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The History Boys
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Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Binding: DVD
Brand: TWENTIETH CENTURY FOX HOME ENT
EAN: 0024543425199
Format: AC-3, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Item Dimensions: 20
Label: 20th Century Fox
Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), Spanish (Dubbed),
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
MPN: 2242519
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: 20th Century Fox
Region Code: 1
Release Date: April 17, 2007
Running Time: 112 minutes
Studio: 20th Century Fox
Theatrical Release Date: 2006
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Editorial Review:
From award-winning playwright Alan Bennett (The Madness of King George) comes this delightfully witty comedy of eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They're aided on their quest by two teachers a shrewd young upstart and an inspiring old eccentric whose opposing philosophies challenge the boys to confront the true meaning of education and the relative values of happiness and success.Adapted from the original Tony Award winning play and starring the original Tony Award winning cast The History Boys is an engaging thought-provoking and wickedly funny look at history the pursuit of knowledge and the utter randomness of life.System Requirements:Runtime: 112 minsFormat: DVD MOVIE Genre: COMEDY Rating: R UPC: 024543425199 Manufacturer No: 2242519
The play's the thing in The History Boys. Unlike most stage-to-screen transitions, Nicholas Hytner assembled the entire original cast for the celluloid version of Alan Bennett's award-winning work. (The two previously joined forces for The Madness of King George.) As in Hytner's National Theatre production, a group of Sheffield sixth-form boys, Timms (James Corden), Lockwood (Andrew Knott), Rudge (Russell Tovey), Scripps (Jamie Parker), Crowther (Samuel Anderson), Akhtar (Sacha Dhawan), Posner (Samuel Barnett), and Dakin (Dominic Cooper)--the latter two standouts--spend an extra term in 1983 preparing for their Oxbridge exams. Hector (Richard Griffiths) and Dorothy Lintott (Frances de la Tour) are their regular instructors (both performances garnered Tony Awards), while Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore, Bright Young Things) is the enigmatic new history teacher. The Headmaster (Clive Merrison) brings him on board to lend the precocious lads "polish." Irwin, however, is more interested in encouraging them to think creatively--not merely to recite facts. The boys just want to get into Oxford and Cambridge. If that means withstanding the occasional grope from Hector and harsh word from Irwin, so be it. In the end, which boy gets in where isn't insignificant, but Bennett's greater concern is what they learn along the way. If Hytner isn't always successful in reconciling the intellectual with the more earthbound, The History Boys is one of the funniest films yet about Britain's educational system--and education in general. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
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Customer Reviews
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Rating:  - Another brilliant adaptation from a brilliant play
Sometimes you just wonder why some adaptations from some plays are great and some are not. The History Boys is a very good example of a brilliant adaptation. Similar to Proof, The History Boys moved a single location play (sort of, although in the original play there are video footages projected to expand the space for imagination) to a multiple location film production but kept all the essence of the play.
The story is about a group of Oxbridge (Oxford & Cambridge) hopefuls at ... Read More
Rating:  - Better on the stage?
I bought this DVD on sale, not knowing anything about the movie or the play. It was moderately entertaining (I'd have given it 2.5 stars if Amazon had let me).
There were two things that really stuck out as awkward and just plain *bad* about this movie:
#1. The dialogue. When you see people dressed in the costumes of Shakespeare's era, you expect them to speak a little bit like you might want to have a glossary or Cole's Notes on hand to interpret what they're saying. When ... Read More
Rating: - THE MOST ENJOYABLE FILM I'VE SEEN THIS YEAR!
THE HISTORY BOYS is the most enjoyable film I have seen this year. There were about 3 mins., late in the film, that made me somewhat uncomfortable (they deal with a planned sexual relationship between a student and a teacher), but otherwise I loved it. The script is amazingly witty and wise, and the acting is first rate throughout! One very funny scene is in French, and I was surprised to discover how much I remember from 3 courses I had long, long, LONG ago. (Using the DVD's subtitles, which show the ... Read More
Rating: - One British Movie You Must See!!
When I saw that a movie was being made based on the smash West End play The History Boys I was excited to see the finished product. I must say the movie exceeded my expectations! The movie follows a group of high school boys at a small school in England as they prepare for college interviews. This movie brings out a range of emotions from joy to sorrow. It is well worth your time!!
Rating: - One Of The Best Films of 2006
"The History Boys" has to be one of the best films of 2006 and one that will endure. In the tradition of "Goodbye, Mr. Chips" and "Dead Poets Society" it is about eight precocious boys on the cusp of manhood eager to get into Cambridge or Oxford. They are awaking to both learning and sex-- at least some of them-- with members of both sexes. Alan Bennett wrote the screenplay based on his brilliant award-winning play. He used all the actors from the stage production. It is difficult to imagine anyone else ... Read More
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