The History Boys
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- Synopsis
- An unruly collection of clever but crass Thatcher-era English high-school students seek to earn the scores needed to enroll in Oxford and Cambridge in director Nicholas Hytner and screenwriter Alan Bennett's screen adaptation of Bennett's ......
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- Director(s)
- Nicholas Hytner
- Distributor(s)
- Fox Searchlight
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 109 min.
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Critic Reviews
The Onion (A.V. Club) | Nathan RabinAdd Critic to Favorites
History Boys boasts a dazzling verbal cleverness--the gleeful rat-a-tat of snappy banter expertly executed--that doesn't keep it from also being deeply, exquisitely sad.Read the full review
Boston Globe | Wesley MorrisAdd Critic to Favorites
A shrewdly acted, bittersweet comedy.Read the full review
Washington Post | Peter MarksAdd Critic to Favorites
Wildean panache of this caliber is not the norm in movie dialogue, so on this score alone, The History Boys is a blessing. The top-drawer work of a fine ensemble is another.Read the full review
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The Habit of Art
11/18/09 Neither the poet W.H. Auden nor composer Benjamin Britten were exactly famous for knockabout comedy. | Variety -
'Luck' finds helmer
10/04/09 Jim Field Smith is coming aboard to direct "Good Luck, Anthony Belcher," George Kay's script that recently was announced as leading this year's Brit List, the U.K.'s version of the Black List. U.K.-based indie Ruby Films ("The Other Boleyn Girl") is producing the dramedy, which centers on a perennially unlucky man whose fortunes abruptly change. | The Hollywood Reporter -
Griffiths to replace Gambon in 'Habit'
10/02/09 A Tony winner for his role in Alan Bennett's "The History Boys," Richard Griffiths has stepped into the writer's new play "The Habit of Art" at London's National Theater, following Michael Gambon's departure from the production due to health issues. | Variety -
More from Nicholas Hytner's hat
07/24/09 Two of the National Theater's current smash hits aren't actually playing in any of his three auditoriums. | Variety -
Bennett's 'Habit' screened live
05/18/09 Alan Bennett's new play "The Habit of Art," directed by National Theater a.d. Nicholas Hytner, will be filmed live and screened in 60 U.K. cinemas and a further 110 screens worldwide. | Variety