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The History Boys (2006) 6.7
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6.7/10 from 13,486 users
Metascore: 74/100
Reviews: 154 user | 109 critic | 32 from Metacritic.com An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge. Director:Nicholas Hytner |
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Samuel Anderson | ... | |
| James Corden | ... | ||
| Stephen Campbell Moore | ... | ||
| Richard Griffiths | ... | ||
| Frances de la Tour | ... | ||
| Andrew Knott | ... | ||
| Russell Tovey | ... | ||
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Jamie Parker | ... | |
| Dominic Cooper | ... | ||
| Samuel Barnett | ... | ||
| Sacha Dhawan | ... | ||
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Clive Merrison | ... | |
| Penelope Wilton | ... | ||
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In 1980s Britain, a group of young men at Cutlers' Grammar School all have the brains, and the will to earn the chance of getting accepted in the finest universities in the nation, Oxford and Cambridge. Despite the fine teaching by excellent professionals like Mrs Lintott in history and the intellectually enthusiastic Hector in General Studies, the Headmaster is not satisfied. He signs on the young Irwin to polish the students' style to give them the best chance. In this mix of intellectualism and creative spirit that guides a rigorous preparation regime for that ultimate educational brass ring, the lives of the randy students and the ostensibly restrained faculty intertwine that would change their lives forever. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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Country:
UKLanguage:
EnglishRelease Date:
13 October 2006 (UK) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
£2,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$100,803 (USA) (22 November 2006)Gross:
$2,706,659 (USA) (23 February 2007)Company Credits
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Posner: How do you know?
Scripps: That's what I always think about God. Must get so pissed off, everybody adoring him all the time.
Posner: Yes, only you don't catch God poncing about in his underpants.
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Written by Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner and Gillian Gilbert
(c) Be Music / Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
Performed by New Order
Licensed courtesy of Rhino UK
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The first time we see Hector giving a lift to one of the pupils on his motorbike, they drive past a house with a satellite dish on the wall. Satellite TV did not exist in the UK in 1983. See more »Quotes
Scripps: Love can be very irritating.Posner: How do you know?
Scripps: That's what I always think about God. Must get so pissed off, everybody adoring him all the time.
Posner: Yes, only you don't catch God poncing about in his underpants.
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At the beginning of the film, the title - "The History Boys" - is taken letter by letter from random parts of an essay on the dissolution of the monasteries, a common history topic, Which the History Boys themselves write later on in the film. See more »Soundtracks
"Blue Monday"Written by Stephen Morris, Peter Hook, Bernard Sumner and Gillian Gilbert
(c) Be Music / Warner/Chappell Music Ltd
Performed by New Order
Licensed courtesy of Rhino UK
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I had the good fortune to see a preview of this film at Picturehouse Greenwich - the best cinema in London. I had seen the play in London so was expecting to be disappointed at seeing the film of the History Boys on the screen. However,I am pleased to report it is a fantastic film. Great characters, far too many good performances to pick any one person as best actor. The boys and staff of the school were fantastic and totally believable. Not quite how life was when I was at school, but I imagine many grammar schools in the 1980's were the same.
I laughed out loud and cried and left the cinema with a smile on my face.
A must see