The story of the year the Oxford and Cambridge boat race changed from a gentleman's race to one where winning was everything.
Acting
Young Dominic West simmers with barely-contained rage throughout.
Practical Effects
Actual 1980s boats, actual water, actual suffering.
Director
Ferdinand Fairfax
Dominic West
Donald MacDonald
Bill Nighy
Jeremy Saville
Johan Leysen
Daniel Topolski
Ryan Bollman
Morrison Black
Edward Atterton
Freddy Prideaux-Jones
Geraldine Somerville
Ruth MacDonald
Josh Lucas
Dan Warren
Noah Huntley
Nick Bonham
Brian McGovern
Rick Ross
Darcey Bussell
Annabel
Dylan Baker
Michael Suarez, S.J.
Andrew Clover
Rob Atkins
Jonathan Cake
Patrick Conner
Tom Hollander
Sam Peterson
Nicholas Rowe
David Ball
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
The real 1987 Oxford crew actually mutinied against coach Dan Topolski—this film adapts his own self-serving memoir.
Released the same year as 'The English Patient,' this flopped because audiences preferred their British prestige with romance, not ergometers.
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