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2006 Certificate 15
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"The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly out-numbered history .. Read more

Starring Samuel Anderson, Jack Bagley, Samuel Barnett, Stephen Campbell Moore
Director Nicholas Hytner
Genres Audio Descriptive, Drama

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The History Boys

"The History Boys" tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly out-numbered 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 Samuel Anderson, Jack Bagley, Samuel Barnett, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths, Frances De La Tour, Clive Merrison, Penelope Wilton
Director Nicholas Hytner
Studio 20TH CENTURY FOX HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 40 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Genres Audio Descriptive, Drama
Language DVD: English, English Audio Description
Released DVD: 05 Mar 2007
Production year: 2006
Format DVD

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  • Theres something of Joe Orton about The History Boys, the play by Alan Bennett which makes the transfer from... read more on Time Out

    • Dave Calhoun, 
    • Time Out
    • Posted 04 Nov 2008

  • Smart, funny, fresh and original

    • Heat
    • Posted 08 Oct 2007

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      • Posted 30 May 2007 11:29

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    Rated - 3 stars

    The History Boys

    I thought that the French speaking scene went on far too long, Francis de la Tour gave

    a wonderful performance. I am pleased that i did not pay and watch this film at the cinema

      • BT from WAKEFIELD
      • Posted 30 Jun 2008 19:25

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