You know, I think we've all been worked over over the last few years in life, sort of in the whole

world. I just feel like we've all felt like people have been separated into one side or another

and gotten angrier and angrier and more and angrier. And this movie really reminded me when I read

the book, I was really inspired by the idea that we can't do this without one another.

You can't get through it without one another.

And that's the feeling you got by these kids who were torn by the depression and forced together and ended up somehow being, you know, George, John, Paul, and Ringo.

... on Paul and Ringo. Hello and welcome back to the Directors Cut, brought to you by the Directors Guild of America.

In this episode, a Depression-era rowing team takes on elite rivals with incredible success

in director George Clooney's biographical sports drama, The Boys in the Boat.

Based on the novel by Daniel James Brown, the film tells the true story of the University

of Washington men's rowing team, who stunned the world when they unexpectedly win gold at the

1936 Berlin Summer Olympics.

In addition to the Boys in the Boat, Clooney's other directorial credits include the feature

films, The Tender Bar, The Midnight Sky, Suburicon, The Monuments Men, and the Ides of March.

He was nominated for the DGA Award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Feature Film

for his 2005 feature, Good Night and Good Luck.

Following a screening of the film at the DGA Theater in Los Angeles, Clooney spoke with director John Watts about filming The Boys in the Boat. Listen on for their spoiler-filled conversation. It's unbelievable.

That's a real story that really happened.

Well, the funny part is, you know, we've had people who've seen it who were like, you know, I mean, come on.

The coach gave him,

the, from Cal gave him money and the kid was sick and they didn't hear the stuff. All of that's

true. The only thing we cheated for dramatic purposes was the developing of the film at the,

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