The Holdovers Movie

Who's Involved:

Paul Giamatti, Tate Donovan, Da'Vine Joy Randolph, Alexander Payne, Mark Johnson, Carrie Preston, David Hemingson

Release Date:

Friday, October 27, 2023 NYC / LA
Friday, November 10, 2023 In Theaters (Nationwide)

Age Rating: R   Restricted MPA
for language, some drug use and brief sexual material
Runtime: 2 hrs, 13 m
Language: English

The Holdovers Plot: What's it about?

In The Holdovers, Paul Hunham, a universally disliked professor at a prep school called Barton Academy. With no family and nowhere to go around the holidays in 1970, he stays on campus to supervise students who couldn’t go home. After a few days, only one person is left: a troublemaking 17-year-old named Angus, a good student whose bad behavior always threatens to get him expelled. Along with the school’s head cook Mary, whose own son was recently lost in Vietnam, the three form an unlikely bond as they spend Christmas together during two very snowy weeks in New England.

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The Holdovers Crew and Production Team

A look at the The Holdovers behind-the-scenes crew and production team. The film's director Alexander Payne previously directed Downsizing, Nebraska and The Descendants. The film's writer David Hemingson penned Contractors.

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The Holdovers Filming Timeline

  1. — The Holdovers entered Completed status.

    Awaiting release by the distributor; a release date may or may not be available.

  2. — The film entered Production status.

    Filming now in New England

    Finalizing production budget, filming the movie begins.

  3. — The film entered Development status.

    Story selection and rights acquired; idea being crafted into usable script; financing and casting attachments sought; aiming for 'greenlight'.

  4. — The film entered Pre-Production status.

    Starts filming January 2022.

    Key cast and crew being hired; budget and production schedule finalized; shooting script approved.

The Holdovers Release Date: When was the film released?

The The Holdovers release date was (New York / Los Angeles). 17 other films are opening on the same date, including Freelance, Five Nights at Freddy's and Inspector Sun.

Other The Holdovers Release Dates

  • — Limited
  • — Nationwide

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