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- BFI identifier711712
- Date2006 (Copyright)
2006-10-13 (Release) - Production countryUnited Kingdom, USA
- Production company
- SynopsisAdaptation of Allan Bennett's stage play. Bounced between their maverick English teacher, a grossly-outnumbered history teacher and a headmaster obsessed with results, a group of students attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting Oxbridge university admissions process. Their journey becomes as much about how education works as it is where education leads. (Synopsis)
- Work historyBudget reported as $3.5 (£2) million (Screen Int'l, no.1518)
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- Credits
- CastRichard Griffiths (Hector)
Frances de la Tour (Mrs [Dorothy] Lintott)
Stephen Campbell Moore (Irwin)
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Title
The History Boys (Original)
EIDR identifier
10.5240/B39B-914C-18F3-8AC8-43F1-4Category
FictionThis work is included in the BFI Filmography.
This work is available to view in the Mediatheque at BFI Southbank.
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- Film / Video
35mm Colour Positive - Polyester - Combined - Viewing
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- Posters / DesignsPoster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-19592
Poster: film - Single sheet landscape - PD-20007
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view all - ArticlesFilm Review n676 November 2006 - Short ArticleFilm Review n676 November 2006 - ReviewEmpire n210 December 2006 - Soundtrack ReviewScreen Finance v18 n11 15 Jun 2005 - Short Articleview all
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- +The History Boys
Work - 711712 - 2006 (Copyright)
United Kingdom - Film - Fiction
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