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The Holdovers (2023)
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Synopsis
A student, a teacher, and a cook begrudgingly form a bond while stuck on a boarding school campus over the Christmas holiday
At the Barton Academy boarding school in New England, USA, loner student Angus Tully finds himself left by himself on campus for the Christmas holidays. As punishment for his authoritarian teaching strategies, Paul Hunham is forced to stay on campus as a supervisor, as is the cook Mary Lamb. Over the holiday period, the three of them go through the motions of pushing each other away, only to forge the real connection they all secretly crave as their rough exteriors slowly crumble away.
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The Holdovers is 92 on the JustWatch Daily Streaming Charts today. The movie has moved up the charts by 45 places since yesterday. In the United Kingdom, it is currently more popular than Poor Things but less popular than Se7en.
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89. |  Knives Out | New | |
90. |  Late Night with the Devil | +49 | |
91. |  Se7en | New | |
92. |  The Holdovers | +45 | |
93. |  Poor Things | +69 | |
94. |  The Creator | +66 | |
95. |  Paddington | +150 | |
96. |  A House on Fire | New |
What to know
Sideways star Paul Giamatti collaborates with Alexander Payne once more, playing a new kind of curmudgeon
The Holdovers is a Christmas comedy-drama film produced by Miramax and Gran Via for Focus Features. The film is directed by Academy Award-winner Alexander Payne, who is known for his films Sideways, Nebraska, and Downsizing. The screenplay is written by David Hemingson, who received an Academy Award nomination for Best Screenplay for the film. Danish cinematographer Eigil Bryld, who is known for his work on House of Cards, In Bruges, and Becoming Jane, stands behind the camera.
The Holdovers stars beloved American actor Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a disagreeable classics teacher with an unfortunate condition that makes him smell like fish. Giamatti previously starred in director Alexander Payne’s 2004 film Sideways. He is joined by newcomer Dominic Sessa as Angus Tully, a student left to stay at Barton over the Christmas break. Da'Vine Joy Randolph joins as Mary Lamb, the head cook at Barton who is dealing with her own recent bereavement. Other cast members include Carrie Preston, Jim Kaplan, Andrew Garman, Gillian Vigman, and Darby Lily Lee-Stack, among others.
Production News
- June 14, 2021
- Deadline report that Alexander Payne has cast Paul Giamatti in the leading role of his upcoming project called The Holdovers. The script is written by David Hemingson, who creates a story based on his own boarding school experience. (Source: Deadline)
- June 28, 2021
- Miramax acquire the global distribution rights for The Holdovers. (Source: Deadline)
- January 26, 2022
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph joins the cast of The Holdovers as Mary Lamb, the head cook at the boarding school and one of the few adults remaining on campus for the holiday. (Source: Deadline)
- September 12, 2022
- Focus Features acquire the distribution rights for The Holdovers from Miramax for a whopping $30 million. (Source: Deadline)
- February 23, 2023
- Focus Features announce The Holdovers will be released on November 22, 2023 in the US. (Source: Deadline)
- July 17, 2023
- Focus Features release a trailer for The Holdovers, showing Paul Giamatti’s disagreeable teacher slowly bonding with his outcast student played by newcomer Dominic Sessa. (Source: Deadline)
- August 30, 2023
- The Holdovers is announced as part of the lineup at the Telluride Film Festival. (Source: Deadline)
- November 22, 2023
- The Holdovers premieres in cinemas in the US.
- January 19, 2024
- The Holdovers premieres in cinemas in the UK.
- January 23, 2024
- The Holdovers is nominated for 5 Academy Awards, including for Best Picture, Best Actor (Paul Giamatti), Best Supporting Actress (Da’Vine Randolph), Best Original Screenplay (David Hemingson), and Film Editing (Kevin Tent). (Source: Deadline)
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