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The History Boys ()

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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.
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  • Nominated for 2 BAFTA Film Awards. Another 2 wins & 13 nominations.
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Crowther
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Timms
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Irwin
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Hector
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Mrs. Lintott
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Lockwood
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Rudge
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Scripps
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Dakin
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Posner
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Akhtar
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The Headmaster
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Mrs. Bibby
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Wilkes
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Fiona
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Lollipop Lady
Colin Haigh ...
Oxford Porter
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Oxford Don
David Killick ...
Neighbouring Don
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Sleeping Clergyman
Rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Craig Carruthers ...
Postman (uncredited)

Directed by

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Nicholas Hytner

Written by

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Alan Bennett ... (screenplay)
 
Alan Bennett ... (play)

Produced by

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Pádraig Cusack ... producer: National Theatre
Nicholas Hytner ... producer
Damian Jones ... producer
Miles Ketley ... executive producer
Kevin Loader ... producer
Andrew Macdonald ... executive producer
Charles Moore ... executive producer
Allon Reich ... executive producer
Julia Stannard ... line producer
David M. Thompson ... executive producer

Music by

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George Fenton

Cinematography by

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Andrew Dunn ... director of photography

Editing by

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John Wilson

Editorial Department

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Matt Adams ... digital intermediate producer
Chris Andrews ... negative cutter
Joann D'Arby ... assistant digital intermediate producer (as Jo-Ann Darby)
Sascha Dhillon ... first assistant editor
Rob Gordon ... digital on-line editor
Emily Greenwood ... assistant digital on-line editor
Paul Jones ... digital intermediate manager
Vincent Narduzzo ... digital intermediate colorist (as Vince Narduzzo)
Kelly Smith ... negative cutter
Laurent Treherne ... digital intermediate technical director

Casting By

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Toby Whale

Production Design by

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John Beard

Set Decoration by

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Joanne Woollard

Costume Design by

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Justine Luxton

Makeup Department

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Elaina Conneely ... hair stylist / makeup artist
Daniel Phillips ... hair designer / makeup designer
Karen Scott ... hair trainee / makeup trainee

Production Management

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Clare St. John ... post-production supervisor: DNA Films
Maria Walker ... post-production supervisor

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director

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Fiona Gosden ... second assistant director
Sarah MacFarlane ... first assistant director: second unit
Jack Ravenscroft ... first assistant director
John Wilson ... second unit director
Harriet Worth ... third assistant director

Art Department

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James Collins ... stand-by art director
Bob Crowley ... designer: National Theatre production
Rosie Goodwin ... assistant prop buyer
Robert Judd ... prop hand
Emily Lutyens ... assistant art director
Harry Metcalfe ... construction manager
Michael Povey ... prop hand
Julian Searle ... property master
Rebecca Thomas ... art department trainee: FT2
Catherine Palmer ... graphics (uncredited)

Sound Department

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Mark Appleby ... re-recording mixer
Mat Bartram ... ProTools
James Bennett ... foley recordist
Paul Carr ... foley mixer
Robert Farr ... adr mixer
Charlotte Gray ... production sound trainee
Sue Harding ... foley artist (as Susie Harding)
Zane Hayward ... supervising sound editor
John Midgley ... production sound recordist
Clive Osborne ... production sound maintenance
Jamie Roden ... adr mixer
Joakim Sundström ... dialogue editor
Andy Thompson ... re-recording mixer

Visual Effects by

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Michael Deming ... digital film bureau
Rob Gordon ... digital online editor
John Palmer ... digital film bureau manager: Scanning and Laser record
Rus Wetherell ... digital effects artist: CFX

Stunts

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Rocky Taylor ... stunt double: Hector
Steve Emerson ... stunts (uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department

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David Ashby ... grip
Alex Bailey ... still photographer
Harry Bowers ... second assistant camera
David Churchyard ... camera loader: "b" camera
Dermot Hickey ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Rupert Lloyd-Parry ... key grip (as Rupert Lloyd Parry)
Andy Long ... gaffer
Nathan Mann ... first assistant camera: "b" camera
Joseph Mastrangelo ... camera trainee (as Joe Mastrangelo)
Chris McAleese ... camera trainee
Mark Milsome ... first assistant camera: "a" camera
Jean-Pierre Nonnet ... assistant camera
Daniel Rake ... trainee grip
William Tracey ... rigging gaffer (as Bill Tracey)
Gerry Vasbenter ... camera operator / camera operator: "b" camera / director of photography: second unit / steadicam operator
Tom Wilkinson ... assistant camera

Casting Department

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Alastair Coomer ... casting assistant: National Theatre

Costume and Wardrobe Department

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Abbie Chapman ... set costumer (as Abbie Woods)
Lucy Donowho ... wardrobe trainee
Peter Halston ... wardrobe supervisor
Carol Lingwood ... head of costume: National Theatre

Location Management

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Mark Cushman ... location assistant
Derek Moss ... location security
Alex Sutherland ... location manager

Music Department

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Mat Bartram ... pro tools operator
Simon Chamberlain ... music associate
James Collins ... music engineer / music scoring mixer
Ian Neil ... music supervisor
Emily Rogers Swanson ... music editor (as Emily Rogers)
Richard Sisson ... musical director

Script and Continuity Department

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Sue Hills ... script supervisor

Transportation Department

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John Bailey ... facilities driver
Bullet ... facilities driver
Ken Clarke ... facilities driver
John D'Arcy ... facilities driver
Ben Dillon ... action vehicle coordinator
Wayne Fleetwood ... facilities driver
Dean Macey ... facilities driver
Don McLean ... facilities driver
Peter Veldhoen ... unit driver
Nigel Venables ... facilities captain

Additional Crew

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Luis Miguel Antunes ... catering assistant
Lisa Armour-Brown ... catering assistant
Isabel Begg ... head of business and legal affairs: BBC Films
Carey Berlin ... assistant to executive producer
James Biddle ... production coordinator
Jason Breckenridge ... catering assistant
Benjamin Collard ... catering assistant
Rosamund Connelly ... catering assistant
Raz Cunningham ... production assistant
Jason Curtis ... health and safety officer
Matt Curtis ... title designer
Maxine Davis ... production accountant
Niamh Dilworth ... assistant to the directors: National Theatre
Nicky Earnshaw ... assistant production coordinator
Lyn Evans ... chaperone
Marco Fugallo ... catering assistant
Tilly Gerrard-Bannister ... floor trainee
Keiko Hammonds ... catering assistant
Frank Hannon ... catering assistant
Linda Harman ... chaperone
Jane Hawley ... production executive: BBC Films
Stephen Hussey ... chaperone
Nicholas Hytner ... director: National Theatre
Catherine T. James ... catering assistant
Sylvan Janois ... catering assistant (as Sylvain Jamois)
Steve Joberns ... auditor
Georgina Kelly ... assistant production accountant
Vanessa Kimberley ... chaperone
Dick Knapman ... laboratory contact: Todd-AO
Julis Lloyd ... chaperone
Yoko Lytle ... production trainee
Leila McAlister ... caterer
Charles McDonald ... publicist
Jacob Melton ... production assistant: DNA Films
John Midgley ... provider: walkie talkies
Liz Miller ... unit publicist
Claire Mitchell ... assistant production accountant
Kevin O'Shea ... insurance: Aon/Albert G Ruben (as Kevin O'shea)
Emma Parker ... assistant: David Thompson
Colin Pearce ... laboratory contact: Soho Images
Tanya Phegan ... assistant to executive producer
Laura Pomeroy ... catering assistant
Rose Pomeroy ... catering assistant
Carmen Saccone ... catering assistant
Matthew Sanders ... unit publicist (as Matthew Saunders)
Jaideep Shah ... production trainee
Joanne Smith ... general manager: DNA Films
Stevie Smith ... writer: quotes from "Voices Against England in the Night"
Nick Starr ... executive director: National Theatre / floor runner
Ana Stillard ... chaperone
Kim Thomas ... chaperone
Pamela Timmis ... chaperone
Matthew Vizard ... production coordinator
Jamie Voss ... production assistant
Lisa Williams ... assistant to producer
Jane Wright ... head of rights and commercial affairs: BBC Films

Thanks

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W.H. Auden ... acknowledgment: quotations from "Musée des Beaux Arts" and "Lullaby"
Gina Brown ... thanks: PFD
Maria Dawson ... thanks: PFD
A.E. Housman ... acknowledgment: quotations from "A Shropshire Lad" and "On Wenlock Edge the Wood's in Trouble"
Peter Joly ... thanks: Goldcrest
Anthony Jones ... thanks: PFD
Philip Larkin ... acknowledgment: quotations from "MCMXIV"

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Storyline

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Plot Summary

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. Dorothy Lintott (Frances de la Tour) in history and the intellectually enthusiastic Mr. Hector (Richard Griffiths) in General Studies, the Headmaster (Clive Merrison) is not satisfied. He signs on the young Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore) 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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Also Known As
  • History Boys (Japan, English title)
  • History Boys (France)
  • Die History Boys - Fürs Leben lernen (Germany)
  • The history boys (Spain)
  • Wild Generation (Norway)
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Runtime
  • 109 min
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Box Office

Budget GBP2,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend United Kingdom GBP794,672, 15 Oct 2006

Did You Know?

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Trivia The cast for this movie are the same cast who appeared in the original play at the National Theatre in London, England. See more »
Goofs In the montage scene in the library, at least three books, Michael Burleigh's "The Third Reich" (2001), Alan Bullock's "Hitler and Stalin: Parallel Lives" (1991), and John Guy's "Tudor England" (1988) are visible which had not been published in 1983/84 when the film was set. See more »
Movie Connections Featured in Deja Vu/Tenacious D in the Pick of Destiny/Deck the Halls/The Fountain/The History Boys (2006). See more »
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Crazy Credits 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 »
Quotes Hector: The best moments in reading are when you come across something - a thought, a feeling, a way of looking at things - that you'd thought special, particular to you. And here it is, set down by someone else, a person you've never met, maybe even someone long dead. And it's as if a hand has come out, and taken yours.
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