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Holes (2003) -- US Home Video Trailer from Walt Disney Pictures
Holes (2003) -- A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.

Overview

User Rating:
7.1/10   16,838 votes
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Director:
Andrew Davis
Writers (WGA):
Louis Sachar (novel)
Louis Sachar (screenplay)
Contact:
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Release Date:
18 April 2003 (USA) more
Tagline:
The book is now the movie. more
Plot:
A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason. full summary | full synopsis
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Awards:
3 wins & 9 nominations more
User Comments:
So much cooler and more interesting than the usual live-action Disney junk. more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Sigourney Weaver ... Warden Walker

Jon Voight ... Marion Sevillo / 'Mr. Sir'

Tim Blake Nelson ... Dr. Pendanski

Shia LaBeouf ... Stanley Yelnats IV / 'Caveman'
Khleo Thomas ... Hector Zeroni / 'Zero'

Jake M. Smith ... Alan / 'Squid'
Byron Cotton ... Theodore / 'Armpit'
Brenden Jefferson ... Rex / 'X-Ray'
Miguel Castro ... José / 'Magnet'
Max Kasch ... Ricky / 'Zigzag'
Noah Poletiek ... Brian / 'Twitch'
Zane Holtz ... Lewis / 'Barfbag'
Steven Kozlowski ... Lump (as Steve Kozlowski)

Ski Carr ... Guard

Roma Maffia ... Atty. Carla Morengo
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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated PG for violence, mild language and some thematic elements.
Runtime:
117 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
The "yellow spotted lizards" mentioned in the movie do not exist. There are only two poisonous lizards in North America: the Gila monster and the Mexican beaded lizard, which live in the American Southwest and northern Mexico. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The discovered "lipstick tube" of Kissing Kate would not have existed in 1900-1910. Lipstick, particularly in a stick form, was not invented until the 1940s by Hollywood make-up artist Max Factor. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
[Barfbag walks towards a rattlesnake]
X-Ray: Hey, Barfbag. What are you doing?
[Barfbag takes his shoe and sock off and steps on the snake, which bites him]
Barfbag: [yells] Aaaaaah!
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in "Saturday Night Live: Shia LaBeouf/Avril Lavigne (#32.17)" (2007) more
Soundtrack:
I Will Survive more

FAQ

A Note Regarding Spoilers
Who are the boys of cabin 'D'?
How many Stanley Yelnats are there and how does each figure into the story?
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45 out of 47 people found the following comment useful:-
So much cooler and more interesting than the usual live-action Disney junk., 27 April 2005
9/10
Author: Judith Fessbeggler from United States

HOLES is not your average Disney stuff- it's very, very fun, even for adults who usually cringe at the cutesy, focus-group designed "family entertainment" that Uncle Walt's studio passes off as live-action. Perhaps the secret of this film's success is in its faithfulness to the original book, which is a little bit darker than your average kid stuff. The action begins when Stanley Yelnats is sent to a boys' prison camp, where all the inmates are forced to dig holes under the desert sun as a form of rehibilitation. But as the story progresses, Stanley's tale becomes interwoven with that of a legendary treasure, and this adventure becomes ten times more fun than any Disney movie about an all-boy prison camp has any right to be. Jon Voight is especially nasty and colorful, and Sigourney Weaver is beautiful, as always.

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