Alexander Payne’s The Holdovers Gets A UK Home Release Date

This April Dazzler Media will release the critically acclaimed comedy drama, The Holdovers. Set for release on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD.

Directed by Alexander Payne and stars Paul Giamatti, Dominic Sessa, Da’Vine Joy Randolph. In The Holdovers Giamatti is Mr Hunam, a no-nonsense teacher of a well to do New England Prep school who must stay on campus during Christmas. He finds himself ‘babysitting’ some student unable to go home for Christmas Over time one trouble making student and the school’s head cook form an unlikely bond.

Despite coming out in January in the UK, it’s considered a ‘Christmas film’. Freda Cooper reviewed the film for us, calling it “a Christmas classic for years to come“.

You can read Freda’s full review after you watch the delightful Trailer below…

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The Holdovers is the critically acclaimed new film from Oscar winning director Alexander Payne (The Descendants, Sideways). This beautiful and bittersweet modern masterpiece is already a major awards contender and has been dubbed one of the best films of the year.

We follow a cranky teacher (Paul Giamatti, Sideways) at a New England prep school who is forced to remain on campus during the holiday break to babysit the handful of students with nowhere to go. Eventually, he forms an unlikely bond with one of them, a damaged, brainy troublemaker (new star Dominic Sessa), along with the school’s head cook, who has just lost a son in Vietnam (Da’Vine Joy Randolph, Only Murders in the Building).

Sharp, funny and poignant, The Holdovers is a masterclass in the power of cinema and a must-own for fans and collectors, alike.

Includes Special Features
The Cast of The Holdovers – Featurette
Working with Alexander – Featurette
Deleted Scenes (with intro by Alexander Payne)
Alternate Ending – “Mary Continues On”

Pre-order/Buy: Amazon

The Holdovers will be released on 4K Ultra HD, Blu-ray and DVD in the UK and Ireland from 22nd April.