The History Boys

[Machine Translation] We never give up on our dreams. It's like a British version of ROOKIES! A hot, youthful comedy about a group of good-looking high school boys who aim for a prestigious university! The legendary play that won the Tony Award, known as the "Academy Award" of the theater world, after "Rent", "Hairspray", "Chicago" and "A Chorus Line" (6 awards!), has been made into a movie! The legendary play that won the Tony Award for Best Actress at the Academy Awards, after Rent, Hairspray, Chicago and A Chorus Line, is now on film! The cast and crew of this legendary play have been brought to the big screen. Directed by Nicholas Hytner (The Crucible) and written by renowned British playwright Alan Bennett. --The story is set in England in 1983. Eight students in a high school preparatory class are in the midst of studying for their entrance exams to the prestigious Oxford and Cambridge schools. However, Hector, an eccentric old teacher with a big, fat face, is passionate about teaching them something profound so that they don't grow up to be boring, conventional people. The principal feels that the students lack dignity, so he brings in Irwin, an Oxford-educated teacher. However, Irwin's precise and precise preparation for the entrance examinations is the opposite of Hector's playful lessons. History is a bunch of crap," he says. The eight unique and intelligent students who say this are enjoying their adolescence...

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俺たちは、夢をあきらめない。まるで英国版ROOKIES?! イケメン、いまどき男子高校生たちが超名門大学を目指す青春熱血コメディ!! 演劇界のアカデミー賞といわれるトニー賞で、「レント」「ヘアスプレー」「シカゴ」「コーラスライン」に次ぎ受賞(6部門制覇!)した伝説の舞台が映画に!! その伝説の舞台のスタッフ、キャストそのままで映画化が実現。監督は「クルーシブル」ニコラス・ハイトナー、脚本はイギリスの著名な劇作家アラン・ベネット。――1983年英国。高校の進学組で学ぶ生徒ら8人は、名門オックスフォードやケンブリッジ合格を目指して受験勉強の真っ最中だ。とは言え、巨漢デブの一風変わった老教諭ヘクターは、生徒らを型どおりのつまらない人間に成長させないため、深みのある教えを説く事に情熱を注いでいる。そんな中、生徒らに品格が足りないと感じた校長は、オックスフォード出の教員アーウィンを迎える。だが、アーウィンの的確な受験対策授業は、ヘクターの遊び心に満ちた授業とは正反対のものだった。「しょせん歴史なんてクソの連続だ。」そう言い放つユニークで聡明な8人が青春を謳歌しつつ辿りつく先は果たして・・・。