Item Details
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.
Edition:
Widescreen ed.
Publisher, Date:
Beverly Hills, Calif. : Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2007.
Description:
1 videodisc (ca. 112 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Target Audience Note:
CHVR: 14A.
Other Title:
History boys (Motion picture) DVD.
Notes:
Based on the play by Alan Bennett.
Special features: Commentary by director Nicholas Hytner and writer Alan Bennett; "History boys around the world: tour diaries" featurette; "Pass it on": 'The history boys' on screen" featurette; theatrical trailers.
Original released as a motion picture in 2006.
Director of photography, Andrew Dunn ; editor, John Wilson ; music, George Fenton ; costume designer, Justine Luxton ; production designer, John Beard.
Richard Griffiths, Frances de la Tour, Stephen Campbell Moore, Clive Merrison.
DVD; region 1; widescreen (1.85:1) presentation.
For private home use only.
Dialogue in English (Dolby 5.1 Surround) or Spanish (Dolby Surround) with optional subtitles in English, French or Spanish.
Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.
Publisher or Distributor Number:
2242519
UPC:
024543425199
024543425199
Subjects:
Bennett, Alan, 1934- History boys -- Film adaptations.Boarding schools -- Drama.
Education -- Drama.
England -- Drama.
Teacher-student relationships -- Drama.
Genre:
Comedy films.Feature films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Other Authors:
BBC Two Films.Bennett, Alan, 1934- History boys. DVD.
DNA Films.
De la Tour, Frances, 1944-
Fox Searchlight Pictures.
Griffiths, Richard, 1947-2013.
Hytner, Nicholas.
Jones, Damian, 1964-
Loader, Kevin.
Merrison, Clive.
Moore, Stephen Campbell.
National Theatre (Great Britain)
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
UK Film Council.
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