The descendants [videorecording]
2012
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Comedy drama from director Alexander Payne starring George Clooney as a lawyer forced to rethink his approach to life after his wife is hospitalised following a serious accident. As trustee for a large estate, Matt King (Clooney) has had a fairly easy life to date. Living in the tropical island of Hawaii, with his financial future secure, King has grown complacent to an extent that is only brought home to him when a boating accident sends his wife, Elizabeth (Patricia Hastie), into a coma. Left in sole charge of the daughters he has largely neglected, Scottie (Amara Miller) and Alex (Shailene Woodley), Matt is called to face his responsibilities as an adult. However, when he discovers that Elizabeth had been having an affair in the months leading up to the accident, a test of his newfound emotional maturity is presented. Matt sets out to confront Elizabeth's lover and to find out the truth underlying the affair. The film won the Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay.
Main title:
The descendants [videorecording] / producer, Jim Burke; producer, Alexander Payne; producer, Jim Taylor.
Author:
Payne, Alexander, 1961-, directorClooney, George, actorGreer, Judy, 1975-, actorLillard, Matthew, 1970-, actorHemmings, Kaui Hart, book author
Imprint:
20th Century Studios, 2012.
Collation:
1 videodisc (115 min.) : col.
Notes:
Made in 2011.Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings.DVDN.Region 2, 1 disc(s), Interactive menus, Ratio (Other widescreen), Enhanced for WideScreen TV, Languages (English), Sound (Dolby Digital 5.1), Subtitles for hard of hearing (English).Credits: cinematographer, Phedon Papamichael.Credits: director, Alexander Payne; writer, Alexander Payne; writer, Nat Faxon; writer, Jim Rash; cinematographer, Phedon Papamichael.
Performers:
Cast: Cast: George Clooney, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Michael Ontkean, Rob Huebel, Mary Birdsong, Sonya Balmores, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Patricia Hastie.
Audience:
BBFC code: 15.
System details:
DVD.
Dewey class:
791.437556448556470556468
Language:
EnglishAUD
BRN:
415634