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The Descendants
Year:
Duration:
115 min
Genres:
Comedy | Drama
IMDB rate:
7.4
Director:
Alexander Payne
Awards:
Won Oscar. Another 76 wins & 113 nominations
Details
Country: USA
Release Date: 2011-12-09
Filming Locations: Lihue Airport - 3901 Mokulele Loop, Lihue, Kaua'i, Hawaii, USA
Earnings
Budget: $20,000,000
Opening Weekend: $1,190,096 (USA) (20 November 2011)
Gross: $82,624,961 (USA) (29 April 2012)
Cast
Actor
Character
George Clooney
George Clooney
The Descendants
Shailene Woodley
Shailene Woodley
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Amara Miller
Scottie King
Nick Krause
Sid
Patricia Hastie
Elizabeth King
Grace A. Cruz
Scottie's Teacher
Kim Gennaula
School Counselor
Karen Kuioka Hironaga
Barb Higgins
Carmen Kaichi
Lani Higgins
Kaui Hart Hemmings
Matt's Secretary Noe
Beau Bridges
Cousin Hugh
Matt Corboy
Cousin Ralph
Matt Esecson
Cousin Hal
Michael Ontkean
Cousin Milo
Stanton Johnston
Cousin Stan
Jon McManus
Cousin Six (as Jonathan McManus)
Hugh Foster
Cousin Wink
Tiare R. Finney
Cousin Connie
Tom McTigue
Cousin Dave
Milt Kogan
Dr. Johnston
Mary Birdsong
Kai Mitchell
Rob Huebel
Mark Mitchell
Laird John Hamilton
Troy Cook (as Laird Hamilton)
Aileen 'Boo' Arnold
Dorm Supervisor
Esther Kang
Alex's Roommate
Melissa Kim
Alex's Drunken Friend
Robert Forster
Scott Thorson
Barbara L. Southern
Alice 'Tutu' Thorson
Celia Kenney
Reina
Matt Reese
Buzz
Zoel Turnbull
Hotel Clerk
Matthew Lillard
Brian Speer
Judy Greer
Julie Speer
Linda Rose Herman
Grief Counselor
Scott Michael Morgan
Barry Thorson
Darryl K. Gonzales
Tahiti Nui Singer (Kanak Attack)
Koko Kanealii
Tahiti Nui Singer (Kanak Attack)
Romey 'Keola' Yokotake
Tahiti Nui Singer (Kanak Attack)
Fileena Bahris
Passenger (uncredited)
Paul Edney
Bicyclist (uncredited)
Tom Holowach
King cousin (uncredited)
Dane Justman
Drunk Guy #2 (uncredited)
Jordan Kirkwood
Troys Roaddog (uncredited)
Did you know?
Trivia
The first film Alexander Payne has not co-written with his regular collaborator Jim Taylor.
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George Clooney wanted to play the role of 'Jack' in Sideways (2004), Alexander Payne's last film. Payne turned him down, saying that he wanted someone lesser known for the role.
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Beau Bridges is very familiar with the Hawaiian islands. He attended the University of Hawaii as a young man.
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Goofs
When Matt is at his neighbor's house, all of the chairs have cushions. When he sits down, his chair has no cushion.
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Early in the film, there is talk about donating Elizabeth's organs. If they really intended to do that, she wouldn't have been taken off of the ventilator, causing permanent hypoxic damage to the organs. Instead, she would've been declared brain dead, the organs would've been harvested soon after, then she would have been disconnected from the vent.
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When Matt is running on the beach and passes Brian Speer, he is wearing shoes. When Matt chases Brian and runs back to his own place, Matt is running barefoot.
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Quotes
Matt King: I'm the backup parent. The understudy.
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Matt King: Nothing just happens!
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Matt King: I don't want my daughters growing up entitled and spoiled. And I agree with my father - you give your children enough money to do something but not enough to do nothing.
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Faq
Q
The movie is based on Kaui Hart Hemmings's debut novel. Have any other adaptations of debut novels had this much success?
A
Yes, many. A very famous example includes Gone with the Wind (1939), for example or, more recently, Låt den rätte komma in (Let the Right One In, 2008), The Help (2011).Yet another example is the Pulitzer-Prize-winning novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, the first and only novel written by Harper Lee. The movie adaptation of the same name was released in 1962, winning an Oscar for "Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material from Another Medium" for screenwriter Horton Foote.
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