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'So many people knew their songs, but not many people knew the boys.' - Julie Andrews
Their award-winning work brought success to some of the most memorable films of all time, from Mary Poppins, Bedknobs and Broomsticks and Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to The Jungle Book. But while the films and their songs remain household names, Robert and Richard Sherman, the songwriters responsible for tunes like ‘Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious' and ‘It's A Small World' are virtually unknown - as is the story of the bitter feud that ended their partnership.
Springing out of a collaboration between two sons of the Sherman brothers, who sought to shed light on why their respective families had been incommunicado for decades, The Boys is an intriguing look at a fraught creative partnership - a bittersweet profile of two very different brothers, their tumultuous relationship and the rift that split them apart for good.
---D/P/S Gregory V. Sherman, Jeffrey C. Sherman Dist Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures TD 35mm/2009