The Hole (2001 film)

The Hole
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Nick Hamm
Screenplay by	Ben Court Caroline Ip
Based on	After the Hole by Guy Burt
Produced by	Lisa Bryer Jeremy Bolt Pippa Cross
Starring	Thora Birch Desmond Harrington Daniel Brocklebank Laurence Fox Keira Knightley Embeth Davidtz
Cinematography	Denis Crossan
Edited by	Niven Howie
Music by	Clint Mansell
Production companies	The Film Council Le Studio Canal+ Cowboy Films Granada Film Productions Impact Pictures
Distributed by	Pathé Distribution
Release date	20 April 2001 (2001-04-20) (United Kingdom)
Running time	102 minutes
Country	United Kingdom
Language	English
Box office	$7.8 million[1]

The Hole is a 2001 British psychological thriller film directed by Nick Hamm, based on the 1993 novel After the Hole by Guy Burt. The film stars Thora Birch, Desmond Harrington, Daniel Brocklebank, Laurence Fox, Keira Knightley, and Embeth Davidtz. Filmed in 2000, the film featured Thora Birch in the lead role which was attributed to her appearance in American Beauty (1999).^[2] It also marked Knightley's first major role in a feature film.

The Hole was released in the United Kingdom on 20 April 2001 and grossed a total of $7.8 million. 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.^[3] The film was shot at Bray Studios and various locations around southern England, including Downside School in Somerset.