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Holes (2003)

PG  |   |  Adventure, Comedy, Drama  |  18 April 2003 (USA)
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A wrongfully convicted boy is sent to a brutal desert detention camp where he joins the job of digging holes for some mysterious reason.

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Storyline

"But if you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity." Those were the exact words spoken to young Elya Yelnats the day he forgot to repay Madame Zeroni. From then on his family was cursed with bad luck. One hundred years later Stanley Yelnats IV is accused of stealing a pair of cleats from a major league baseball player and sent to Camp Green Lake (a dry lake bed in the middle of the desert). It never rains at Camp Green Lake, it hasn't for one hundred years. The secretive and mysterious Warden has each inmate spend every day digging one hole to "build character." But when an artifact from the famous "Kissin' Kate" Barlow is found in a hole, the Warden forces the boys to work double time leading Stanley to deduce they're digging because the Warden is looking for something. But what? And how is the mystery of Camp Green Lake connected to Stanley's family curse? Written by O.G.

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hole | camp | digging | bad luck | curse | See All (199) »

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Rated PG for violence, mild language and some thematic elements | See all certifications »

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Das Geheimnis von Green Lake  »

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Box Office

Budget:

$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$16,300,155 (USA) (18 April 2003)

Gross:

£1,331,449 (UK) (21 November 2003)
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Trivia

This movie is dedicated in loving memory of Scott Plank. Scott Plank played Trout Walker. See more »

Goofs

During the first dig scene, Zero finishes digging his hole before anyone else. As he jumps out of his hole (heading back to the tent or 'wreck' room), he has his goggles on. In the next shot (only seconds later), he passes by the group and his goggles have completely disappeared. See more »

Quotes

[first lines]
[Barfbag walks towards a rattlesnake]
X-Ray: Hey, Barfbag. What are you doing?
[Barfbag takes his shoe and sock off and steps on the snake, which bites him]
Barfbag: [yells] Aaaaaah!
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"In Loving Memory of Scott Plank" appears after the end credits. See more »

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Referenced in Psych: 65 Million Years Off (2007) See more »

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For Old Times Ache
Written by James Kalamasz & Danny Kirsic
Performed by Wildlife Band
Courtesy of Promusic, Inc.
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Much better than "Not Bad"
13 August 2006 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I couldn't keep from commenting after reading the very short "Not bad" commentary. This movie is much better than just not bad. The acting is stellar, even from the children in the cast, who don't play cute or anything else but act just like my son's friends. The movie is smart and expects it's audience to be as well. The double back flash story lines are imaginative and contribute to the story rather than act as time filler. I watched this movie with my kids and then I watched it again by myself a few days later. If you have kids and are sick to death of movies that inspire a diabetic coma with their syrupy sweetness, then check out "Holes." My 6-year-old enjoyed it as much as my 11-year-old, and my husband and I enjoyed it as much as the two of them. How many movies can you say that about?


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