[jinx'sboy]

Sounds like a movie will be out soon. Not sure how I feel about that...although Kenneth Branagh is directing! http://www.row2k.com/news/4-1-2016/Cast-of--Boys-in-the-Boat--Movie-Announced/99798/#.V6QgWzXHKM8 I liked the TV show. And the piece that preceded it (at least on Spokane PBS) on Nazis and the '36 Olympic spectacle was equally good. The book is a GREAT read! I have loose connection; my father in law (99 now) had an older brother, who rowed for CAL in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics, and won gold. Sadly he died in the 1960's and my wife recalls very little about her uncle.

[Frango]

[treeswarper]

Apparently the 10 people ahead were very fast readers. The book appeared today and I have been reading. Now if the one slow snail like reader who was ahead of me for another book that I've been waiting for 2 months would hurry a bit.

[AlpineRose]

Ha, the book is a fast read.

[jinx'sboy]

Good PBS piece on the upcoming movie, tonight…. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/george-clooney-discusses-the-true-story-behind-his-new-film-the-boys-in-the-boat

[Bowregard]

We checked out the audio book and listened to it on our Canadian Rockies trip in 2022. Great read. Just got back from watching the Movie today. I enjoyed the movie but I think if you only see the movie you are missing out on a number of great backstories from the book.

[kiliki]

Yeah it seems like they could have added some on the backstories or at least the interesting details in a way that took very little time. I enjoyed the movie reasonably well but couldn't help second guessing a lot of the choices. I guess like they felt like they had to have the love story, but it wasn't nearly as interesting as the stuff that they sacrificed to include it. The settings in general were disappointing. Funny how Lake Washington and Germany appeared to be the same place. Did they CGI in that evergreen forest in Poughkeepsie? I've been to Poughkeepsie and walked over the Hudson on the huge former RR bridge there and it's pretty deciduous forest.

[Joey]

Judy Rantz-Willman (daughter of Joe Rantz) has been a neighbor and good friend for 30+ years. For the last few years before he passed away Joe lived with Judy and Ray. From time to time I would be over therefore some reason and the dialog would start: Hi Joe. Hi Joe. As the last-man-standing, Joe had possession of the medal. But as a kid, Judy never saw the medal since it was lost. One day Joe was replacing some roofing on his house and noticed some shiny bits in the insulation. He had uncovered a squirrel's stash which somehow included the medal.

[zephyr]

[Joey]

I will ping Judy and find out the rest of the story. Edit: Judy reports that her Dad had the medal displayed on his fireplace mantle until it disappeared. Her theory is that the squirrel got in via the dog door. Fido must have been asleep on the job.

[rhondarudman]

"As they lined up next to the German and Italian crews, Olympic officials went down the American line, hanging gold medals around the boys' necks and placing laurel wreaths on their heads." From "The Boys in the Boat" page 354. I knew one of those Boys in the Boat. One day he brought out his gold medal and put it in my hands and he told me his story. We talked about Germany. His sense of accomplishment was always a little overshadowed by the fact they got out with gold while millions of people lost their lives. His name was Jim McMillin. I have two newspaper articles including one from the Kitsap Sun with a picture of Jim holding his gold medal.

[rhondarudman]

One other thing. Joe Rantz was not the last man standing. Quote from the book: "Roger Morris, the first of Joe's friends on crew, was the last man standing. Roger died on July 22, 2009. At his memorial service, Judy rose and recalled how in their last few years Joe and Roger would often get together....." From "The Boys in the Boat" page 367 by Daniel James Brown, 2014.

[idoru]

[olderthanIusedtobe]

[idoru]