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18/04/2003 Adventure, Family, Drama, Comedy 1h 57m
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Some secrets are too big to keep hidden.

Overview

After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. As he endures the brutal routine, Stanley begins to uncover a hidden truth behind the camp—one that connects to a dangerous secret and his family’s history.

  1. Andrew Davis

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Shia LaBeouf

    Stanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV

  2. Khleo Thomas

    Hector "Zero" Zeroni

  3. Sigourney Weaver

    Louise Walker the Warden

  4. Jon Voight

    Marion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"

  5. Tim Blake Nelson

    Dr. Pendanski

  6. Patricia Arquette

    Katherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow

  7. Dulé Hill

    Sam the Onion Man

  8. Henry Winkler

    Stanley Yelnats III

  9. Siobhan Fallon Hogan

    Tiffany Yelnats

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Reviews

A review by John Chard
Written by John Chard on 2014-06-27
We dig, dig, dig, dig, dig, dig…

Disney produce and Andrew Davis directs this wonderful adaptation of Louis Sachar’s Holes. Miscreant youths are sent to Camp Green Lake for character building, the bulk of which involves them constantly digging holes in the parched desert. New inmate Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia LeBeouf) is about to set the wheels in motion that will unearth the secret of the digs.

It’s a blender is Holes, part drama (there’s plenty of edginess here), part coming of age tale, part action adventure – cum – detective mystery – cum - Western and part comedy, in sh...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$20,000,000.00

Revenue
$71,406,573.00

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