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Stanley Yelnats IV (Shia LaBeouf) is a good-hearted teenager born to a luckless family who have been cursed for generations. The luckiest of the Yelnats ancestors, Stanley Yelnats I (Allan Kolman), lost his fortune when outlaw “Kissin’ Kate” Barlow (Patricia Arquette) steals his chest. The Yelnats blame their ancestor Elya Yelnats (Damien Luvara) from Latvia, who was cursed after breaking a promise to Madame Zeroni (Eartha Kitt) to carry her up a mountain to a fortifying river in exchange for marrying Myra Menke. Stanley is arrested and tried for falsely stealing a pair of baseball shoes that Clyde “Sweet feet” Livingston (Rick Fox), a famous baseball player, had donated to charity. Stanley is sent to Camp Green Lake, a juvenile detention camp for his crime. He arrives to find that the “camp” is a dried-up lake run by the corrupt Warden Walker (Sigourney Weaver), her assistant Mr. Sir (Jon Voight), and camp counselor Dr. Pendanski (Tim Blake Nelson). Each day, the detainees must dig a hole 5ft deep and 5 ft in diameter in the desert to “build character”, despite the danger of the sun, rattlesnakes, and yellow-spotted lizards, which can kill with a single bite. The children are told that if they find anything interesting, they may earn a day off. The inmates, known by their nicknames, include Zero (who refuses to speak to anyone, but likes to dig holes), Armpit, Zig-Zag, Squid, X-Ray and Magnet. Stanley is slowly accepted into the group and is given the name of “Caveman”. He soon creates a friendship with Zero (Hector Zeroni) (Khleo Thomas) while teaching him to read.

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