The history boys

Resource Information

The work The history boys represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Noble County Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The history boys

Statement of responsibility

Free Range Films ; BBC ; DNA Films ; Royal National Theatre ; UK Film Council ; produced by Nicholas Hytner, Damian Jones, Kevin Loader ; screenplay by Alan Bennett ; directed by Nicholas Hytner

Contributor

• British Broadcasting Corporation
• DNA Films
• Free Range Films (Firm)
• Royal National Theatre (Great Britain)
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• UK Film Council
• Anderson, Samuel
• Barnett, Samuel
• Bennett, Alan, 1934-
• Cooper, Dominic
• Corden, James
• De la Tour, Frances, 1944-
• Dhawan, Sacha
• Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013
• Hytner, Nicholas
• Jones, Damian, 1964-
• Knott, Andrew
• Loader, Kevin
• Merrison, Clive
• Moore, Stephen Campbell
• Parker, James, (James Edward)
• Tovey, Russell
• Wilton, Penelope, 1946-

Subject

• Comedy -- Feature
• Comedy films
• Education, Higher -- England -- Drama
• England -- Drama
• Estudiantes [ -- Inglaterra -- Teatro
• Feature films
• High school students -- Conduct of life -- Drama
• High school students -- England -- Drama
• High school teachers -- Drama
• Universidades -- Inglaterra -- Teatro
• Universities and colleges -- Entrance requirements -- Drama
• Videorecordings for the hearing impaired

Genre

• Comedy
• Comedy films
• trueDrama
• Feature films
• Teatro
• Videorecordings for the hearing impaired

Language

• eng
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Centers around eight boisterous-yet-talented schoolboys hoping to gain admittance to England's most prestigious universities. They are 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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editor, John Wilson ; music, George Fenton ; costume designer, Justine Luxton ; production designer, John Beard

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; for language and sexual content

Language note

Closed-captioned; dialogue in English (Dolby 5.1 Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish

LC call number

PN1995.9.C55

LC item number

H578679 2007

PerformerNote

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

Runtime

112

Target audience

adult

Technique

live action