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.

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The Descendants (film)	2
The Descendants (2011 film)	1
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The Descendants (novel)	1
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instanceOf	comedy-drama film ⓘ film ⓘ
awardReceived	Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay ⓘ Golden Globe Award for Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ surface form: Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama ⓘ
basedOn	The Descendants self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: The Descendants (novel)
basedOnWorkAuthor	Kaui Hart Hemmings ⓘ
character	Alexandra King ⓘ Matt King ⓘ Scottie King ⓘ Sid ⓘ
cinematographyBy	Phedon Papamichael ⓘ
countryOfOrigin	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
director	Alexander Payne ⓘ
distributedBy	Searchlight Pictures ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ Searchlight Pictures ⓘ surface form: 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 ⓘ

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