bunch of kids rowed like no one else that’s ever come through here.
Coach Al Ulbrickson: Everybody else tires, and they just get stronger.
Coach Al Ulbrickson: We have a boat that I believe could qualify for an Olympic spot.
Man: [to Ulbrickson] I hope you know what you’re doing.
Joe Rantz: We got to beat those other schools first, but coach says we have a shot.
Coach Al Ulbrickson: Maybe we can row as a team!
Bobby Moch: If you guys don’t get yourselves figured out, you’re not racing at all!
Joe Rantz: The boys, that boat, it’s all I got.
Bobby Moch: Let’s show them what’s in this boat.
Rowing Announcer: I don’t believe what I’m seeing!
George Pocock: The best boats, they’re connected. Sweat and pain.
Coach Al Ulbrickson: For what it’s worth, I’m proud of you boys.
Coach Tom Bolles: Inspiring.
Coach Al Ulbrickson: Well, you missed the part where I told them not to tip over.
Coach Al Ulbrickson: Row for your country! Row for each other!
Bobby Moch: For all the people who never believed in you! As-One! As-One!
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