The History Boys (2006)

10/02/2006 (GB) • 1h 49m

Drama

History. It's just one bloody thing after another.

Overview

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.


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Status

Released

Original Language

English

Budget

$4,000,000.00

Revenue

$13,401,952.00

Keywords

high school

northern england

scholarship

becoming an adult

education

exam

based on play or musical

oxford

cambridge

yorkshire

teacher

high school teacher

lgbt

lgbt teen

history teacher

headmaster

boys' school

teachers and students

1980s

cambridge university

history

gay teenager

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