The Hole (film) 939670 222738289 2008-06-30T21:32:00Z Idioma-bot 2964546 robot Adding: [[lt:Skylė (filmas)]] {{Infobox_Film | | name = The Hole | image = | director = [[Nick Hamm]] | writer = [[Ben Court]]<br>[[Caroline Ip]] | starring = [[Thora Birch]]<br>[[Desmond Harrington]]<br>[[Keira Knightley]]<br>[[Daniel Brocklebank]]<br>[[Laurence Fox]] | producer = [[Jeremy Bolt]]<br>[[Lisa Bryer]]<br>[[Pippa Cross (producer)|Pippa Cross]] | distributor = [[Pathé]] (UK), [[Buena Vista Distribution|Buena Vista]] (USA [[direct-to-video]]) | released = [[20 April]] [[2001]] (UK) | runtime = 102 min | country = [[United Kingdom]] | language = English | budget = £4,158,370<ref>[[IMDb]] estimate</ref> | imdb_id = 0242527 }} '''''The Hole''''' is a [[2001]] [[psychological]] [[horror film|horror]]-[[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] directed by [[Nick Hamm]], based on the novel ''[[After the Hole]]'' by [[Guy Burt]]. The film starred [[Thora Birch]], whose headlining credit and highly-publicized seven-figure salary was attributed to her appearance in ''[[American Beauty (1999 film)|American Beauty]]''.<ref>[http://www.netribution.co.uk/features/interviews/2001/thora_birch/1.html Interview with Birch], just after the film's release in the UK</ref> It also featured [[Keira Knightley]], in her first significant role in a [[feature film]] and British supermodel [[James Rousseau]] in a deleted scene at the end designed to set up a possible sequel. The film premiered in the [[United Kingdom]] in April 2001. [[Dimension Films]], which in October 2001 acquired the rights to distribute the film theatrically in the [[United States]], never did so; it was instead released [[direct-to-video]] nearly two years later, by Dimension's then-fellow Disney subsidiary [[Buena Vista Distribution]].<ref>[http://movies.yahoo.com/shop?d=hp&cf=prev&id=1808404424 Preview and Summary] from [[Yahoo!]] Movies</ref> The film was shot largely in and around Downside School, in [[Somerset]], UK. ==Plot== The film opens with the appearance of a disheveled Liz (Birch), one of four [[Independent school (United Kingdom)|English public school]] pupils, also including Mike ([[Desmond Harrington]]), Geoff ([[Laurence Fox]]), and Frankie (Knightley), who have been missing for 18 days. Liz is interviewed by a psychiatrist ([[Embeth Davidtz]]) and describes the events of the four students in an abandoned, underground [[Air-raid shelter|shelter]] during their school break. Liz describes how she tells Martyn ([[Daniel Brocklebank]]) about her unrequited love for Mike and Martyn promises to help. Mike, Geoff, Liz and Frankie show up at an abandoned air-raid shelter, where Martyn explains that they can skip a school trip to [[Wales]]. Unbeknownst to the others, Martyn locks the others in after they enter. After three days they realize they are locked in and begin to turn on each other. They eventually realize that Martyn has hidden microphones in the shelter. Voice-acting, Frankie pretends to be sick while Mike and Liz pretend to hate each other. Martyn falls for the trick and unlatches the door, as all of the students leave. Liz's first story turns out to be false and self-serving. The psychiatrist eventually unearths the truth. Liz locked the group into the shelter. It was a last-minute change to an adolescent plan to win Mike's affection; the locking of the entrance was Liz's spontaneous response to the realization that both Geoff and Mike are attracted to Frankie. Her obsession with him leads her to believe, with time, she could win Mike over. However, things go horribly wrong as Frankie dies from side effects of her [[Bulimia nervosa|bulimia]]. The group gradually runs out of food and water, and when it is revealed that Geoff is hoarding [[coca-cola|Coke]] in his bag, Mike kills Geoff in an uncontrollable outburst of violence. Reduced to two, Mike professes his love for Liz, prompting Liz to climb the ladder towards the shelter's entrance and unlock the door. Perched on a landing high above the shelter's floor, she tells Mike she's had the key all along. Mike is overwhelmed by the events of the past few days and rushes up the ladder, which breaks and he falls to his death. The psychiatrist learns from the police that Martyn's body had been found near a [[weir]]. The audience had earlier seen a confrontation between Liz and Martyn; it turns out that the confrontation ended with a struggle that had resulted in Martyn's [[drowning]]. The police find the key to the shelter on Martyn's body; it leads them to conclude that he had committed suicide in response to the deaths in the shelter. The film ends as Martyn's body is taken out from the weir, and Liz smiling towards the psychiatrist and the corpse of the boy she killed. == Production == Director Nick Hamm calls the film a "triangle of love" and "triangle of obsession"; he believes the "sole reason for the film" can be summed up in a single line spoken by Liz: "Have you ever loved anyone so much you didn't care what happened to yourself?"<ref>[[Audio commentary (DVD)|Director's commentary track]] for the film</ref> ==References== {{reflist}} ==External links== <!-- IMDb link in infobox --> *{{rotten-tomatoes|id=after_the_hole|title=The Hole}} * [http://imdb.com/title/tt0242527/ ''The Hole'']at IMDb <!--Split film/book article intentional - Please do not remove this comment--> {{DEFAULTSORT:Hole, The}} [[Category:2001 films]] [[Category:British films]] [[Category:Films based on horror books]] [[Category:Thriller films]] [[de:The Hole]] [[es:The Hole]] [[it:The Hole]] [[lt:Skylė (filmas)]] [[nl:The Hole (film)]] [[ja:穴 (2001年の映画)]] [[pl:Bunkier (film 2001)]] [[ru:Яма (фильм)]]