Holes
“Some secrets are too big to keep hidden.”
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 possibly Stanley’s family itself.
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Cast
53 people
Shia LaBeouf
Stanley
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Sigourney Weaver
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Jon Voight
Mr. Sir
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Patricia Arquette
Kissin' Kate Barlow
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The Act
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Tim Blake Nelson
Dr. Pendanski
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The Ballad of Buster Scruggs
Watchmen
Dulé Hill
Sam
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Suits
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Henry Winkler
Stanley's Father
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Barry
Nathan Davis
Grandfather
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Risky Business
Poltergeist III
Rick Fox
Clyde 'Sweetfeet' Livingston
Known for
Greenleaf
Navy Seals vs. Zombies
Scott Plank
Trout Walker
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L.A. Takedown
Roma Maffia
Carla Morengo
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Pretty Little Liars
Eartha Kitt
Madame Zeroni
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Andrew Davis Director · Louis Sachar Screenplay Joel McNeely Composer
Worldwide gross $71M · Budget $20M · United States release April 18, 2003
Box office
Budget
$20,000,000
Worldwide gross
$71,406,573
Gross vs. budget
3.6×
Production
Phoenix Pictures
Production
Chicago Pacific Entertainment
Production
Walden Media
Production
Walt Disney Pictures
Production
Walt Disney Studios
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United States · April 11, 2003
Premiere
United States · April 18, 2003
Theatrical
Argentina
February 11, 2004 · Physical
Australia
October 30, 2003 · Theatrical
August 18, 2014 · Physical
Bahrain
December 10, 2003 · Theatrical
Brazil
May 23, 2003 · Theatrical
Canada
April 18, 2003 · Theatrical
France
October 29, 2003 · Theatrical
Germany
October 30, 2003 · Theatrical
Greece
August 22, 2003 · Theatrical
Hungary
June 3, 2004 · Theatrical
Iceland
October 10, 2003 · Theatrical
Ireland
October 24, 2003 · Theatrical
Israel
June 19, 2003 · Theatrical
Italy
August 15, 2003 · Theatrical
Japan
April 23, 2004 · Physical
Kuwait
March 2, 2004 · Theatrical
Mexico
August 8, 2003 · Theatrical
September 23, 2003 · Physical
Netherlands
July 15, 2004 · Physical · DVD
October 11, 2008 · TV · RTL 5
New Caledonia
December 17, 2003 · Theatrical
New Zealand
October 30, 2003 · Theatrical
Norway
April 28, 2004 · Physical
Panama
October 24, 2003 · Theatrical
Philippines
August 6, 2003 · Theatrical
Poland
March 4, 2004 · Physical
Portugal
August 29, 2003 · Theatrical
Russia
June 26, 2003 · Theatrical
Singapore
September 23, 2003 · Physical
Spain
November 14, 2003 · Theatrical
Türkiye
August 22, 2003 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
October 24, 2003 · Theatrical
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