The Holdovers Movie Details:
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Comedy Drama |
| Release date | August 31, 2023 (Telluride) October 27, 2023 (United States) |
| Running time | 2hr 13min |
| Age rating | R |
| Starring | Paul Giamatti Da’Vine Joy Randolph Dominic Sessa |
| Directed by | Alexander Payne |
| Written by | David Hemingson |
| Produced by | Mark Johnson Bill Block David Hemingson |
| Cinematography by | Eigil Bryld |
| Edited by | Kevin Tent |
| Music by | Mark Orton |
| Production Company | Miramax Gran Via |
| Distributor | Focus Features |
The Holdovers Movie Cast & Characters:
- Paul Giamatti as Paul Hunham, a classics teacher at the Barton Academy boarding school. Hunham (unlike Giamatti) has a lazy eye, which was achieved with a “big, soft contact lens” that made it difficult for the actor to see.
- Dominic Sessa as Angus Tully, a Barton student “held over” (i.e., left on campus) during Christmas break
- Da’Vine Joy Randolph as Mary Lamb, Barton cafeteria manager and bereaved mother
- Carrie Preston as Miss Lydia Crane, assistant to Barton headmaster Dr. Woodrup
- Brady Hepner as Teddy Kountze, Angus’s enemy; one of the five holdovers
- Ian Dolley as Alex Ollerman, a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; one of the five holdovers
- Jim Kaplan as Ye-Joon Park, an international student from Korea; one of the five holdovers
- Michael Provost as Jason Smith, the Barton football team’s quarterback; one of the five holdovers
- Andrew Garman as Dr. Hardy Woodrup, the headmaster of Barton Academy
- Naheem Garcia as Danny, a Barton janitor
- Stephen Thorne as Thomas Tully, Angus’s institutionalized father
- Gillian Vigman as Judy Clotfelter, Angus’s mother
- Tate Donovan as Stanley Clotfelter, Angus’s stepfather
- Darby Lily Lee-Stack as Elise, Angus’s romantic interest and Lydia’s niece
- Bill Mootos as Mr. Endicott, a Barton teacher
- Dustin Tucker as Mr. Rosenswieg, a Barton teacher
- Juanita Pearl as Peggy, Mary’s pregnant sister
- Dan Aid as Kenneth, a Vietnam veteran
- Kelly AuCoin as Hugh Cavanaugh, Paul’s former Harvard classmate
- Colleen Clinton as Mrs. Cavanaugh, Hugh’s wife
Storyline:
Set in the early 1970s, the film follows a curmudgeonly instructor 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 — and with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam.
The Holdovers Movie Budget & Box Office Collection:
| Budget | $13 million |
| Domestic Opening | $211,093 |
| Domestic Collection | $20,355,375 |
| International Collection | $24,656,276 |
| Worldwide Collection | $45,011,651 |
About The Holdovers Movie:
The Holdovers is an American Christmas comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and written by David Hemingson. Set in 1970, the film stars Paul Giamatti as a strict classics teacher at a New England boarding school who is forced to chaperone a handful of students with nowhere to go on the Christmas break. Da’Vine Joy Randolph portrays the school cafeteria manager, and Dominic Sessa plays one of the students who stays on campus.
Filming began in Massachusetts on January 27, 2022. In June 2021, Miramax acquired the distribution rights.
The Holdovers is the second collaboration between director Alexander Payne and actor Paul Giamatti after Sideways (2004).
On September 11, 2022, a special screening of the film was held for buyers; the following day, it was reported that Focus Features had acquired the distribution rights for $30 million.
The Holdovers premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023, and was for a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 27, 2023, followed by a wide release on November 10, 2023, by Focus Features.
It was also invited at the 28th Busan International Film Festival in ‘Icon’ section and will be screened in October 2023.
