The Descendants
The Descendants

USA
comedy - drama

Runtime: 115 minutes
Production Year: 2011

Director: Alexander Payne

Starring:

George Clooney (Matt King)

From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar®-winning SIDEWAYS, THE DESCENDANTS is set in Hawaii and follows the unpredictable journey of an American family at a crossroads. Matt King (George Clooney), a husband and father of two girls, must re-examine his past and navigate his future when his wife is in a boating accident off Waikiki. He awkwardly attempts to repair his relationship with his daughters - 10 year-old precocious Scottie (Amara Miller) and rebellious 17 year-old Alexandra (Shailene Woodley) - while wrestling with a decision to sell his family’s land. Handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries, the Kings own some of the last priceless virgin parcels of tropical beach in the islands.
When Alexandra drops the bombshell that her mother was in the midst of a romantic fling at the time of the accident, Matt has to take a whole new look at his life, not to mention his legacy, during a week of momentous decisions. With his girls in tow, he embarks on a haphazard search for his wife’s lover. Along the way, in encounters alternately funny, troublesome and transcendent, he realizes he’s finally on course toward rebuilding his life and family.


Cast: Judy Greer (Julie Speer), Matthew Lillard (Brian Speer), Shailene Woodley (Alexandra King), Beau Bridges (Hugh), Robert Forster (Scott Thorson), Rob Huebel (Mark Mitchell), Mary Birdsong (Kai Mitchell), Nick Krause (Sid), Amara Miller (Scottie King), Patricia Hastie (Elizabeth King), more...

Crew: Screenplay: Alexander Payne, Screenplay: Nat Faxon, Screenplay: Jim Rash, Writer: Kaui Hart Hemmings, Producer: Jim Burke, Producer: Alexander Payne, Producer: Jim Taylor, Director of photography: Phedon Papamichael, Editor: Kevin Tent, Production designer: Jane Ann Stewart, more...

Release Date: December 9, 2011  (USA)