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The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story

2009 · 101 min

A bittersweet, intimate look at a creative partnership and the family rift behind it, mixing fond nostalgia with quiet heartache.

Genres
Documentary, Music
Tagline
Brothers, partners, strangers
Overview
The troubled fraternal relationship between songwriters Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman, the Oscar and Grammy-winning Sherman Brothers, famous for the iconic hits they wrote for Disney.

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Tone
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • family
  • art
  • music
  • betrayal
  • identity
Places
  • workplace
Era
contemporary
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore none
  • Language mild
  • Violence none
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
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Action0
Horror0
Humour3
Realism9
Romance1
Tension3
Darkness4
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Genres
documentary, music
Directed by
Gregory V. Sherman, Jeff Sherman
Starring
Richard M. Sherman, Robert B. Sherman, Julie Andrews, Roy Edward Disney, Randy Newman, John Lasseter, Ben Stiller, Dick Van Dyke
Runtime
101 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English

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