The Descendants

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comedy-drama film film

The Descendants is a 2011 American comedy-drama film directed by Alexander Payne, in which George Clooney stars as a Hawaiian lawyer grappling with family crises and questions of legacy.

Aliases (1)

The Descendants (novel) ×1

Statements (53)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	comedy-drama film → film →
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay → Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama NERFINISHED → Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama →
basedOn	The Descendants (novel) →
basedOnWorkAuthor	Kaui Hart Hemmings →
character	Alexandra King → Matt King → Scottie King → Sid →
cinematographyBy	Phedon Papamichael →
countryOfOrigin	United States →
director	Alexander Payne →
distributedBy	Fox Searchlight Pictures →
editedBy	Kevin Tent →
filmingLocation	Hawaii →
genre	comedy-drama → family drama →
hasTheme	family relationships → forgiveness → grief → legacy →
language	English →
mainCharacterName	Matt King →
mainCharacterOccupation	lawyer →
musicBy	Rolfe Kent →
nominatedFor	Academy Award for Best Actor → Academy Award for Best Director → Academy Award for Best Film Editing → Academy Award for Best Picture →
originalLanguage	English →
producer	Alexander Payne → Jim Burke → Jim Taylor →
productionCompany	Ad Hominem Enterprises → Fox Searchlight Pictures →
releaseDate	2011-11-18 →
releaseYear	2011 →
runtimeMinutes	115 →
screenwriter	Alexander Payne → Jim Rash → Nat Faxon →
setInLocation	Hawaii →
starring	Amara Miller → Beau Bridges → George Clooney → Judy Greer → Matthew Lillard → Robert Forster → Shailene Woodley →
worldPremiereDate	2011-09-02 →
worldPremiereLocation	Telluride Film Festival →

Referenced by (5)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Alexander Payne → George Clooney → Robert Forster →	notableWork
Robert Forster →	appearedIn
The Descendants ("The Descendants (novel)") →	basedOn