The History Boys

Name: The History Boys
Genre: Comedy, Drama, Romance
Released: 2006-12-22
Duration: 1 h 49 min
Rating: 6.8
Cast: Samuel Anderson, James Corden, Stephen Campbell Moore, Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour

IMDb ID: tt0464049 · Year: 2006 · Rating: 6.8 (21,930 votes)

Genres: Comedy · Drama · Romance

An unruly class of gifted and charming teenage boys are taught by two eccentric and innovative teachers, as their headmaster pushes for them all to get accepted into Oxford or Cambridge.

IMDb Details

Content TypeMovieAlternate TitlesAustralia: The History Boys
Canada: The History Boys (English)
Canada: The History Boys (French)
Finland: The History Boys (TV Title)
United Kingdom: The History Boys
Greece: The History Boys (cable TV title)
Ireland: The History Boys (English)
India: The History Boys (English)
New Zealand: The History Boys (English)
Sweden: The History Boys (Festival Title)
United States: The History Boys
South Africa: The History Boys (English)
France: History Boys
Italy: History Boys
Japan: History Boys (English, DVD Title)
Finland: Wild Generation
Norway: Wild Generation
Sweden: Wild Generation
Portugal: A Turma de História
Croatia: Decki za povijest (DVD Title)
Croatia: Dečki za povijest
Germany: Die History Boys - Fürs Leben lernen
Brazil: Fazendo História
Argentina: Haciendo historia
Poland: Męska historia
Hungary: Osztályon felül
Turkey: Tarih öğrencileri (Turkish)
Spain: The history boys
Hungary: Tudóspalánták (TV Title)
Bulgaria: Класът на историците (Bulgarian)
Russia: Любители истории
Ukraine: Любителі історії
Japan: ヒストリーボーイズ (Japanese)
Taiwan: 不羈吧！男孩
Любителі історіїContent RatingRRelease Date2006-12-22Runtime109 minutesMetascore74IMDb Popularity0User Reviews191Critic Reviews118Countries / RegionsUnited Kingdom
United StatesLanguagesEnglishKeywordsgay teenager
homosexual teacher
gay
gay crush
gay teacherFilming LocationsFountains Abbey, Studley Royal, Ripon, North Yorkshire, England, UKProduction CompaniesFox Searchlight Pictures
DNA Films
BBC Two FilmsOfficial SitesOfficial site - http://www.foxsearchlight.com/thehistoryboys/IMDb URLhttps://www.imdb.com/title/tt0464049/Local Poster/d/file/imdb/04/tt0464049.jpgUpdated At2025-05-14T23:50:24

Directors

Nicholas Hytner

Writers

Alan Bennett

Full Cast & Crew

[Cast Group]
Actor: Samuel Anderson | Character: Crowther
Actor: James Corden | Character: Timms
Actor: Stephen Campbell Moore | Character: Irwin
Actor: Richard Griffiths | Character: Hector
Actor: Frances de la Tour | Character: Mrs. Lintott
Actor: Andrew Knott | Character: Lockwood
Actor: Russell Tovey | Character: Rudge
Actor: Jamie Parker | Character: Scripps
Actor: Dominic Cooper | Character: Dakin
Actor: Samuel Barnett | Character: Posner
Actor: Sacha Dhawan | Character: Akhtar
Actor: Clive Merrison | Character: The Headmaster
Actor: Penelope Wilton | Character: Mrs. Bibby
Actor: Adrian Scarborough | Character: Wilkes
Actor: Georgia Taylor | Character: Fiona
Actor: Maggie McCarthy | Character: Lollipop Lady
Actor: Colin Haigh | Character: Oxford Porter
Actor: Iain Mitchell | Character: Oxford Don
Actor: David Killick | Character: Neighbouring Don
Actor: Patrick Godfrey | Character: Sleeping Clergyman
Actor: Craig Carruthers | Character: Postman

[Directors Group]
Name: Nicholas Hytner | Role: Director

[Writers Group]
Name: Alan Bennett | Role: Writer

[Producers Group]
Name: Pádraig Cusack | Role: Producer
Name: Nicholas Hytner | Role: Producer
Name: Damian Jones | Role: Producer
Name: Miles Ketley | Role: Producer
Name: Kevin Loader | Role: Producer
Name: Andrew Macdonald | Role: Producer
Name: Charles Moore | Role: Producer
Name: Allon Reich | Role: Producer
Name: Julia Stannard | Role: Producer
Name: David M. Thompson | Role: Producer

[Music Group]
Name: George Fenton | Role: Composer

[Cinematography Group]
Name: Andrew Dunn | Role: Cinematographer

[Editing Group]
Name: John Wilson | Role: Editor

[Casting Group]
Name: Toby Whale | Role: Casting Director

[Production Design Group]
Name: John Beard | Role: Production Designer

[Set Decoration Group]
Name: Joanne Woollard | Role: Set Decorator

[Costume Design Group]
Name: Justine Luxton | Role: Costume Designer

[Makeup Department]
Name: Elaina Conneely | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Daniel Phillips | Role: Makeup Department
Name: Karen Scott | Role: Makeup Department

[Production Management]
Name: Clare St. John | Role: Production Manager
Name: Maria Walker | Role: Production Manager

[Assistant Directors]
Name: Fiona Gosden | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Sarah MacFarlane | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Jack Ravenscroft | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: John Wilson | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director
Name: Harriet Worth | Role: Second Unit or Assistant Director

[Art Department]
Name: James Collins | Role: Art Department
Name: Bob Crowley | Role: Art Department
Name: Robert Judd | Role: Art Department
Name: Emily Lutyens | Role: Art Department
Name: Harry Metcalfe | Role: Art Department
Name: Michael Povey | Role: Art Department
Name: Rebecca Thomas | Role: Art Department
Name: Catherine Palmer | Role: Art Department

[Sound Department]
Name: Mark Appleby | Role: Sound Department
Name: Mat Bartram | Role: Sound Department
Name: James Bennett | Role: Sound Department
Name: Paul Carr | Role: Sound Department
Name: Robert Farr | Role: Sound Department
Name: Charlotte Gray | Role: Sound Department
Name: Sue Harding | Role: Sound Department
Name: Zane Hayward | Role: Sound Department
Name: John Midgley | Role: Sound Department
Name: Clive Osborne | Role: Sound Department
Name: Jamie Roden | Role: Sound Department
Name: Joakim Sundström | Role: Sound Department
Name: Andy Thompson | Role: Sound Department

[Visual Effects]
Name: Michael Deming | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Rob Gordon | Role: Visual Effects
Name: John Palmer | Role: Visual Effects
Name: Rus Wetherell | Role: Visual Effects

[Stunts]
Name: Rocky Taylor | Role: Stunts
Name: Steve Emerson | Role: Stunts

[Camera and Electrical Department]
Name: David Ashby | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Alex Bailey | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Harry Bowers | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: David Churchyard | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Dermot Hickey | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Rupert Lloyd-Parry | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Andy Long | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Nathan Mann | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Joseph Mastrangelo | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Chris McAleese | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Mark Milsome | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Jean-Pierre Nonnet | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Daniel Rake | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: William Tracey | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Gerry Vasbenter | Role: Camera and Electrical Department
Name: Tom Wilkinson | Role: Camera and Electrical Department

[Casting Department]
Name: Alastair Coomer | Role: Casting Department

[Costume and Wardrobe Department]
Name: Abbie Chapman | Role: Costume Department
Name: Lucy Donowho | Role: Costume Department
Name: Peter Halston | Role: Costume Department
Name: Carol Lingwood | Role: Costume Department

[Editorial Department]
Name: Chris Andrews | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Sascha Dhillon | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Rob Gordon | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Emily Greenwood | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Darren Rae | Role: Editorial Department
Name: Kelly Smith | Role: Editorial Department

[Location Management]
Name: Mark Cushman | Role: Location Management
Name: Derek Moss | Role: Location Management
Name: Alex Sutherland | Role: Location Management

[Music Department]
Name: Mat Bartram | Role: Music Department
Name: Simon Chamberlain | Role: Music Department
Name: James Collins | Role: Music Department
Name: Isobel Griffiths | Role: Music Department
Name: Ian Neil | Role: Music Department
Name: Emily Rogers Swanson | Role: Music Department
Name: Richard Sisson | Role: Music Department

[Production Department]
Name: James Biddle | Role: Production Department
Name: Raz Cunningham | Role: Production Department
Name: Nicky Earnshaw | Role: Production Department
Name: Yoko Lytle | Role: Production Department
Name: Jacob Melton | Role: Production Department
Name: Jaideep Shah | Role: Production Department
Name: Matthew Vizard | Role: Production Department
Name: Jamie Voss | Role: Production Department

[Script and Continuity Department]
Name: Sue Hills | Role: Script and Continuity Department

[Transportation Department]
Name: John Bailey | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Bullet | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Ken Clarke | Role: Transportation Department
Name: John D'Arcy | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Ben Dillon | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Wayne Fleetwood | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Dean Macey | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Don McLean | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Peter Veldhoen | Role: Transportation Department
Name: Nigel Venables | Role: Transportation Department

[Additional Crew]
Name: Matt Adams | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Luis Miguel Antunes | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lisa Armour-Brown | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Isabel Begg | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Carey Berlin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jason Breckenridge | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Benjamin Collard | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rosamund Connelly | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jason Curtis | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Matt Curtis | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Joann D'Arby | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Maxine Davis | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Niamh Dilworth | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lyn Evans | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Marco Fugallo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tilly Gerrard-Bannister | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rosie Goodwin | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Keiko Hammonds | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Frank Hannon | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Linda Harman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jane Hawley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Stephen Hussey | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Nicholas Hytner | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Catherine T. James | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Sylvan Janois | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Steve Joberns | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Paul Jones | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Georgina Kelly | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Vanessa Kimberley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Dick Knapman | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Julis Lloyd | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Leila McAlister | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Charles McDonald | Role: Additional Crew
Name: John Midgley | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Liz Miller | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Claire Mitchell | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Vincent Narduzzo | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kevin O'Shea | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Emma Parker | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Colin Pearce | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Tanya Phegan | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Laura Pomeroy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Rose Pomeroy | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Carmen Saccone | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Matthew Sanders | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Julian Searle | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Joanne Smith | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Stevie Smith | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Nick Starr | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Ana Stillard | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Kim Thomas | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Pamela Timmis | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Laurent Treherne | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Lisa Williams | Role: Additional Crew
Name: Jane Wright | Role: Additional Crew

[Thanks]
Name: W.H. Auden | Role: Thanks
Name: Gina Brown | Role: Thanks
Name: Maria Dawson | Role: Thanks
Name: A.E. Housman | Role: Thanks
Name: Peter Joly | Role: Thanks
Name: Anthony Jones | Role: Thanks
Name: Philip Larkin | Role: Thanks

Trailers

The History Boys | Type: Trailer | IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/video/vi3723690265/ | Playback: https://imdb-video.media-imdb.com/vi3723690265/1434659607842-pgv4ql-1563824707228.mp4?Expires=1788468630&Signature=sqCxy31gzsdI3--Ru232~SImyCwUJBaMwhcVeSICgAdHEFvTHRdJVL~d6-mFb4iVj352dyml9PJoMISqtqx0~N0qDE11Sp3NelCuquBDXxJR4OUuxcK8d4HpLQtsyJAQknvk2yAQvs1DA4nn65Q5rK5A6X4RfUxel8bAlTmWF2Xw8rFaIRAsYXXMspRDWCSqNvQbpESd7mco6-L8iQVO9AcmKYIKSPhpB9Mcu6YzY4zEZuJs8gb0Y69QniDr1qBlXy6jhy7tNdNyElYLPyDPClF5qLdCuuq0o8mpVIf3KjD1A66YNtbrU2yHdUXIzhyFv33obOclWO9gQop7Q7o2rw__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAIFLZBVQZ24NQH3KA

Release Schedule

United Kingdom: October 2, 2006 (London, premiere)
United Kingdom: October 13, 2006
Ireland: October 13, 2006
United States: November 4, 2006 (AFI Fest)
United States: November 7, 2006 (New York City, New York, premiere)
Spain: November 23, 2006 (Gijón International Film Festival)
United States: December 22, 2006
France: January 17, 2007
Sweden: January 27, 2007 (Göteborg International Film Festival)
Philippines: February 7, 2007
Singapore: March 8, 2007
Australia: May 3, 2007
Germany: May 17, 2007
Spain: May 18, 2007
Italy: May 25, 2007
Turkey: May 25, 2007
Greece: June 2, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Austria: June 8, 2007 (Identities Queer Film Festival)
Iceland: June 27, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Serbia: July 12, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Netherlands: July 17, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Hungary: July 25, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Finland: July 27, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Argentina: August 29, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Sweden: September 28, 2007 (DVD premiere)
Poland: October 13, 2007 (Warsaw Film Festival)
Poland: November 2, 2007
Japan: March 6, 2009 (DVD premiere)

Awards

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