The History Boys (2006)

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

Movie · Drama · 1h 49m · Rated 6.6/10 on TMDB · Released October 2, 2006

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.

Directed by Nicholas Hytner

Cast

• Richard Griffiths as Hector
• Stephen Campbell Moore as Irwin
• Dominic Cooper as Dakin
• Samuel Barnett as Posner
• James Corden as Timms
• Russell Tovey as Rudge
• Samuel Anderson as Crowther
• Jamie Parker as Scripps
• Andrew Knott as Lockwood
• Sacha Dhawan as Akhtar
• Clive Merrison as Headmaster
• Frances de la Tour as Mrs. Lintott

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