The descendants

Resource Information

The work The descendants represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Jacksonville Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The descendants

Statement of responsibility

Fox Searchlight Pictures presents ; an Ad Hominem Enterprises production ; directed by Alexander Payne ; screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash ; produced by Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor ; made in association with Dune Entertainment and produced in association with Little Blair Productions and Ingeneous Film Partners

Contributor

• Faxon, Nat
• Woodley, Shailene
• Greer, Judy, 1975-
• Hemmings, Kaui Hart
• Miller, Amara
• Ad Hominem Enterprises (Firm)
• Payne, Alexander, 1961-
• Rash, Jim, 1970-
• Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)
• Little Blair Productions
• Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
• Taylor, Jim, 1962-
• Bridges, Beau
• Fox Searchlight Pictures
• Burke, Jim
• Clooney, George
• Dune Entertainment

Actor

• Woodley, Shailene
• Bridges, Beau
• Clooney, George
• Greer, Judy, 1975-
• Miller, Amara

Screenwriter

• Payne, Alexander, 1961-
• Rash, Jim, 1970-
• Faxon, Nat

Director

• Payne, Alexander, 1961-

Producer

• Burke, Jim
• Taylor, Jim, 1962-
• Payne, Alexander, 1961-

Subject

• Fathers and daughters -- Drama
• Feature films
• Film adaptations
• Hawaii -- Drama
• Husband and wife -- Drama
• Parent and child -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Boating accidents -- Drama
• Mothers -- Death -- Drama
• DVDs
• Families -- Drama
• Families of royal descent -- Hawaii -- Drama

Genre

• DVDs
• Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Film adaptations
• Feature films

Language

• eng
• spa
• fre
• eng
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Matt King is 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

Awards note

Academy Awards, 2012: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Kevin Tent

Intended audience

MPAA rating: R; language including some sexual references

Language note

English (5.1 Dolby Digital), Spanish or French (Dolby surround) dialogue; Spanish subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; descriptive audio (5.1 Dolby Digital); closed-captioned

PerformerNote

George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Matthew Lillard, Robert Forster, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer

Runtime

115

Technique

live action