Some secrets are too big to keep hidden.
After being wrongfully convicted for stealing a pair of shoes, Stanley Yelnats is sent away to Camp Green Lake, a boys detention facility where inmates are forced to dig holes all day in the hot desert sun as a form of character building. As he endures the brutal routine, Stanley begins to uncover a hidden truth behind the camp—one that connects to a dangerous secret and his family’s history.
AdventureFamilyDramaComedybased on novel or booksuitorcursefalse accusationsjuvenile delinquentbaseball playermountain climbingaftercreditsstingerbased on young adult novel
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Character
Earnest, resolved, plot-driven and contemporary.
- earnestironic
- resolvedopen-ended
- character-ledplot-driven
- contemporarynostalgic
- rawmeticulous
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Cast
- Shia LaBeoufStanley "Caveman" Yelnats IV
- Khleo ThomasHector "Zero" Zeroni
- Sigourney WeaverLouise Walker the Warden
- Jon VoightMarion Sevillo "Mr. Sir"
- Tim Blake NelsonDr. Pendanski
- Patricia ArquetteKatherine "Kissin' Kate" Barlow
- Dulé HillSam the Onion Man
- Henry WinklerStanley Yelnats III
- Siobhan Fallon HoganTiffany Yelnats
- Eartha KittMadame Zeroni
Crew
- Andrew DavisDirector
- Louis SacharScreenplay
- Louis SacharNovel
- Stephen St. JohnDirector of Photography
- Joel McNeelyOriginal Music Composer
- Thomas J. NordbergEditor
- Jeffrey WolfEditor
- Mike MedavoyProducer
- Andrew DavisProducer
- Teresa Tucker-DaviesProducer
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