Release date:November 16, 2011
(NY, LA; limited release: November 18)
Studio:Fox Searchlight Pictures
Director:Alexander Payne
MPAA Rating:N/A
Screenwriters:Alexander Payne, Nat Faxon, Jim Rash
Starring:George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, Patricia Hastie
Official website:FoxSearchlight.com| King-Family-Tree.com
Plot Summary:
From Alexander Payne, the creator of the Oscar-winning "Sideways," set in Hawaii, "The Descendants" is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) an indifferent husband and father of two girls, who is forced to re-examine his past and embrace his future when his wife suffers a boating accident off of Waikiki. The event leads to a rapprochement with his young daughters while Matt wrestles with a decision to sell the family's land handed down from Hawaiian royalty and missionaries.
