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Disney's Holes Released on DVD and VHS

On Disney DVD, HOLES includes a gag reel, deleted scenes, behind-the-scenes featurettes with interviews, cast and filmmaker commentaries, music video with the film’s stars, and more (see attached). Available in both "fullscreen" and "widescreen" editions. HOLES is available on DVD for $29.99 (S.R.P.) and on VHS for $22.99 (S.R.P.).

Stanley Yelnats (Shia LaBeouf, Disney Channel’s "Even Stevens") is an unusual young hero dogged by bad luck stemming from an ancient family curse. Stanley has little clue that he’s in for the adventure of his life when sent to Camp Green Lake, where he and his campmates - Squid, Armpit, ZigZag, Magnet, X-Ray, and Zero – are forced by the camp’s director, known only as "The Warden" (Sigourney Weaver, "Tadpole," "Galaxy Quest"), and her right-hand men Mr. Sir (Jon Voight, "Ali," "Midnight Cowboy") and Dr. Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson, "O Brother Where Art Thou"), to dig holes in order "to build character." Through it all, Stanley and his campmates must stick together as they attempt to discover what’s really hidden in the desert.


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On Disney DVD, HOLES features the bonus material:

The Boys of D-Tent

  • Meet the Boys of D-Tent: Shia LaBeouf ("Stanley Yelnats"), Khleo Thomas ("Zero"), Miguel Castro ("Magnet"), Byron Cotton ("Armpit"), Max Kasch ("Zigzag,") Brenden Jefferson ("X-Ray") and Jake M. Smith ("Squid"). The boys talk and joke about getting through "Desert Boot Camp" together, and their auditions are featured along with additional "behind-the-scenes" footage.

  • Director Andrew Davis, Producer Teresa Tucker-Davies, Production Designer Maher Ahmad, Head Animal Trainer Larry Madrid, and stars Tim-Blake-Nelson, Jon Voight and Sigourney Weaver are interviewed as well.

Digging the First Hole

  • A behind-the-scenes tour of the film, from the novel to the final film. Includes interviews with Novelist/Screenwriter Louis Sacher, Director Andrew Davis, Producer Mike Medavoy, stars Sigourney Weaver, Jon Voight and Shia LaBeouf.

Gag Reel


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Deleted Scenes

  • "Meeting Mr. Sir"

  • "The Second Hole Is The Hardest"

  • "Stanley Takes The Stand"

  • "D-Tent Backup"

  • "Letter For Stanley"

  • "Stanley’s Accident & The Warden’s Pitchfork"

Audio Commentaries

  • Cast Commentary with Shia LaBeouf, Khleo Thomas, Jake M. Smith and Max Kasch.

  • Filmmaker Commentary with Director Andrew Davis and Author/Screenwriter Louis Sachar.

D-Tent Boys Music Video "Dig It"

  • Special music video with the film’s D-Tent Boys.

Already hailed as a classic, Louis Sachar’s novel Holes has been published in nearly 30 countries spanning North and South America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East, and has received over 25 accolades, most notably the 1999 Newbery Medal for Best Children’s and Young Adult Fiction, the Boston Globe Horn Book Award, and the 1998 National Book Award for Young People’s Literature. In a recent poll by Read magazine of the most popular books among children, Holes ranked #1 – beating even Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.

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--Posted September 23, 2003
Source: Buena Vista Home Video