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The descendants

Author: Kaui Hart HemmingsAlexander PayneNat FaxonJim RashJim BurkeAll authors
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, [2012]
Edition/Format:   DVD video : NTSC color broadcast system : EnglishView all editions and formats
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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.
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Genre/Form: Feature films
Comedy films
Melodramas (Motion pictures)
Video recordings for the hearing impaired
Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
Drama
Teatro
Material Type: Videorecording
Document Type: Visual material
All Authors / Contributors: Kaui Hart Hemmings; Alexander Payne; Nat Faxon; Jim Rash; Jim Burke; Jim Taylor; George Clooney; Shailene Woodley; Amara Miller; Nick Krause; Beau Bridges; Judy Greer; Ad Hominem Enterprises (Firm); Fox Searchlight Pictures.; Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc.
OCLC Number: 780320421
Language Note: English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; English descriptive audio; Close-captions.
Notes: Title from container.
Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings.
Credits: Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Kevin Tent.
Cast: George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer.
Awards: Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay, 2012.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R; for language including some sexual references; CHV rating: 14A; mature theme, coarse language.
Description: 1 videodisc (115 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Details: DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital, descriptive audio 5.1 Dolby digital, Dolby digital surround.
Responsibility: Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Ad Hominem Enterprises production ; produced by Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor ; screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash ; directed by Alexander Payne.

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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.
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