This article does not cite any references or sources. (February 2008) Please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources. Unverifiable material may be challenged and removed.

Holes
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Andrew Davis
Produced by	Andrew Davis Lowell D. Blank Teresa Tucker-Davies
Written by	Louis Sachar (novel & screenplay)
Starring	Shia LaBeouf Jon Voight Khleo Thomas Tim Blake Nelson Sigourney Weaver Byron Cotton Patricia Arquette Dulé Hill Henry Winkler Nate Davis Rated: PG Andrew Frank Davis (born February 2, 1944) is a British conductor. ... Andrew Frank Davis (born February 2, 1944) is a British conductor. ... Louis Sachar (IPA: , or Sacker) (born March 20, 1954) is an American author of childrens books who is best known for the Sideways Stories From Wayside School book series and the 1998 novel Holes, for which Sachar won a National Book Award and the Newbery Medal. ... Shia Saide LaBeouf[1] (pronounced SHY-uh luh-BUFF, IPA: [2]; born June 11, 1986) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning[3] American actor and comedian. ... John Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Khleo Thomas (born Khaleed Leon Thomas on January 30, 1989) is an American actor and rapper. ... Tim Blake Nelson (born November 5, 1964) is an American character actor, film director, and singer. ... Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. ... Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. ... Karim Dulé Hill (born May 3, 1975) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor, primarily in movies, soap operas and television. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ... Nate Davis (born February 6, 1974) is a defensive linemen for the Winnipeg Blue Bombers of the Canadian Football League. ...
Music by	Joel McNeely
Cinematography	Stephen St. John
Editing by	Thomas J. Nordberg
Distributed by	Buena Vista Pictures
Release date(s)	April 18, 2003
Running time	117 min.
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	US$20 million
IMDb profile

Holes is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same title by Louis Sachar. The film was produced by Walden Media and released by Walt Disney Pictures. Joel McNeely (b. ... The Buena Vista Motion Pictures Group is a collection of affiliated motion picture studios, all subsidaries of The Walt Disney Company. ... is the 108th day of the year (109th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2003 (MMIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Image File history File links This is a lossless scalable vector image. ... The English language is a West Germanic language that originates in England. ... The year 2003 in film involved some significant events. ... Holes is a Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar. ... Louis Sachar (IPA: , or Sacker) (born March 20, 1954) is an American author of childrens books who is best known for the Sideways Stories From Wayside School book series and the 1998 novel Holes, for which Sachar won a National Book Award and the Newbery Medal. ... Walden Media is a film production and publishing company best known as the producers of The Chronicles of Narnia film series. ... Old logo from 1985-2006 Walt Disney Pictures refers to several different entities associated with The Walt Disney Company: Walt Disney Pictures, the film banner, was established as a designation in 1983, prior to which Disney films since the death of Walt Disney were released under the name of the...

Plot summary

Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia LaBeouf) is a somewhat unpopular teenage boy who lives in an apartment in Houston, Texas with his entrepreneur father (Henry Winkler), mother (Siobhan Fallon Hogan), and grandfather (Nathan Davis). The family, while rich in spirit, has no luck at all. They believe this was caused many years ago, when their first ancestor Elya Yelnats tried to win the hand of the lovely Myra Menke. He is helped by the elderly Madame Zeroni, however she asks him as payment to remember to carry her up the mountain and sing to her as she drinks from a stream. If he fails however, he and his family will be cursed "for always and eternity". When he tries to woo Myra, Elya becomes disgusted at her inability to make decisions and leaves for America - forgetting to fulfill his promise to Madame Zeroni. As a result, the family has been plagued by various forms of bad luck. Misfortune strikes Stanley himself, when he is falsely accused of stealing a pair of sneakers that baseball star Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston (Rick Fox) donated to an orphanage (his defense, that the sneakers just fell out of the sky, is not believed). When given the choice of going to federal prison or Camp Greenlake, he chooses the latter. He arrives to find the "camp" is a dried-up desert where the boys there must dig one hole every day to "build character". The camp is run by the mysterious Warden (Sigourney Weaver), Mr. Sir (Jon Voight), and counselor Dr. Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson). Shia Saide LaBeouf[1] (pronounced SHY-uh luh-BUFF, IPA: [2]; born June 11, 1986) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning[3] American actor and comedian. ... Houston redirects here. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ... Siobhan Fallon (born May 13, 1961) is an American actress. ... Nathan David was born on May 22, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. ... Ulrich Alexander (Rick) Fox (born July 24, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian television actor and retired professional basketball player. ... Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. ... John Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Tim Blake Nelson (born November 5, 1964) is an American character actor, film director, and singer. ...

This isn't the first time that a Yelnats family member has been to Camp Greenlake. Many years ago, when the lake was still full of water, there was a small town built near it. The lake was owned by Charles "Trout" Walker (Scott Plank), an arrogant man who tries to unsuccessfully court the lovely schoolteacher, Katherine Barlow (Patricia Arquette). Instead, she begins to feel an attraction to Sam the "onion man" (Dule Hill), who is famous for using onions as a cure-all, as well as a repellant for the dangerous Yellow Spotted Lizards, which plague the area. Paying him with her famous spiced peaches, Katherine gets Sam to fix up her schoolhouse so that he can be near her. When everything was fixed, she tells him that her heart is broken and he kisses her to fix it. Because he is black and she is Caucasian, the law decrees that Sam must be killed, which happens. Furious, Katherine kills the sheriff (Eric Pierpoint) and becomes an outlaw called "Kissin' Kate Barlow" (known as this because she kills a man then kisses him). One of the people she robbed was the first Stanley Yelnats, who she left to die in the desert. Instead, he climbed a mountain and found water and food. Kate died when she was threatened by Charles Walker and his wife, Linda, both of whom believed that she buried the money in the lake, which dried up when Sam was shot. She responds by letting a Yellow Spotted Lizard bite her and tells them to start digging. Scott Plank (November 11, 1958 – October 24, 2002) was an American film and television actor, best known for playing Nick Reardon on Melrose Place, and as Wiley Farrell on Air America. ... Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. ... External link IMDB entry for Dule Hill Categories: People stubs | 1974 births | Television actors ... Eric Pierpoint is an American actor. ...

Stanley slowly gains the respect of his fellow diggers. When he finds a golden bullet casing and sees the fuss the Warden makes over it, he begins to suspect that they are digging holes to actually find something. Meanwhile, he begins to teach Hector Zeroni (Zero) (Khleo Thomas), a lonely boy at the camp, how to read and write. When the adults begin to insult his intelligence however, Dr. Pendanski gives Hector a Shovel & tells him what is D i g Hector hits Dr. Pendanski with the shovel on the part of his Face & tells him dig Hector runs off into the desert. Stanley follows to help him. The two climb the same mountain that Stanley's ancestor climbed. Along the way, Hector becomes ill from "Sploosh", a jarred food that he ate (most likely Kate's spiced peaches). Stanley carries him up the mountain, gives him water, and sings to him. At about that time, it is revealed that Stanley's father invents a cure for foot odor, using peaches and onions, implying that the curse has been broken. Stanley and Hector decide to return to the camp to find whatever is hidden there. They dig throughout the night and find a chest. Unfortunately, they are trapped by both the Warden and a nest of Yellow Spotted Lizards. The lizards don't attack however (as the boys lived off of onions on the mountain) and they are rescued by a lawyer that is hired for Stanley. She takes Stanley, Hector, and the chest home. The chest holds the valuables that Kate stole from the Yelnats family, and it is revealed that the Warden - Ms. Walker - is Charles's descendant, the camp is a legal sham, and both her employees are criminal goons she hired. It is also revealed that it begins to rain again in Camp Greenlake. Using the money, the Yelnats family moves into a bigger house and Hector is able to find his mother. It is also mentioned that Hector Zeroni was Madame Zeroni's great-great-great grandson via Shia's narration, meaning the curse on the Yelnats family was broken when Stanley gave water to Hector from the mountain stream while singing to him. Khleo Thomas (born Khaleed Leon Thomas on January 30, 1989) is an American actor and rapper. ... Shovel with wide blade - especially appropriate for lifting snow or coal A shovel is a tool for lifting and moving loose material such as coal, gravel, snow, soil, or sand. ... The face is the front part of the head and includes the hair, forehead, eyebrow, eyes, nose, ears, cheeks, mouth, lips, philtrum, teeth, skin, and chin. ...

Reception

The movie made a US$71 million at the box office against a modest $20 million budget, making the film at least a moderate financial success. It was consistently lauded as an excellent movie, because of its strong plot, deep characters, and family friendliness. It received a 77% Certified Fresh rating on Rotten Tomatoes The United States dollar is the official currency of the United States. ...

Musical Soundtrack

One of the most appealing facets to the movie (particularly to the kid audiences) was the film's music which included the Grammy winning single "Just Like You" by Keb Mo', and "Dig It" by The D Tent Boys (the actors portraying the D Tent group inmates), which was exceptionally popular with child viewers and had a music video which played regularly on Disney Channel. The soundtrack also included contributions by Eels, Devin Thompson, Dr. John, Eagle Eye Cherry, Fiction Plane, Little Axe, Moby, North Mississippi Allstars, Pepe Deluxé, Shaggy, Stephanie Bentley, and Teresa James and the Rhythm Tramps. Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File links No higher resolution available. ... Grammy Award statuette The Grammy Awards, presented by the Recording Academy (an association of Americans professionally involved in the recorded music industry) for outstanding achievements in the recording industry, is one of four major music awards shows held annually in the United States (the Billboard Music Awards, the American Music... Keb Mo is a noted blues singer, guitarist, and songwriter. ... For the Disney Channel in other countries, see Disney Channel around the world. ... Eels (also sometimes eels or EELS, depending on the album) is an American rock band formed by singer/songwriter Mark Oliver Everett, better known as Mr. ... Devin Moore (born 1985) is a criminal from Alabama who sparked a large controversy over the video game Grand Theft Auto: Vice City when he committed three acts of first-degree murder against three Fayette, Alabama policemen in 2003. ... Dr. John is the stage name of Malcolm John Rebennack Jr. ... Eagle-Eye Cherry is an American singer known best for his hit Save Tonight. Cherry comes from a musical family that includes sister Neneh Cherry and father Don Cherry. ... Fiction Plane is a pop-rock band from England. ... Little Axe is the stage name of Skip McDonald (born 1949, Dayton, Ohio), an American blues musician. ... Moby (born Richard Melville Hall, September 11, 1965) is an American DJ, songwriter, musician and singer. ... North Mississippi Allstars is a country blues band from Hernando, Mississippi. ... Pepe Deluxé is a Finnish electronic music oriented band which was created by two DJ friends, DJ Slow aka Vellu Maurola and JA-Jazz aka Tomi Paajanen in the mid 90s in Helsinki, Finland. ... Shaggy (born October 22, 1968, in Kingston, Jamaica as Orville Richard Burrell) is a Jamaican reggae deejay who takes his nickname from Scooby-Doos companion, a nickname given to him by his friends, during his teenage years in which his hair bore a similarity to the Scooby Doo character. ... This article needs additional references or sources for verification. ...

The movie's score was written by the famous Hollywood composer, Joel McNeely. Joel McNeely (b. ...

Cast

Camp Green Lake

• Shia LaBeouf as Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats
• Khleo Thomas as Hector "Zero" Zeroni
• Sigourney Weaver as The Warden
• Jon Voight as Mr. Sir
• Tim Blake Nelson as Dr. Pendanski
• Jake M. Smith as Squid
• Byron Cotton as Armpit
• Brenden Jefferson as X-Ray
• Miguel Castro as Magnet
• Max Kasch as Zigzag
• Noah Poletiek as Twitch
• Zane Holtz as Barfbag
• Steve Koslowski as Lump

Yelnats' Home Shia Saide LaBeouf[1] (pronounced SHY-uh luh-BUFF, IPA: [2]; born June 11, 1986) is a Daytime Emmy Award-winning[3] American actor and comedian. ... Stanley Elya Caveman Yelnats IV is a character in the novel Holes. ... Khleo Thomas (born Khaleed Leon Thomas on January 30, 1989) is an American actor and rapper. ... Hector Zero Zeroni is a character in the novel Holes. ... Sigourney Weaver (born Susan Alexandra Weaver on October 8, 1949 in New York City) is an Oscar-nominated American actress. ... John Vincent Voight (born December 29, 1938) is an Academy Award-winning American actor. ... Tim Blake Nelson (born November 5, 1964) is an American character actor, film director, and singer. ... Brenden Jefferson (born June 3, 1986) is an African-American film and television actor. ... Max Kasch (born December 6, 1985) is an American film and television actor. ...

• Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Mrs. Yelnats
• Henry Winkler as Stanley Yelnats III
• Nathan Davis as Grandfather
• Rick Fox as Sweet Feet Livingston

Latvia Siobhan Fallon (born May 13, 1961) is an American actress. ... Dr. Henry Franklin Jameson Frederick Winkler (born October 30, 1945) is a Golden Globe Award-winning American actor, director, producer and author. ... Nathan David was born on May 22, 1917 in Chicago, Illinois. ... Ulrich Alexander (Rick) Fox (born July 24, 1969 in Toronto, Ontario) is a Canadian television actor and retired professional basketball player. ...

• Eartha Kitt as Madame Zeroni
• Damien Luvara as Elya Yelnats
• Sanya Mateyas as Myra Menke
• Ravil Isyanov as Morris Menke
• Ken Davitian as Igor Barkov

Old Green Lake Eartha Kitt (born Eartha Mae Keith on January 17, 1927),[1] is an American actress, singer, and cabaret star. ... Madame Zeroni is a fictional character from the novel Holes by Louis Sachar. ... Kenneth Davitian (born June 19, 1953 in Los Angeles, California) is an American actor. ...

• Patricia Arquette as Kissin' Kate Barlow
• Scott Plank as Trout Walker
• Dulé Hill as Sam
• Allan Kolman as Stanley Yelnats I
• Louis Sachar as Mr. Collingwood
• Eric Pierpoint as Sheriff

Patricia T. Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an Emmy Award-winning and Golden Globe Award-nominated American actress. ... Scott Plank (November 11, 1958 – October 24, 2002) was an American film and television actor, best known for playing Nick Reardon on Melrose Place, and as Wiley Farrell on Air America. ... Karim Dulé Hill (born May 3, 1975) is an Emmy Award-nominated American actor, primarily in movies, soap operas and television. ... Louis Sachar (IPA: , or Sacker) (born March 20, 1954) is an American author of childrens books who is best known for the Sideways Stories From Wayside School book series and the 1998 novel Holes, for which Sachar won a National Book Award and the Newbery Medal. ... Eric Pierpoint is an American actor. ...

External links

• Holes at the Internet Movie Database
• Holes official site