OPENING IN THEATERS DECEMBER 25 ~ “The Boys in the Boat” film directed by George Clooney and based on the book by Daniel James Brown.
Visit the new exhibit “Pulling Together: A Brief History of Rowing in Seattle” through June 2, 2024 at the Museum of History and Industry (MOHAI), 860 Terry Ave. N., Seattle; mohai.org/visit
The movie, about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team - a group of ordinary young men who ended up winning gold in the Olympics in Hitler's Berlin, was shot in the English Cotswolds because Seattle has changed since then (and because the director, George Clooney, lives in England)
The movie, about the 1936 University of Washington rowing team - a group of ordinary young men who ended up winning gold in the Olympics in Hitler's Berlin, was shot in the English Cotswolds because Seattle has changed since then (and because the director, George Clooney, lives in England)
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| The 1936 crew. Photo from MOHAI collection |
Locally, the book the movie is based on was the choice for an "everybody reads the same book" event in Shoreline and Lake Forest Park book groups when it came out.
Correction: 1936 Olympics
And I think there is an interesting point about the family cabin on the shore of Lake Washington - which should be somewhere in LFP just north of Seattle city limits?
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