The History Boys (film)

The History Boys is a 2006 British comedydrama film adapted by Alan Bennett from his play of the same name, which won the 2005 Olivier Award for Best New Play and the 2006 Tony Award for Best Play. It was directed by Nicholas Hytner, who directed the original production at the Royal National Theatre in London, and features the original cast of the play.

In a boys grammar school in Sheffield in 1983, students Crowther, Posner, Dakin, Timms, Akthar, Lockwood, Scripps, and Rudge have recently obtained the schools highest ever Alevel scores and are hoping to enter Oxford or Cambridge, taking a seventhterm entrance exam in History. The General Studies teacher, known by staff and boys alike by his nickname Hector Richard Griffiths, is their favourite, and works alongside their deputy head and regular History teacher, Mrs Lintott Frances de la Tour. The Headmaster, known by all as Felix, appoints a temporary contract teacher, Tom Irwin Stephen Campbell Moore, who had been at Oxford, to help the boys along in their quest. Irwin is only a few years older than his students but proves to be a bold and demanding teacher, and particularly difficult to impress.As part of their General Studies, the class acts out scenes from romantic films and literature. At the conclusion of each class, Hector offers a lift to one of the students on his motorbike and it is generally known and dismissed as a joke that he touches them inappropriately on the ride. The only one he never takes along is Posner Samuel Barnett, a slight Jewish boy, who doesnt hide his infatuation with Dakin Dominic Cooper. Dakin, who characterises himself as an aspiring lecher, is currently pursuing an affair with the headmasters secretary, Fiona Georgia Taylor. He is not displeased by Posners attention, but finds himself increasingly interested in Irwin. Gradually, Dakins quest to impress Irwin on an intellectual level evolves into a flirtatious, potentially sexual pursuit of his young teacher, who is visibly attracted to Dakin. Meanwhile, Hectors indiscretions are shockingly revealed and Felix instructs him to retire early. ........

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