The History Boys

2006 | 109 minutes | 6.6 ★ (193)

The History Boys
  • 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.

  • Release Date

    02 October 2006

  • DirectingNicholas Hytner
  • Budget

    $4,000,000.00

  • Revenue

    $13,401,952.00

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