IsThe Boys in the Boatbased on a book? Yes. Directed by George Clooney, the movie is based on Daniel James Brown's #1 New York Times bestselling non-fiction bookThe Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, which was published in 2013...
Though Rantz’s teammates are also featured in the movie, his life story is what anchors the film. Rantz was born in 1914 in Spokane, Washington. His mother died when he was a toddler and his dad eventually remarried. Unfortunately, Rantz and his stepmother had a fraught relationship...