The Descendants
Category: Comedy
All Genres: Comedy, Drama
Release Year: 2011
Country: USA
Runtime: 115
Rating: 7.9 (546)
Languages: English
Director: Alexander Payne
Sound: Dolby, DTS, SDDS
Taglines:
Writing by: Alexander Payne – (screenplay) and
Nat Faxon – (screenplay) &
Jim Rash – (screenplay)
Kaui Hart Hemmings – (novel)
Produced by: Tracy Boyd – associate producer
Jim Burke – producer
George Parra – co-producer
Alexander Payne – producer
Jim Taylor – producer
Cast: George Clooney – Matt King
Shailene Woodley – Alexandra King
Amara Miller – Scottie King
Nick Krause – Sid
Patricia Hastie – Elizabeth King
Grace A. Cruz – Scottie's Teacher
Kim Gennaula – School Counselor
Karen Kuioka Hironaga – Barb Higgins
Carmen Kaichi – Lani Higgins
Kaui Hart Hemmings – Matt's Secretary Noe
Beau Bridges – Cousin Hugh
Music: John Powell
Official Website: Visit Website
Plot Outline:
A land baron tries to re-connect with his two daughters after his wife suffers a boating accident.
Plot: With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King (Clooney), takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront the young real estate broker (Lillard) who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.