The Holiday Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Amy Renner

Dec. 20, 2008

The Holiday

Release Date: Friday, December 8, 2006

Jack Black, Kate Winslet, Cameron Diaz, Jude Law, Shannyn Sossamon, Nancy Meyers, Jon Prescott

A woman has man trouble until she crosses paths with a woman from a small English village with a similar dilemma.

PG-13 Comedy N/A

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A woman has man trouble until she crosses paths with a woman from a small English village with a similar dilemma.

Plot

What's the story about?

In writer/director Nancy Meyers' "The Holiday", two women on opposite sides of the globe, Amanda Woods (Cameron Diaz) and Iris Simpkins (Kate Winslet) find themselves in a similar predicament. Desperate for a change of scenery, the two women meet on the internet and swap houses for the Christmas holiday discovering that a change of address really can change your life. In addition to Diaz and Winslet, "The Holiday" also stars Jude Law, Jack Black, Eli Wallach, Edward Burns and Rufus Sewell.

Comedy Romance

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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Holiday.

Cameron Diaz
Annie, Shrek 5
Jude Law
Side Effects, The Order
Kate Winslet
Lee, Avatar: Fire and Ash
Jack Black
A Minecraft Movie, Borderlands
S
Shannyn Sossamon
Backspot, The End of Love
J
Jon Prescott

Crew Behind the Film

The The Holiday behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director Nancy Meyers last directed The Intern and It's Complicated. The film's writer Nancy Meyers last wrote The Intern and It's Complicated.

Director: Nancy Meyers
Screenwriter: Nancy Meyers
Producer: Nancy Meyers

Studio: Sony Pictures
Production Companies

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for sexual content and some strong language
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Not available
Language: English

All Trailers

Official The Holiday movie trailers and clips.

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Production Details

What we know about the The Holiday movie production.

Production Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Holiday was released in on Friday, December 8, 2006. There were 4 other movies released on the same date, including Apocalypto, Blood Diamond and Breaking and Entering.

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