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"Holes" |
Director Andy Davis, whose forte is making thrillers ("The Fugitive," "A Perfect Murder"), thought it
high time he brought a film to the screen for younger audiences. He found his project with "Holes," a new
Walt Disney Pictures movie. Based on the 1999 Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar, the movie
offers "a very layered, complicated puzzle piece that kids like," says Davis, along with "a beautiful
humanism."
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The film follows Stanley Yelnats, played by "Even Stevens" Shia LaBeouf, a shy teen who is wrongly
convicted of stealing cleats. While serving his sentence at a detention center, Stanley changes
from a weakling into a self-assured young man.
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Davis credits a stellar cast -- which includes Sigourney Weaver, as a warden with a hidden agenda, and
Jon Voight, as a deranged guard who ensures that the kids dig their five-foot holes each day -- with
making this "one of the best experiences I have had as a filmmaker." Recalls Davis, "Jon was never out
of character. He's scary and wonderful."
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"Holes," which also stars Henry Winkler, Patricia Arquette, and Eartha Kitt, opens April 18.
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