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The History Boys

"History. It's just one bloody thing after another."

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R 2006 · 1h 49m
Drama
Starring Richard Griffiths · Stephen Campbell Moore · Dominic Cooper
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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.

Theatrical
Oct 2, 2006
DVD / Blu-ray
Apr 17, 2007
Box Office
$13.4M
Budget
$4.0M
Return
3.4x
Director
Nicholas Hytner
Writer
Alan Bennett
Producers
Pádraig Cusack, Nicholas Hytner, Damian Jones
Music
George Fenton
Studio
DNA Films, UK Film Council, BBC Two, National Theatre
Keywords
becoming an adult education exam northern england high school scholarship oxford cambridge yorkshire based on play or musical teacher high school teacher lgbt lgbt teen history teacher headmaster boys' school teachers and students 1980s gay theme cambridge university history gay teenager
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R
Richard Griffiths
Hector
S
Stephen Campbell Moore
Irwin
D
Dominic Cooper
Dakin
S
Samuel Barnett
Posner
James Corden
James Corden
Timms
R
Russell Tovey
Rudge
S
Samuel Anderson
Crowther
J
Jamie Parker
Scripps
A
Andrew Knott
Lockwood
S
Sacha Dhawan
Akhtar
C
Clive Merrison
Headmaster
F
Frances de la Tour
Mrs. Lintott
P
Penelope Wilton
Mrs. Bibby
A
Adrian Scarborough
Wilkes
G
Georgia Taylor
Fiona
P
Patrick Godfrey
Sleeping Clergyman

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The Relentless Nature of History
Taglines History. It's just one fucking thing after another.
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Making History with the Boys
Taglines Meet The Boys Who Are Making History!
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.

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