Holes (film)

Holes is a 2003 film based on the 1998 novel by Louis Sachar. Starring Shia LaBeouf as Stanley, Khleo Thomas as Zero, Sigourney Weaver as The Warden, Jon Voight as Mr. Sir, and Tim Blake Nelson as Mr. Pendanski.

Madame Zeroni

• [To Elya Yelnats] You must carry Madame Zeroni up the mountain and sing while I drink so I can get strong, too. If you forget to come back for Madame Zeroni, you and your family will be cursed for always and eternity.
• [To Hector Zeroni from Heaven afar] I'm so proud of you, my boy. You are so lucky. [She turns to the Yelnats family and laughs evilly at them]

Clyde Livingston

• Well, I was an orphan. I grew up in that home. I don't understand what type of person steals from homeless children. [To Stanley Yelnats IV] You're no fan of mine.
• Hey, Hector! I've got a ball for you with my autograph on it!

Louise Walker, aka the Warden

• [Repeated line] Excuse me?
• [When Armpit tries to pass off a stove knob as something he found] Are you trying to be funny, or do you just think I'm stupid?

Mr. Sir

• [To Stanley, after preparing to give him a bottle of soda and faking out] Well, you're a bag of tricks.
• [To Stanley] You don't bother them, they won't bother you, usually. Being bit by a rattler ain't the worst thing that can happen to you. You won't die...usually. But, you don't wanna get bit by a yellow-spotted lizard. That is the worst thing that can happen to you. You will die a slow and painful death. Always.

Stanley Yelnats II

• It's all because of your no-good-dirty-rotten-pig-stealing-great-great-grandfather!
• Come on, Stella Dallas! Faster, faster!
• You can't take me to jail! I'm innocent!

Stanley Yelnats

• We want to end the curse now!
• Uh, well, I never have been to camp before.
• Excuse me, can you throw that in another pile or something, 'cause it keeps getting in my hole.
• [Crying after getting kicked by Lump] I want my mommy!
• [Last lines as he was dying] I... need... water...

Zero

• I'm not stupid. I know everyone thinks I am. I just don't like answering stupid questions.
• You're such a loser, Yelnats!
• Mom! Oh, mom! I miss you!

Dialogue

Stanley Yelnats IV: [runs to Armpit] Hey, Theodore, is there a place I can fill my canteen up with water? [Armpit puts Stanley in a headlock]

Squid: I know he smells that.

Armpit: Yo, my name is not Theodore. [shoves Stanley to the ground] It's Armpit. There's a water spigot over there.

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The Judge: Stanley Yelnats, please rise. [Stanley stands up along with his father and grandfather. The judge sighs and rolls his eyes] Stanley Yelnats IV.

Mrs. Yelnats: Sit down! [Stanley's father and grandfather sits down]

The Judge: I could send you to jail, and I would not lose one bit of sleep over it. But I don't know what good that would do. There is currently a vacancy at Camp Green Lake. They help troubled youth build character. The choice is yours. Camp Green Lake... or jail.

Stanley Yelnats IV: Uh, well, I never have been to camp before.

The Judge: Eighteen months, Camp Green Lake, son.

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Stanley Yelnats III: Can I just say right off the bat, this is a big mistake.

Stanley Yelnats II: Don't say nothing until we talk to our lawyer! You're gonna be sorry you ever messed with Stanley Yelnats! Let me see that.

Stanley Yelnats III: Just don't grab it out of their hands.

Stanley Yelnats II: Why not?

Stanley Yelnats III: Because you're gonna make 'em angry.

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Male Cop: Which bed is yours?

Stanley Yelnats II: You don't have to answer that. We have the right to remain silent.

Female Cop: Oh, wouldn't that be nice.

Stanley Yelnats IV: I sleep here.

Cast

• Sigourney Weaver as The Warden
• Jon Voight as Mr. Sir
• Patricia Arquette as Kissin' Kate Barlow
• Tim Blake Nelson as Mr. Pendanski
• Dulé Hill as Sam
• Shia LaBeouf as Stanley
• Henry Winkler as Stanley’s Father
• Nathan Davis as Grandfather
• Rick Fox as Clyde "Sweet Feet" Livingston
• Scott Plank as Trout Walker
• Roma Maffia as Carla Morengo
• Eartha Kitt as Madame Zeroni
• Siobhan Fallon Hogan as Stanley’s Mother
• Khleo Thomas as Zero
• Brenden Jefferson as X-Ray
• Jake M. Smith as Squid
• Byron Cotton as Armpit
• Miguel Castro as Magnet
• Max Kasch as Zigzag
• Noah Poletiek as Twitch