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The Holdovers Trivia | 27 facts about the film

“The Holdovers” is the new film by Alexander Payne starring Paul Giamatti and it is considered an Oscar film.

So let’s dive into some trivia and facts about the film.

The Holdovers is a 2023 American period comedy drama film
The film is directed by Alexander Payne
It is written by David Hemingson
The film stars Paul Giamatti
Set in 1970
Its plot follows a curmudgeon history teacher at a New England prep school who is forced to chaperone the handful of students with nowhere to go over Christmas break
The Holdovers premiered at the 50th Telluride Film Festival on August 31, 2023
It was released for a limited theatrical release in the United States on October 27, 2023
Followed by a wide release on November 10, 2023
The film is released by Focus Features
The Holdovers is the second collaboration between director Alexander Payne and actor Paul Giamatti after Sideways (2004)
Payne conceived the film’s concept after watching a 1930s French film
He contacted David Hemingson to write the screenplay
It was originally a writing sample for a television pilot
In June 2021, Miramax acquired the distribution rights
In early 2022, Da’Vine Joy Randolph and Carrie Preston joined the cast
Filming began in Massachusetts on January 27, 2022
For the fictional Barton Academy, the crew filmed on location at five real Massachusetts schools: Groton, Northfield Mount Hermon, Deerfield Academy, St. Mark’s School, and a public high school in Fairhaven
Dominic Sessa, starring in his first film role as Angus, had attended Deerfield in the class of 2022
The film made $211,093 from six theaters in its opening weekend, an average of $35,082 per venue
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds a 96% rating
Based on 151 critics’ reviews
With an average rating of 8.6/10
The website’s consensus reads: “Beautifully bittersweet, The Holdovers marks a satisfying return to form for director Alexander Payne”
Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 81 out of 100
Based on 51 critics
Indicating “universal acclaim”