The cast for this movie are the same cast who appeared in the original play at the National Theatre in London, England.
The story is set in the early 1980s because shortly after this, Oxford and Cambridge changed their entrance system and abolished the seventh-term post-A-level entrance exams.
This movie was based on the award winning play by Alan Bennett, which ran at the National Theatre in London from May 2004 until April 2005.
Richard Griffiths won the 2006 Tony Award (New York City) for Actor in a Drama for "The History Boys" as Mr. Hector, and re-created his role in this movie.
Filmed in thirty days.