a ISBN B-00-0NIVJF-O

a Original cataloging agency NEU GrandLibrary

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title eng

a Language code of text/sound track or separate title hun

a Classification number DVD 005519

a Personal name Nicholas Hytner

a Title The History Boys

h Medium DVD

b Name of publisher, distributor, etc 20th Century Fox

c Date of publication, distribution, etc 2006

a Place of publication, distribution, etc USA

a Extent 1 DVD

a Playing time 112 min

a Summary, etc 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.

a Language note Language(s): English, Hungarian

a Language note Subtitle(s): English, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Danish, Finnish, Hungarian, Icelandic, Norwegian, Russian, Slovenian, Swedish, Turkish

a Topical term or geographic name as entry element Comedy

a Personal name Anderson, Samuel.

a Personal name James Corden

a Personal name Stephen Campbell Moore

a Personal name Richard Griffiths

a Personal name Frances de la Tour

a Uncontrolled related/analytical title Efsane Öğrenciler

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