The History Boys (2006)

User Rating:

6.7/10   

Director:

Nicholas Hytner

Writers:

Alan Bennett (screenplay)
Alan Bennett (play)

Release Date:

13 October 2006 (UK)

Genre:

Comedy | Drama

Tagline:

Meet The Boys Who Are Making History!

Plot:

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys pursue of sex, sport, and higher education.

Plot Keywords:

Class | Headmaster | Oxford | School | Student

Awards:

Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 1 win & 11 nominations

Cast

Samuel Anderson	...	Crowther
James Corden	...	Timms
Stephen Campbell Moore	...	Irwin
Richard Griffiths	...	Hector
Frances de la Tour	...	Mrs. Lintott
Andrew Knott	...	Lockwood
Russell Tovey	...	Rudge
Jamie Parker	...	Scripps
Dominic Cooper	...	Dakin
Samuel Barnett	...	Posner
Sacha Dhawan	...	Akhtar
Clive Merrison	...	The Headmaster
Penelope Wilton	...	Mrs. Bibby
Adrian Scarborough	...	Wilkes
Georgia Taylor	...	Fiona

MPAA:

Rated R for language and sexual content.

Runtime:

109 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

USA:R | Ireland:16 | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:15 | Argentina:16 | Finland:K-11 | South Korea:15 | Germany:o.Al. | Australia:M | New Zealand:M

Filming Locations:

Belgrave Avenue, Claremount, Halifax, West Yorkshire, England, UK

Company:

Free Range Films

Trivia:

Many of the extras in the film are also members of staff at the National Theatre in London (where Nicholas Hytner is the artistic director) who were invited to visit the set and have the chance of appearing in the finished film.

Goofs:

Errors made by characters (possibly deliberate errors by the filmmakers): When Posner and Hector are discussing the poem "Drummer Hodge" by Thomas Hardy, Posner references Rupert Brooke's poem "The Solider" by mentioning the line "There's some corner of a foreign field... in that dust a richer dust concealed." The line is actually "in that rich earth a richer dust concealed."

Quotes:

Timms: I don't always understand poetry!
Hector: You don't always understand it? Timms, I never understand it. But learn it now, know it now and you will understand it... whenever.

Movie Connections:

Spoofs Brief Encounter (1945)

Soundtrack:

Piano Concerto No. 2 in C Minor - Adagio Sostenuto

Wonderful!!

I thought this really was an absolutely beautiful film. Really makes you think. I don't think the way they behaved in school was particularly unrealistic at all; I am currently in my final year of 6th form and have relationships like that with many of my teachers (not implying that I have crushes on them or that they touch me of course!)

Some very amusing parts, I thought it was such a lovely film. Could happily watch it over and over and over...

I felt that despite being a theatre play originally, it comes across so well on the big screen. The final part at the end I thought was wonderful.

A must-see for anyone