The DVD is presented in widescreen only with English Dolby Digital 5.1 sound; Spanish Dolby Surround and English, French and Spanish subtitles are also available.
The DVD, which has a suggested retail price of $27.98 in the U.S., also boasts bonus material:
The film also features Samuel Anderson as Crowther, Samuel Barnett as Posner, Dominic Cooper as Dakin, James Corden as Timms, Frances de la Tour as Mrs. Lintott, Sacha Dhawan as Akthar, Andrew Knott as Lockwood, Clive Merrison as the Headmaster, Stephen Campbell Moore as Irwin, Jamie Parker as Scripps, Adrian Scarborough as Wilkes, Georgia Taylor as Fiona, Russell Tovey as Rudge and Penelope Wilton as Mrs. Bibby.
Fox Searchlight Pictures released the film in the U.S. on Nov. 21, 2006. "The History Boys," according to press notes, "tells the story of an unruly class of bright, funny history students in pursuit of an undergraduate place at Oxford or Cambridge. Bounced between their maverick English master (Richard Griffiths), a young and shrewd teacher hired to up their test scores (Stephen Campbell Moore), a grossly out-numbered history teacher (Frances de la Tour), and a headmaster obsessed with results (Clive Merrison), the boys attempt to sift through it all to pass the daunting university admissions process. Their journey becomes as much about how education works, as it is about where education leads."
The film received four British Independent Film Awards nominations, including those for Best Actress (de la Tour), Best Screenplay (Bennett), and two for Most Promising Newcomer (Barnett and Cooper).
