The Holiday, 2006, Kate Winslet, Jack Black, Jude Law, Cameron Diaz
The Holiday is a 2006 romantic comedy film distributed by Columbia Pictures, set in both the United States and the United Kingdom. This film was written specifically with actors Cameron Diaz, Kate Winslet, Jude Law, and Jack Black in mind.
The movie was mixed received by critics: RottenTomatoes gave it a total score of 46% and MetaCritic gave it 52/100 .
The Hollywood Reporter named the film "a Yuletide chick flick with plenty of heart".
The film was partially filmed in Los Angeles, Godalming, Surrey and the nearby villages of Wonersh and Shere. Scenes of the house of Cameron Diaz's character in the film were shot in San Marino, California. The interior sets for Amanda's house were built on a sound stage and cost approximately $1 million, without exterior walls, a roof, plumbing, heating and electricity.
The first location that Cameron Diaz's character clicks on for a vacation location - The Cotswolds - is the region in which Kate Winslet lives in real life.
When Iris (Kate Winslet) drives Arthur (Eli Wallach) home, he asks her what part of England she is from. She says "Surrey", to which he replies "Cary Grant was from Surrey" and explains he knows this because Cary Grant told him once. He was actually from Bristol, some 100 miles to the west of Surrey.
Dustin Hoffman appears in the video rental store in a cameo as Jack Black talks about the score from The Graduate.
Lindsay Lohan and James Franco give uncredited appearances in the movie trailer Cameron Diaz's character is working on.
In the video rental store, Miles (Jack Black) sings the theme tune of Driving Miss Daisy by Hans. Hans Zimmer also composed and produced the score for The Holiday.
The drink held by Jack Black is the famous "Ice Blended" from The Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf, recognizable for the purple straw and the drawing on the cup.
When Iris goes into Arthur's house, she notices he has an Oscar statuette amongst his work, to which she says "wow!". This could be a reference to Kate Winslet's five Oscar nominations, none of which were successful. The Oscar shown in Arthur's house is actually a replica with some small changes, as it is unlawful to display a real Oscar in a movie.Wikipedia
