Holes is a 2003 film based on the novel of the same name

Holes (novel)

Holes is a Newbery Medal-winning novel by Louis Sachar. It was adapted into a screenplay for the 2003 film by Walt Disney Pictures. In 2006, Sachar published Small Steps, a companion novel featuring one of the characters from Holes.-Plot:...

 by Louis Sachar

Louis Sachar

Louis Sachar is an American author of children's books who is best known for the Sideways Stories From Wayside School book series and the 1998 novel Holes, for which Sachar won a National Book Award and the Newbery Medal...

, who also wrote the screenplay, with Shia LaBeouf

Shia LaBeouf

Shia Saide LaBeouf is an American actor who became known among younger audiences for his part in the Disney Channel series Even Stevens and made his film debut in Holes . In 2007, he starred as the leads in Disturbia and Transformers...

 as the lead role of Stanley Yelnats. The film was produced by Walden Media

Walden Media

Walden Media is a children's film production and publishing company best known as the producers of The Chronicles of Narnia series. Its films are based on notable classic or award-winning children's literature, compelling biographies or historical events, documentaries and some original...

 and released by Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures

Walt Disney Pictures is an American film studio owned by The Walt Disney Company. Walt Disney Pictures and Television, a subsidiary of the Walt Disney Studios and the main production company for live-action feature films within the Walt Disney Motion Pictures Group, based at the Walt Disney...

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Stanley Yelnats IV (LaBeouf), a timid boy supposedly affected by a family curse, has been wrongly accused of stealing baseball player Clyde Livingston shoes from a charity auction, and sentenced for eighteen months in Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention and correction facility where boys of similar age are forced to dig holes everyday to "build their character." There, Warden Walker (Weaver), real granddaughter of Trout Walker, is actually looking for a buried treasure that infamous outlaw Kathryn "Kissin' Kate" Barlow stole from Stanley's great grandfather.