Holes (Full Screen Edition)
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Actor: Jon Voight, Khleo Thomas, Shia LaBeouf, Sigourney Weaver, Tim Blake NelsonDirector: Andrew Davis
Brand: Walt Disney Video
Producer: Andrew Davis
Producer: Clark Henderson
Producer: Louis Phillips
Producer: Lowell D. Blank
Producer: Marty P. Ewing
Producer: Mike Medavoy
Writer: Louis Sachar
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 5.1; Spanish (Subtitled); English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0; Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD, Full Screen, NTSC
Picture Format: 1.33:1
Running Time: 117 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2003-09-23
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Walt Disney Home Entertainment
Product features:
- Young Stanley Yelnats finds himself at Camp Green Lake, where digging a hole a day keeps the warden at bay, and "builds character." While he is unjustly accused, an ancient family curse still dogs him and he is thrown headlong into the adventure of his life. Stanley and his colorful campmates will have to forge fast friendships to unearth the mystery of what is really going on in the desert. Sy
Movie Reviews of Holes (Full Screen Edition)
Movie Review: Welcome to Lake Greenwood...but there's no lake and there is nothing green...a great story and movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Meet Stanley Yelnats the 4th (Shia LaBeouf). He comes from a long line of Stanley Yelnats', and they were all unlucky, well, ever since his no-good-pig-stealing ancestor forgot to make good on a deal with a gypsy in the old country and suffered from the resulting curse. Now, many years later the unluckiness continues as Stanley is in the wrong place at the wrong time, and he is convicted of a crime he didn't commit and is bundled off to Camp Lake Greenwood, a Texas youth correctional facility. The boys there are forced to dig one hole in the old lake bed each day. The hole has to he the diameter of a shovel handle length and the same depth.
It never rains at Camp Greenwood, and hasn't for the 100-years or so since the murder of an innocent man by a group of vigilantes during the days of the old west.
Anyway, to sum up, this film uses amazing backflashes to the old country and to the old west and then back to today when we follow the mishaps of Stanley and the other boys at the camp. And if you watch you will be treated to colorful characters like "Kissing Kate Barlow", an old west outlaw who only kissed the men she killed, Madame Zarone - an old gypsy woman, Elya Yelnats, Stanley Yelnats I-IV, Zero, X-Ray, Warden Walker who's grandfather once owned Lake Greenwood, as well as "Mr. Sir" the warden's enforcer, and "Mother" the camp counselor.
This is a wonderful film for people of all ages. In fact, we recently watched this film as a family, including a middle school student, a HS student, my wife and I, and grandma. Everyone enjoyed it...as a matter of fact my HS son (a football player) picked the film.
5 stars for everyone!
Summary of Holes (Full Screen Edition)
The award-winning bestseller comes to life in this phenomenally fun, adventure-filled movie starring Emmy Award-winner Shia LaBeouf (Outstanding Performer In A Children's Series, Disney Channel's EVEN STEVENS, 2000). Dogged by bad luck stemming from an ancient family curse, young Stanley Yelnats (LaBeouf) is sent to Camp Green Lake, a very weird place that's not green and doesn't have a lake. Once there, he's thrown headlong into the adventure of his life when he and his colorful campmates -- Squid, Armpit, Zigzag, Magnet, X-Ray, and Zero -- must dig a hole a day to keep the warden at bay. But why? Through it all, Stanley and company must forge fast friendships as they try to unearth the mystery of what's really going on in the middle of nowhere. Filled with humor and heartwarming messages of friendship and teamwork, HOLES is a treasure everyone will dig.Fans of author Louis Sachar's book Holes will be delighted with this scrupulously faithful adaptation. After being wrongly found guilty of stealing a pair of sneakers, Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf) gets sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile correctional facility in the bed of a long-gone dry Texas lake. There--under the watchful eye of overseer Mr. Sir (a zesty Jon Voight), sneakily mean therapist Dr. Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson, O Brother Where Art Thou?), and the cool and cruel Warden (Sigourney Weaver)--Stanley and dozens of other delinquents are forced to dig an endless series of holes that the Warden hopes will lead her to a precious secret left behind by a long-dead female outlaw (Patricia Arquette). Sachar's book is beloved for its vivid characters and suspenseful plot; by sticking close to its source, Holes has become a dynamic, exciting, and surprisingly touching movie. --Bret Fetzer
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