THE HISTORY BOYS (WIDESCREEN)

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• Release Year: 2006
• Genre: Comedy, Drama
• Plot: 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.
• Cast: Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths, Frances De la Tour, Andrew Knott, Russell Tovey, Jamie Parker, Dominic Cooper, Samuel Barnett, Sacha Dhawan, Clive Merrison, Penelope Wilton, Adrian Scarborough, Georgia Taylor, Maggie McCarthy, Colin Haigh, Iain Mitchell, David Killick, Patrick Godfrey, Craig Carruthers, Nicholas Hytner, Alan Bennett
• Director: Nicholas Hytner
• Runtime: 1:52
• Company: Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Media Format: Movie