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The Descendants (2011)

Name: The Descendants
Director: Alexander Payne
Genre: drama film, comedy drama
Rating: 7.3

The Descendants is a 2011 American tragicomedy film directed by Alexander Payne from a screenplay he wrote with Nat Faxon and Jim Rash, based on the 2007 novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. The film stars George Clooney in the main role, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller in her film debut, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer, Nick Krause, Michael Ontkean, Matthew Lillard, and Robert Forster, and was released by Fox Searchlight Pictures…

Directed by Alexander Payne · Shot by Phedon Papamichael · Cut by Kevin Tent · Music by Craig Armstrong

Behind the scenes

10 Things That Didn't Make Sense In The Descendants Movies — Collider Behind the Scenes · 6 min
THE DESCENDANTS Featurette: On Set in Hawaii — SearchlightPictures · 4 min
THE DESCENDANTS Featurette: Comedy and Drama — SearchlightPictures · 4 min
THE DESCENDANTS: Filming in Hawaii — SearchlightPictures · 4 min
THE DESCENDANTS Featurette: "Design" — SearchlightPictures · 4 min
THE DESCENDANTS Featurette: Ensemble Cast — SearchlightPictures · 3 min
THE DESCENDANTS Featurette: Acting & Character — SearchlightPictures · 5 min
The Descendants - 'Behind the scenes' Featurette - In Cinemas January 27 — 20th Century Studios UK · 5 min

Elsewhere

More by Alexander Payne

The Passion of Martin — 1990
Citizen Ruth — 1996
Election — 1999
About Schmidt — 2002
Sideways — 2004
Paris, je t'aime — 2006
Nebraska — 2013
Downsizing — 2017
The Holdovers — 2023

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