The Holdovers

2023
12
2 Std. 13 Min.

IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,9/10

177.351

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, and Da'Vine Joy Randolph in The Holdovers (2023)

From acclaimed director Alexander Payne, THE HOLDOVERS follows a curmudgeonly instructor (Paul Giamatti) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during Christmas break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually he forms an unlikely bond with one of them -- a damaged, brainy troublemaker (newcomer Dominic Sessa) -- and with the school's head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da'Vine Joy Randolph).

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Ein verschrobener Geschichtslehrer an einem Internat ist gezwungen, über die Weihnachtsfeiertage mit einem Schüler, der keine Pläne hat, auf dem Unigelände zu bleiben.Ein verschrobener Geschichtslehrer an einem Internat ist gezwungen, über die Weihnachtsfeiertage mit einem Schüler, der keine Pläne hat, auf dem Unigelände zu bleiben.Ein verschrobener Geschichtslehrer an einem Internat ist gezwungen, über die Weihnachtsfeiertage mit einem Schüler, der keine Pläne hat, auf dem Unigelände zu bleiben.

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IMDb-BEWERTUNG

7,9/10

177.351

IHRE BEWERTUNG

BELIEBTHEIT

Siehe Produktionsinformationen bei IMDbPro

1 Oscar gewonnen
- 135 Gewinne & 205 Nominierungen insgesamt

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The Holdovers

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Many of the scenes were filmed at Fairhaven High School in Fairhaven, Massachusetts in February 2022 during the school's February break. At this time, the area received a snow storm to the delight of the film crew since many of the scenes took place during a snowstorm. They took full advantage of the weather and the snow you see in the film was from an actual snowstorm.

Patzer
When Paul and Angus go to the "packie" (liquor store) in Cambridge, the sign on the front shows open hours on Sunday. In 1970, Massachusetts still had "Blue Laws" that forbade liquor stores to open on Sunday.

Zitate
Paul Hunham: There's nothing new in human experience, Mr. Tully. Each generation thinks it invented debauchery or suffering or rebellion, but man's every impulse and appetite from the disgusting to the sublime is on display right here all around you. So, before you dismiss something as boring or irrelevant, remember, if you truly want to understand the present or yourself, you must begin in the past. You see, history is not simply the study of the past. It is an explanation of the present.

Crazy Credits
The film opens with a 1970s-styled MPAA film rating card, followed by similarly 70s-styled versions of the Focus Features and Miramax logos, designed by Nate Carlson. Additionally, on home video & digital editions distributed by Universal, the 1963 "Van Allen belts" Universal logo is seen as well.

Alternative Versionen
The Australian version replaces the R rating screen with the country's own M rating with the text 'Mature Themes and Coarse Language'.

Verbindungen
Featured in Half in the Bag: Oppenheimer and The Hollywood Implosion (2023)

Soundtracks
Chatter Box
Written and Performed by Jack Trombey (as Peter Milray)
Courtesy of de Wolfe Music USA

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Deep Inside People's Hearts

Here is a film that feels and looks like something out of the early seventies. The Holdovers is a strong and warm-hearted piece that gives actors roles with powerful lines, without any reliance on flashy editing and being overwhelmed by special effects.

The story is simple three people get stuck for the Christmas holidays in a boarding school. It's cold, lonely, and boring for the parties involved. The adults drink to cope with whatever pressures they live with. The young man resorts to bad behavior and altercations with the teacher in charge.

Through the vacation period these people will get to interact and get to know each other, something that will prove to a challenge to say the least. As the story evolves, we get to understand what has made the people who they are. We get to feel their pain and frustration through the very insightful writing of the director.

It's a strong film with superb acting by the main leads. They have great chemistry together.

Most outstanding is Paul Giamatti who plays the tormented and defensive man with relish and speaks volumes with his eyes.

Hope the academy honors his performance as the best the year because no one else so far is coming close.