Holes (2003)

User Rating:

7.1/10   

Director:

Andrew Davis

Writers (WGA):

Louis Sachar (novel)
Louis Sachar (screenplay)

Release Date:

18 April 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Adventure | Comedy | Family | Mystery

Tagline:

The book is now the movie.

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.

Plot Keywords:

Lake | Desert | Digging | Shoe | Buried Treasure

Awards:

3 wins & 9 nominations

Cast

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

MPAA:

Rated PG for violence, mild language and some thematic elements.

Runtime:

117 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Colour:

Black and White | Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Sound Mix:

DTS | Dolby Digital | SDDS

Certification:

Netherlands:MG6 | Iceland:10 | Iceland:LH (video rating) | Brazil:Livre | Argentina:Atp | Australia:PG | Canada:G (Quebec) | Canada:PG | Denmark:11 | Germany:6 | New Zealand:PG | Philippines:PG-13 | Singapore:PG | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | UK:PG | USA:PG (certificate #39623)

Filming Locations:

Anderson Street Overpass, Los Angeles, California, USA

Company:

Walt Disney Pictures

Trivia:

The poem that Miss Katherine reads to the young Linda and Sam finished is "Annabel Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe.

Goofs:

Continuity: Before X-Ray moves Stanley up in the water line, Stanley's hands are in his pockets. In the next shot, he is holding his hands in front of him.

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!

Movie Connections:

Referenced in "Psych: 65 Million Years Off (#2.2)" (2007)

Soundtrack:

Honey

one of the best book adaptations i have ever seen..

seriously i loved this film..i had started to read the book and i loved it...the way everything was set up and everything had a purpose...i think this film did so well was because Louis Sachar wrote the screenplay..and of course Andrew Davis directed it...Shia Lebouf gives a great performance for his first film...the storyline is very cool and interesting...there's humor, heart and intensity...it is very similar to the book..i find this film to be not the least bit boring...i absolutely loved it...and i encourage anyone to read the book..all in all this film is very well put together and carefully crafted...two thumbs up for me in every single way