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The History Boys (2006)

Movie"History. It's just one bloody thing after another."
Audience Score
66
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R 1 hr 49 minOct 2nd, 2006Drama
The story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students at a Yorkshire grammar school in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master, a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores, a grossly out-numbered history teacher, and a headmaster obsessed with results, the boys attempt to pass.
StarringRichard GriffithsStephen Campbell MooreDominic Cooper
DirectorNicholas Hytner

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:October 2nd, 2006
On DVD & Blu-ray:April 17th, 2007 - Buy DVD
Movie Budget:$4,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$13,401,952 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Miles Ketley, Andrew Macdonald, Charles Moore, Allon Reich, David M. Thompson
Production Companies:DNA Films, BBC Film, UK Film Council, BBC, Fox Searchlight Pictures
The History Boys on the Web:Official Website
Movie Tags:
based on play or musicalhigh school1980steachereducationyorkshireteachers and studentsnorthern englandbecoming an adulthigh school teacher