In 1929, as the American economy crashed and one-quarter of the workforce was unemployed, Joe Rantz stood on the planks of a dilapidated porch and watched his father, stepmother and younger brothers ...

George Clooney’s new film The Boys in the Boat hits screens in US cinemas on Christmas Day and will arrive in Britain early in January. Based on Daniel James Brown’s New York Times-bestselling ...

BITB_15372_R (l-r.) Thomas Elms stars as Chuck Day, Tom Varey as Johnny White, Bruce Herbelin-Earle as Shorty Hunt, Callum Turner as Joe Rantz, Luke Slattery as Bobby Moch and Wil Coban as Jim ...

Ten years ago, a new book's tale of grit and adventure quickly caught fire with critics and readers alike. That story is now George Clooney's latest directorial effort, "The Boys in the Boat" (now in ...

SEQUIM — A quilt in a national show at the Sequim Museum & Arts is based on Joe Rantz, a Sequim resident who was a key member of the University of Washington’s 1936 rowing team that won the gold medal ...

This is KUOW's book club, and we’re wrapping up "The Boys in the Boat" by Daniel James Brown. I'm your club guide, Katie Campbell. he word I keep coming back to when describing "The Boys in the Boat" ...

When Joe Rantz was four years old, his mother died. While Rantz was still a teen, his father and stepmother, viewing him as one extra mouth to feed, abandoned him at the start of the Great Depression.

A notably Spielbergian effort from director George Clooney (“The Tender Bar”), the period sports drama “The Boys in the Boat” is “Chariots of Fire” on the water. The film tells the embellished true ...

It may have been a story lost in history, if not for the book by Daniel James Brown and the upcoming film directed by George Clooney. “The Boys In The Boat” tells the true tale of eight poor and ...

Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Be warned: “The Boys in the Boat” is no “Chariots of Fire.” Sorry, George. The film, which is being released on ...

Director George Clooney both begins and ends “The Boys in the Boat ” on a sun-dappled lake. It’s a seductive sight, calm and soothing, and aptly reflects the ethos of a film that often feels like one ...