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The drama of teaching and the recent past.(Film)
THE HISTORY BOYS, according to Miranda Devine (Sydney Morning Herald, June 4), "is a fraud. It is a pederastic fantasy about teachers who fondle their students' genitals in the nicest way and the boys don't mind at all. It's about a British boys' school in the nineteen eighties where all the students are openly or latently gay."
Bad enough, but her real complaint appears to be "that the movie's true nature has been hidden so successfully that people are mistaking it for family fare", with her real target the censors who gave the film an M rating--the same as Spiderman III and Harry Potter. She describes encountering a family friend "reeling out of a suburban ...
- Trio brings 'Boys' to bigscreen.(Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA Films and...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Brodesser, Claude June 10, 2005 700+ words
...Pictures, DNA Films and the BBC have...winning "The History Boys" into a feature...Peter Rice, DNA Films' Andrew Macdonald and BBC Films topper David Thompson...project Thursday. Film will be financed...last year, "History Boys" won Oliviers...
- Eurovision songs echo as pic.(Working Title Films plans for "History...
- Magazine article from: Daily Variety Dawtrey, Adam May 14, 2007 700+ words
"Borat" screenwriter Dan Mazer and "History Boys" producer Damian Jones have struck a deal with Working Title Films to make a comedy movie about the Eurovision Song Contest. The idea for "Eurovision: The Movie" was originated by Mazer and...
- Fox Searchlight Pictures, DNA and the BBC Make 'History'; Alan Bennett's...
- Press release article from: Business Wire June 10, 2005 700+ words
...play "The History Boys" to the...Head of BBC Films. Utilizing...January, the film version will...about THE HISTORY BOYS' potential...movie." BBC Films Head David...doing this film continuing...s feature film directorial...on the THE HISTORY BOYS ...
- ``The History Boys'' Set for Royal Performance.
- Press release article from: Business Wire August 24, 2006 700+ words
...circle." "The History Boys" pairs up acclaimed...King George." The film is produced by Kevin...and financed by DNA Films and BBC Films. Fox...will release the film in the U.S. on...Theatre to see `The History Boys' so much. Alan...
- Wanting answers.(Come Early Morning)(The History Boys)(Movie review)
- Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) Buchanan, Kyle December 5, 2006 700+ words
...well-observed new film Come Early Morning...wondering. Several new films this season explore...controversial of these is The History Boys, which adds a soupcon...sort of thing, The History Boys takes great pains...better," but the film's heart isn't...
- The treachery of youth: Dominic Cooper's hot turn in The History Boys as a...
- Magazine article from: The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine) Kennedy, Sean December 19, 2006 700+ words
...the setup of The History Boys--the film adaptation of the...fingers," the film's director...the world of The History Boys and Capitol Hill...s more, The History Boys is one of a handful of indie films out now and in...
- The history teacher.(The History Boys)(Movie review)
- Magazine article from: The Gay & Lesbian Review Worldwide Curlovich, John March 1, 2007 700+ words
The History Boys Written by Alan Bennett...gay characters in their films, they tend to focus on...problems; and on and on. For films that incorporate well...Nicholas Hytner's The History Boys, the film adaptation of Alan Bennett...
- The morality of The History Boys.(Letter to the editor)
- Magazine article from: Quadrant Warburton, Anne December 1, 2007 700+ words
...vague) reviews led me to give The History Boys a miss when it screened at my local...was it indeed "one of the best films about teaching" ever made, as he...an M rating is appropriate for The History Boys. Your average fifteen-year-old...
Source: HighBeam Research, The drama of teaching and the recent past.(Film)