The Descendants (2011)
Overview
The Descendants is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne and distributed by Fox Searchlight Pictures, the independent division of 20th Century Fox Film Corporation. The screenplay by Payne, Nat Faxon and Jim Rash is based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard and Beau Bridges, and was released in the United States on November 18, 2011 after being screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival.
In January 2012, The Descendants won two Golden Globe Awards and earned five nominations at the 84th Academy Awards including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Actor for Clooney.
Matt King (George Clooney) is a Honolulu-based lawyer and the sole trustee of a family trust that controls 25,000 acres of pristine land on the island of Kaua'i. The trust will expire in seven years because of the rule against perpetuities, so the King family has decided to sell the land to Kaua'i native Don Holitzer for development. Just before family members are ready to formally endorse the deal, which Matt favors, a boating accident near Waikīkī renders Matt's wife, Elizabeth, comatose.
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Cast
Details
| Directed by: | Alexander Payne |
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| Written by: | Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash |
| Release date: | 02 September 2011 |
| Genre: | Comedy-drama |
| Country: | United States of America |
| Language: | English Language |
Awards
• Jim Burke, Jim Taylor and Alexander Payne won Best Drama Film at the Golden Globe Awards
• George Clooney won Best Actor - Drama Film at the Golden Globe Awards
• Won Best Film – Drama at the Satellite Awards
