DISNEYS BROTHER BEAR 2003
DISNEY’S HOLES CAME OUT ON APRIL 11 TH 2003
Holes is a 2003 American neo-Western comedy drama film directed by Andrew Davis and written by Louis Sachar, based on the 1998 novel of the same name. The film stars Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight, Patricia Arquette, Tim Blake Nelson and Shia LaBeouf.
The film was produced by Chicago Pacific Entertainment in association with Phoenix Pictures, presented by Walden Media and Walt Disney Pictures,[4] and distributed in many markets by the distribution company Buena Vista.
IN CAMP GREENLAKE TEXAS In Green Lake, Texas, the Yelnats family has been cursed to be unlucky, which they blame on their ancestor Elya’s failure to keep a promise to fortune teller Madame Zeroni over a century earlier in Latvia. One day, Stanley Yelnats IV is wrongfully convicted of stealing a pair of sneakers donated to charity by baseball player Clyde “Sweet Feet” Livingston, and is sentenced to 18 months at Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp, in lieu of jail time. THE CAMP IS IN A DRIED LAKE BED WHERE RAIN NEVER FALLS AND
enomous yellow-spotted lizards proliferate. Stanley meets warden Louise Walker; her assistant, Mr. Sir; and camp counselor Dr. Pendanski. Prisoners, known by their nicknames—including Zero, Zig-Zag, Armpit, Squid, X-Ray, and Magnet—dig holes in the desert daily; they may earn a day off if they find anything interesting inside the holes. After Stanley finds a golden lipstick tube initialed K.B. and a fossil, he is accepted into the group and given the nickname Caveman. When Magnet steals Mr. Sir’s bag of sunflower seeds, Stanley takes responsibility and is taken to Walker’s cabin. Inside, Stanley discovers old wanted posters and newspapers and realizes “KB” stands for Katherine “Kissin’ Kate” Barlow, an outlaw his great-grandfather encountered. Walker assaults Mr. Sir for his irrelevant report and allows Stanley to return to work.
Camp Green Lake’s history is revealed in a series of flashbacks as a flourishing lakeside community in the 19th century. Kate romantically bonds with Sam, an African-American onion merchant who helps repair her schoolhouse. When the wealthy Charles “Trout” Walker discovers the two kissing, he spreads the word out OF jealousy AND THE TOWN’S PEOPLE citizens burn down the schoolhouse AND MURDER SAM IN RETAILTION KATE BECOMES AN OUTLAW KISSING KATE BARLOW HUNTING DOWN TROUTS MEN KATE KILLS MEN AND THEN SHE KISSES THEM GIVING HER THE NAME KISSING KATE BARLOW AS HER LEDGAND IS ESTABLSHED GREENLAKE INTO DECLINE DUE TO THE LAKES SUDDIN EVAPRATION
One of Kate’s victims is Elya’s son Stanley Yelnats Sr., who is robbed of his chest of gold and left to fend for himself in the desert. Years later, Kate has a final confrontation with the now-destitute Walkers; before allowing herself to be lethally bitten by a lizard, she boasts neither Walker nor his descendants will find her buried fortune.
In the present, Pendanski mocks Zero, whose real name is Hector Zeroni, but the latter strikes Pendanski with a shovel and flees. After some deliberation, Stanley searches for Hector. The two have difficulty surviving in the desert without water. Eventually, Stanley carries the ailing Hector up the mountain, where they find a field of wild onions and a source of water, helping them regain strength; at the same time, Stanley unknowingly fulfills his ancestor’s promise to the fortune teller and breaks the curse. While camping on the mountain, Hector tells Stanley he stole Livingston’s sneakers and threw them over the bridge to evade the police, only for them to inadvertently hit Stanley’s head.
Returning to the camp, Stanley and Hector investigate the hole where Stanley found the lipstick and discover a chest before they are discovered by Walker, Mr. Sir, and Pendanski. They soon realize Walker, who is Trout’s granddaughter, has been using the inmates to search for Barlow’s treasure. The adults are unable to steal the chest from the boys, as the hole has swarmed with lizards, which do not bite Stanley and Hector due to the onions they ate earlier. The adults, puzzled, wait for the lizards to kill the boys. The next morning, the attorney general and Stanley’s lawyer arrive, accompanied by a Texas Ranger; the chest Stanley found is discovered to have belonged to his namesake great-grandfather. Walker, Mr. Sir, who is in truth a paroled criminal named Marion Sevillo, and Pendanski, who is impersonating a doctor, are arrested. Stanley and Zero are released, and it rains in Green Lake for the first time in over a century.
The Yelnats family obtains the chest, which contains jewels, deeds, and promissory notes. They share this with Hector, who uses it to hire private investigators to find his missing mother, and both families live a life of financial ease as neighbors.
Cast[edit]
- Sigourney Weaver as Louise Walker/The Warden
- Jon Voight as Marion Sevillo/Mr. Sir
- Tim Blake Nelson as Dr. Pendanski
- Shia LaBeouf as Stanley “Caveman” Yelnats IV
- Khleo Thomas as Hector “Zero” Zeroni
- Jake M. Smith as Squid
- Byron Cotton as Armpit
- Brenden Jefferson as X-Ray
- Miguel Castro as Magnet
- Max Kasch as Zig-Zag
- Noah Poletiek as Twitch
- Zane Holtz as Barf Bag
- Steve Koslowski as Lump
- Roma Maffia as Attorney Carla Morengo
- Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Tiffany Yelnats
- Henry Winkler as Stanley Yelnats III
- Nathan Davis as Stanley Yelnats Jr.
- Shelley Malil as The Yelnatses’ Landlord
- Rick Fox as Clyde “Sweetfeet” Livingston
- Nicole Pulliam as Mrs. Sweetfeet
- Eartha Kitt as Madame Zeroni
- Damien Luvara as Elya Yelnats
- Sanya Mateyas as Myra Menke
- Ravil Isyanov as Morris Menke
- Ken Davitian as Igor Barkov
- Patricia Arquette as Kissin’ Kate Barlow
- Scott Plank as Trout Walker
- Dulé Hill as Sam
- Allan Kolman as Stanley Yelnats Sr.
- Louis Sachar as Mr. Collingwood[6]
- Michael Cavanaugh as Judge Austin Gorg
Production[edit]
Director Andrew Davis chose to direct Holes to show he was capable of making more than action films such as The Fugitive and Collateral Damage.[7] He encouraged author Louis Sachar to participate in the production and adapt the novel into a screenplay.[7] To break down the novel’s action into a film, Davis and Sachar storyboarded over 100 scenes on 3-by-5 note cards, each of which had specific time allotments. Sachar said Davis “went through and said, ‘Now as you rewrite it, this card should take half a minute, this one should take three minutes, this one should take one minute, and so on.'”[7] Before Sachar was hired, Richard Kelly was given the job to write the screenplay. His draft notoriously diverged from the source material, and had a darker, post-apocalyptic take with sci-fi elements. Kelly admitted he was naive and was told by the production staff that he was “insane” before being booted off the film.[8]
Holes was filmed in California over 10 weeks in the summer of 2002[9] on a $20 million budget.[3] When looking for a child actor to play Stanley, Davis asked for an actor like “a young Tom Hanks“.[7] Shia LaBeouf was cast, with Frankie Muniz turning down the role due to his commitment on Agent Cody Banks. In the original book, Stanley is depicted as obese, shedding considerable weight as the book progresses. The filmmakers chose to drop this aspect from the movie, as they believed it would have been difficult to convincingly portray the weight loss in a live-action film.[7]
The film was shot in several locations, including Ridgecrest, California.[7] LaBeouf was simultaneously doing work for the Disney Channel show Even Stevens, and worked on the film after taping Even Stevens.[10] To show the seven kids’ holes being dug gradually throughout the day, different “phases” were used, for each of which the seven holes were given different levels of depth. For the yellow spotted lizards, fourteen bearded dragons were used, four of which were used for the main parts, and the rest used as “background atmosphere lizards”.[11]
Music[edit]
The film’s music includes the Grammy-winning single “Just Like You” by Keb Mo’, and the Dr. Dre and Mike Elizondo-produced “Dig It” by The D Tent Boys (the actors portraying the D Tent group inmates), which included a video that was played regularly on the Disney Channel. The soundtrack also includes contributions by the Eels, Devin Thompson, Dr. John, Eagle Eye Cherry, Fiction Plane, Little Axe, Moby, North Mississippi Allstars, Pepe Deluxé, Shaggy, Stephanie Bentley, and Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps.[12] The score was composed and conducted by Joel McNeely.[citation needed]
| Holes (Original Soundtrack) | |
|---|---|
| Soundtrack album by Various | |
| Released | April 15, 2003 |
| Label | Walt Disney Records |
- “Dig It” – D-Tent Boys
- “Keep’n It Real” – Shaggy
- “Mighty Fine Blues” – Eels
- “Honey” – Moby
- “I’m Gonna Be A Wheel Someday” – Teresa James & the Rhythm Tramps
- “Just Like You” – Keb’ Mo’
- “Everybody Pass Me By” – Pepe Deluxé
- “I Will Survive” – Stephanie Bentley
- “Shake ‘Em On Down” – North Mississippi Allstars
- “Don’t Give Up” – Eagle Eye Cherry
- “Happy Dayz” – Devin Thompson
- “Let’s Make A Better World” – Dr. John
- “If Only” – Fiction Plane
- “Eyes Down” – Eels
- “Down To The Valley” – Little Axe
I VERY MUCH ABSPLUTLY LOVE AND ADORE AND CHERISH THIS 2003 LIVE ATION DISNEY MOVIE THE WARDEN, MR SIR, MR PENDAZKI, TROUT AND HIS MEN, THE SERIFF ARE ALL THE BAD GUY EVERYONE ELSE IS THE GOOD GUYS ALL THE BOYS IN GROUP D ARE MY FAVEORITE CHARTERS EXSPCEACLY STANLY AND HECTOR AND SAMS IS ALSO MY FAVEORITE I GIVE THIS AMAZING DISNEY MOVIE 70,00000000000000 PINK PURPLE AND GOLD HEARTS AND STARS.

