History is a commentary on the various and continuing incapabilities of men.
The History Boys tells the story of a group of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge.
Bounced between their maverick English teacher (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd professor hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly outnumbered history teacher (Frances De La Tour), and a headmaster obsessed with results (Clive Merrison), the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes as much about how education works, as it is about where education leads.
Starring:
Richard Griffiths, Stephen Campbell Moore, Frances de la Tour, James Corden, Dominic Cooper
Director:
Nicholas Hytner
Producers:
Kevin Loader, Damian Jones
Screenplay:
Alan Bennett
Executive Producers:
Andrew Macdonald, Allon Reich, David M. Thompson, Miles Ketley, Charles Moore
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Credits summary:
A Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Films, DNA Films, Fox Searchlight Pictures and National Theatre Production
Certificate:
15
Running time:
109 mins
Released
13 October 2006
Out on DVD
5 March 2007
Broadcast on
27 April 2016