Tom Brown's Schooldays (2005 film)

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Tom Brown's Schooldays
Genre Drama
Running time 93 min.
Distributor ITV
Company Pictures
Written by Thomas Hughes
Ashley Pharoah
Directed by Dave Moore
Produced by Charles Pattinson
Starring Alex Pettyfer
Stephen Fry
Editor(s) Beverley Mills
Music by John E. Keane
Budget $10 million
Country of origin Flag of the United Kingdom
Language English
Release date(s) January 1, 2005 (UK)
April 10, 2007 (USA)
Official website
IMDb profile

Tom Brown's Schooldays is a 2005 film TV movie adaptation of the Thomas Hughes novel of the same name.

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[edit] Plot

Tom Brown (Alex Pettyfer) is energetic, stubborn, kind-hearted, and athletic more than intellectual. He acts according to his feelings and the unwritten rules of the boys around him more than adults' rules.

The film deals with his years at the Rugby School for Boys. His year starts when he goes to Rugby School, where he becomes acquainted with the adults and boys who live at the school and in its environs.

On his arrival, the 13-year-old Tom Brown is looked after by a more experienced classmate, Harry "Scud" East (Harry Michell). Soon after, Tom and East become the targets of a bully named Flashman (Joseph Beattie). The intensity of the bullying increases, and, after refusing to hand over a sweepstake ticket for the favorite in a horse race, Tom is deliberately burned in front of a fire. Tom and Scud stop Flashman's bullying when Flashman is expelled after a fight with Tom in which he used brass knuckles.

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[edit] Differences from the novel

Event Book Movie
How Tom starts Transferred in mid-term because of the epidemic. At start of term.
Fights An unorganized fight with Tom and East against Flashman. The "two against one" imbalance is compensated for by Flashman's being two years older and bigger. Later, an organized fight between Tom and "Slogger" Williams. An organized fight between Tom and Flashman, not Tom and Williams, one against one. Tom almost wins but Flashman cheats by using brass knuckles.
Why Flashman is expelled He gets very drunk in Brownsover and has to be helped back to school. He gets the school matron's daughter pregnant, as well as the fight.
Result of Arthur's illness Survived. Died.

The start of the movie includes real historical events which are not in the book: Dr. Arnold closing down the school hunt; Dr. Arnold complaining that before his time, there were no masters in the school overnight to keep the boys in order.

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