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The History Boys [2006] (REGION 1) (NTSC)
starring: Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour
directed by: Nicholas Hytner

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Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Binding: DVD
EAN: 0024543425199
Format: AC-3, Colour, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Label: 20th Century Fox
Manufacturer: 20th Century Fox
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
Sales Rank: 15074
MPN: 2242519

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Average Rating: out of 5 stars

Rating:

- History Boys, take a bow...
A friend told me about this film and I'm sure I would have enjoyed it less had I not known that it was previously a successful West End play. Written by the well known English poet and writer, Alan Bennet, it feels more like a play than a film - the characters are larger than life and the musical backdrop is a bit of a giveaway.

Set in Britain in the 80s (judging by the music) the plot follows a group of state school boys who have qualified for admission interviews at Oxford and Cambridge Universities. The headmaster feels that despite the boys' obvious intelligence, they lack a certain `flair' against their public school competition. So he recruits a young Oxbridge graduate straight from teacher training school to polish the boys ... Read More:

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- "History. It's just one [bloody] thing after another."
(3.5 stars) Set in the 1980s in a boarding school in the north of England, this newly released film adaptation of Alan Bennett's play (which won six Tony Awards during its 2006 New York run), follows eight young "sixth-formers" who are preparing for the history entrance examinations for Oxford or Cambridge. To help the students prepare for the exams, the headmaster hires a young teacher, Irwin (Stephen Campbell Moore), to improve the students' "presentation" so that they will stand out from the crowd. Irwin's goal is to teach the students to think "outside the box"--not to be dull--when they answer examiners' questions.

His mission conflicts with the goals of the English and History teachers. Hector, the motor-cycle-riding English ... Read More:

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