The descendants [DVD videorecording] / 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.

Title :

The descendants

Format:

DVD

Summary:

Widescreen (2.40:1). 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.

Language:

English

Spanish

French

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.

Audience:

MPAA rating: R; language including some sexual references CHV rating: 14A; mature theme, coarse language.

UPC/EAN:

024543752035

Physical Description:

1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.

General Note:

Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2011.

Extras: Everybody loves George; Working with Alexander; Hawaiian style.

Subject:

Fathers and daughters -- Drama.

Husband and wife -- Drama.

Parent and child -- Drama.

Mothers -- Death -- Drama.

Families -- Drama.

Boating accidents -- Drama.

Families of royal descent -- Hawaii -- Drama.

Videodiscs.

Padre e hija -- Teatro.

Familias -- Teatro.

Hawaii -- Drama.

Hawaii -- Teatro.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.

Film adaptations.

Fiction films.

Feature films.

Films for the hearing impaired.

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The descendants [DVD videorecording] / 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.

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Alexander Payne's seriocomic The Descendants, an adaptation of the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings, stars George Clooney as Matt King, a middle-age Hawaiian who runs a trust responsible for millions of dollars worth of untouched real estate that has been passed down to him and various cousins. He is preparing to sell the area, and make millions for everyone in the trust, when his wife suffers severe head trauma during a boat race. As he attempts to get her affairs in order, he learns that she had been having an affair. With his two daughters in tow, along with his oldest daughter's doofus boyfriend, Matt sets off to confront the man who made him a cuckold. Beau Bridges, Judy Greer, and Robert Forster co-star. The Descendants screened at the 2011 Toronto International Film Festival. ~ Perry Seibert, Rovi