The history boys., 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, Widescreen
Type
Label
The history boys., 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, Widescreen
Language
eng
Characteristic
videorecording
Intended audience
MPAA rating: R; for language and sexual content
Main title
The history boys.
Oclc number
83599792
Responsibility statement
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
Runtime
112
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
Target audience
adult
Technique
live action
resource.version
Widescreen
Classification
Contributor
- Moore, Stephen Campbell
- Dhawan, Sacha
- Knott, Andrew
- Royal National Theatre (Great Britain)
- Loader, Kevin
- Barnett, Samuel
- Wilton, Penelope, 1946-
- DNA Films
- Tovey, Russell
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Bennett, Alan
- De la Tour, Frances, 1944-
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Hytner, Nicholas
- Merrison, Clive
- Parker, James
- Free Range Films (Firm)
- Cooper, Dominic
- Anderson, Samuel
- Corden, James
- Jones, Damian, 1964-
- UK Film Council
- Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013
Subject
- Universities and colleges + Entrance requirements -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
- High school teachers -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Videorecordings for the hearing impaired
- England -- Drama
- High school students + Conduct of life -- Drama
- Universidades -- England -- Teatro
- Feature films
- Education, Higher -- England -- Drama
- High school students -- England -- Drama
- Videodiscs
- Estudiantes [ -- England -- Teatro
Content
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Incoming Resources
- Has instance1
Outgoing Resources
- Classification1
- Contributor23
- Moore, Stephen Campbell
- Dhawan, Sacha
- Knott, Andrew
- Royal National Theatre (Great Britain)
- Loader, Kevin
- Barnett, Samuel
- Wilton, Penelope, 1946-
- DNA Films
- Tovey, Russell
- Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
- Bennett, Alan
- De la Tour, Frances, 1944-
- British Broadcasting Corporation
- Hytner, Nicholas
- Merrison, Clive
- Parker, James
- Free Range Films (Firm)
- Cooper, Dominic
- Anderson, Samuel
- Corden, James
- Jones, Damian, 1964-
- UK Film Council
- Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013
- Genre4
- Subject13
- Universities and colleges + Entrance requirements -- Drama
- DVD-Video discs
- High school teachers -- Drama
- Comedy films
- Videorecordings for the hearing impaired
- England -- Drama
- High school students + Conduct of life -- Drama
- Universidades -- England -- Teatro
- Feature films
- Education, Higher -- England -- Drama
- High school students -- England -- Drama
- Videodiscs
- Estudiantes [ -- England -- Teatro
- Content1
- Mapped to1