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Holes (2003)

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Genre
Adventure / Comedy / Drama / Family / Mystery
   
Synopsis

Stanley Yelnats is falsely accused of stealing Clyde 'Sweet Feet' Livingston's shoe donation to a local orphanage and will either go to jail or 'Camp Green Lake.' Stanley chooses Green Lake, where he is forced to dig large holes in the desert each day, by order of the mysterious Warden and her assistants Mr. Sir and Mr. Pendanski. What the Warden is really trying to do is find a buried treasure that was murderer Kissin' Kate Barlow's fortune long ago. But when Stanley and his friend Zero escape, things get really bad!

   
Directed by  
Andrew Davis
   
Written by  
Louis Sachar (novel and screenplay)
   
Starring  
Sigourney Weaver (Warden Walker); Jon Voight (Marion 'Mr. Sir' Sevillo); Tim Blake Nelson (Dr. Pendanski); Shia LaBeouf (Stanley Yelnats / Caveman); Khleo Thomas (Hector 'Zero' Zeroni); Jake M. Smith (Squid); Byron Cotton (Armpit); Brenden Jefferson (X-Ray); Miguel Castro (José / Magnet); Max Kasch (Zigzag); Noah Poletiek (Twitch); Zane Holtz (Barfbag); Steven Kozlowski (Lump (as Steve Kozlowski)); Ski Carr (Guard); Roma Maffia (Carla Morengo). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
 

Length (mins):
117
Ratings:
PG (PG)
Language:
ENG

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Images in the header are from: Antwone Fisher (© Fox Searchlight, 2002); Stand by Me (© Columbia Pictures, 1986); Jesus of Nazareth (© ITV (1977); The Passion of The Christ (© Newmarket Films, 2004); Rabbit-proof Fence (© Buena Vista, 2002); Amazing Grace (© Bristol Bay Productions, 2006) and Il Postino (© Cecchi Gori Group, 1994).