2011 1h 55m Alexander Payne

The Descendants

Name: The Descendants
Genre: Drama, Comedy
Released: 2011
Rating: 7.3
Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause

★ 7.3 IMDb

Drama Comedy

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.

Writers Nat Faxon, Alexander Payne, Jim Rash

Cast George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause

DP Phedon Papamichael

Music Craig Armstrong

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Awards & Festivals

Nominated Academy Award for Best Picture

Won Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay

Nominated Academy Award for Best Actor

Nominated Academy Award for Best Director