The Holdovers Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

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Last modified: Oct. 5, 2023

The Holdovers

Release Date: Friday, October 27, 2023 NYC/LA Friday, November 10, 2023 Theaters

Director: Alexander Payne

Starring: Paul Giamatti • Da'Vine Joy Randolph • Carrie Preston • Tate Donovan

R Comedy 2 hrs, 13 m

4.7 / 5.0

81% WILL SEE 19% WON'T SEE

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Plot – What's the story about?

Plot: 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.

Comedy Drama

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Who stars in The Holdovers – Cast List

Paul Giamatti
Downton Abbey: The Grand Finale, Parkland
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Da'Vine Joy Randolph
Eternity, Lost City of D
C
Carrie Preston
Doubt, Glimpse
T
Tate Donovan
Crime 101, What Is Life Worth

Who is making The Holdovers – Crew List

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

Director: Alexander Payne
Screenwriter: David Hemingson
Producer: Mark Johnson

Studios: Focus Features
Production Company: Gran Via Productions
Miramax Films

Production – What we know about the The Holdovers

Movie Filming Timeline: Production Status Updates

Jan 2023

Completed

Changed The Holdovers movie production status. The movie is ready for release.

Jan 2022

Production

Changed the movie production status to Production. Filming now in New England

Aug 2021

Development

Changed the movie production status to Development. The movie is likely in scripting, budgeting, or stuck in 'development hell.'

Aug 2021

Pre-Production

Changed the movie production status to Pre-Production. Starts filming January 2022.

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Additional Information

Parent Rating: R Restricted for language, some drug use and brief sexual material
Runtime: 2 hrs, 13 m
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

The Holdovers Trailers and Clips

The Holdovers

Official Trailer

The Holdovers Release Date: When was the film released?

The Holdovers was released in New York / Los Angeles on Friday, October 27 , 2023. There were 17 17 other movies released on the same date, including Freelance, Five Nights at Freddy's and Inspector Sun.

The estimated home release date for The Holdovers is currently being determined. Stay tuned!