Holes is a 2003 film directed by Andrew Davis released by Walt Disney Pictures. Although the movie is not considered a classic (yet) it is still very well-known to many, whereas the novel Holes is considered a classic amongst children’s fiction. This film falls under the drama, comedy, and adventure genres. This Walt Disney film was based on the 1998 novel by Louis Sachar, who also wrote the screenplay to this movie and has won a Newbery Medal and a National Book Award. This film stars Shia LaBeouf as Stanley “Caveman” Yelnats IV, Khleo Thomas as Hector "Zero" Zeroni, Sigourney Weaver as the warden, Jon Voight as Mr. Sir, Patricia Arquette as Kissing Kate Barlow the former school teacher, Tim Blake Nelson the camp counselor, and Henry Winkler
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Stanley Yelnats IV is an unlucky high school student in Texas that gets convicted of stealing a famous athlete’s, Clyde “Sweet feet” Livingston, cleats. Stanley was just walking home from school when the cleats were thrown over a bridge and hit him when he was blamed and arrested. Stanley blames his bad luck on a curse that a fortune teller placed on his family because of a broken promise from his ancestor, “no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather”. The judge gives Stanley the choice of a camp for juvenile delinquents or jail. Stanley is then sent out to Camp Green Lake in a Texas dessert run by the warden, Louise Walker, her assistant Mr. Sir, and camp counselor Dr. Pendanski. He meets the other boys who begin to bully him day one, except a quiet kid named zero, and is told his job. Every …show more content…
Both the movie and book have sold and done very well. I believe the best message the film has is about justice. It was cruel punishment to have boys dig holes in the hot dessert every day to find a chest for the warden’s greed. It’s hard to believe that the camp hadn’t been investigated before. They didn’t even do background checks where they would have found that Mr. Sir being a paroled criminal and the camp counselor Dr. Pendanski wasn’t a real doctor or qualified to work with the boys. Dr. Pendanski incited violence and bullying between the boys, told them they would be nothing better than the delinquents they are now and will never amount to anything else but being a criminal. Mr. Sir, embarrassed of his real name Marion, was unstable and it didn’t help that they let him carry a gun. The movie did successful, nominated for eight awards and winning three, including the Sierra Award for best family film. (Scott, 2003) This movie had both Apollonian or Dionysian characteristics. Apollonian because Stanley had to do what he was told since he was arrested. When to go to court, when to wake up, sleep, eat, and dig a hole every day. The film was also Dionysian because Stanley would finally think for himself and had his own identity at the camp. When he spontaneously stole the water truck to try to save Zero because the staff had failed to look or call
Stanley Yelnats IV is an unlucky high school student in Texas that gets convicted of stealing a famous athlete’s, Clyde “Sweet feet” Livingston, cleats. Stanley was just walking home from school when the cleats were thrown over a bridge and hit him when he was blamed and arrested. Stanley blames his bad luck on a curse that a fortune teller placed on his family because of a broken promise from his ancestor, “no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather”. The judge gives Stanley the choice of a camp for juvenile delinquents or jail. Stanley is then sent out to Camp Green Lake in a Texas dessert run by the warden, Louise Walker, her assistant Mr. Sir, and camp counselor Dr. Pendanski. He meets the other boys who begin to bully him day one, except a quiet kid named zero, and is told his job. Every …show more content…
Both the movie and book have sold and done very well. I believe the best message the film has is about justice. It was cruel punishment to have boys dig holes in the hot dessert every day to find a chest for the warden’s greed. It’s hard to believe that the camp hadn’t been investigated before. They didn’t even do background checks where they would have found that Mr. Sir being a paroled criminal and the camp counselor Dr. Pendanski wasn’t a real doctor or qualified to work with the boys. Dr. Pendanski incited violence and bullying between the boys, told them they would be nothing better than the delinquents they are now and will never amount to anything else but being a criminal. Mr. Sir, embarrassed of his real name Marion, was unstable and it didn’t help that they let him carry a gun. The movie did successful, nominated for eight awards and winning three, including the Sierra Award for best family film. (Scott, 2003) This movie had both Apollonian or Dionysian characteristics. Apollonian because Stanley had to do what he was told since he was arrested. When to go to court, when to wake up, sleep, eat, and dig a hole every day. The film was also Dionysian because Stanley would finally think for himself and had his own identity at the camp. When he spontaneously stole the water truck to try to save Zero because the staff had failed to look or call