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  • 2009
  • PG
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2009
  • PG
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

Summary The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story is an intimate journey through the lives of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the astoundingly prolific, Academy Award-winning songwriting team that defined family musical entertainment for five decades. The feature-length documentary, conceived produced and directed by two of the songwriter...

Directed By: Gregory V. Sherman, Jeff Sherman

  • 2009
  • PG
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m
  • 2009
  • PG
  • Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures
  • 1 h 41 m

The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

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Summary The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story is an intimate journey through the lives of Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the astoundingly prolific, Academy Award-winning songwriting team that defined family musical entertainment for five decades. The feature-length documentary, conceived produced and directed by two of the songwriter...

Directed By: Gregory V. Sherman, Jeff Sherman

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The result is an excellent film - entertaining and informative and sometimes stunning in its display of the personal demons shared by these two geniuses.
By Peter Hartlaub FULL REVIEW
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Boys is first-rate cinema archaeology. What pushes it beyond that is the brutal honesty with which the sibling rivalry between the elder Shermans is depicted; theirs is a palpable mixture of love and disdain that led to the men not socializing with each other for more than 40 years.
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A vital one for movie fans.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
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Engaging documentary draws on plentiful archival footage and A-list interviewees, and should lure dedicated nostalgists.
By Dennis Harvey FULL REVIEW
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Julie Andrews, Dick Van Dyke and a host of other notables sing the praises of the estranged siblings, whose work is illustrated by copious film clips.
By Lou Lumenick FULL REVIEW
70
Comprehensive, fulfilling film.
By Laura Kern FULL REVIEW
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This entertaining, inside-show-business documentary is greatly enhanced by the presence of the two engaging "boys" of the title -- brothers who found harmony through music and dissonance with each other.
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Production Company Walt Disney Pictures, Crescendo Productions, Traveling Light Partners, Red Hour Films
Release Date May 22, 2009
Duration 1 h 41 m
Rating PG
Genres
Tagline Brothers, Partners, Strangers
Website http://movies.disney.com/the-boys-the-sherman-brothers-story
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