The History Boys
204 reviews
Drama
1h 49m
2006
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...
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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.
- DirectorNicholas Hytner
- Release2 October 2006
- GenreDrama
- Duration1h 49m
- Budget$4,000,000
- Revenue$13,401,952
- Rate204 reviews
- Productions
DNA Films, BBC Film, UK Film Council, BBC, Fox Searchlight Pictures
Cast

Richard Griffiths
Hector

Stephen Campbell Moore
Irwin

Dominic Cooper
Dakin

Samuel Barnett
Posner

James Corden
Timms

Russell Tovey
Rudge

Samuel Anderson
Crowther

Jamie Parker
Scripps

Andrew Knott
Lockwood

Sacha Dhawan
Akhtar

Clive Merrison
Headmaster

Frances de la Tour
Mrs. Lintott

Penelope Wilton
Mrs. Bibby

Adrian Scarborough
Wilkes

Georgia Taylor
Fiona

Patrick Godfrey
Sleeping Clergyman
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