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The Descendants [videorecording]/
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The work The Descendants [videorecording]/ represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Coweta Public Library System. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

The Resource The Descendants [videorecording]/
Label
The Descendants [videorecording]/
Statement of responsibility
Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Ad Hominem Enterprises production ; directed by Alexander Payne ; screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash ; produced by Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor ; made in association with Dune Entertainment and produced in association with Little Blair Productions and Ingenious Film Partners
Creator
  • Descendants (Motion picture : 2011)
Contributor
  • Woodley, Shailene
  • Ad Hominem Enterprises (Firm)
  • Dune Entertainment
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)
  • Little Blair Productions
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
  • Birdsong, Mary
  • Bridges, Beau
  • Burke, Jim, (Producer)
  • Chuck, Wendy
  • Clooney, George
  • Faxon, Nat
  • Forster, Robert, 1942-
  • trueGreer, Judy, 1975-
  • Hastie, Patricia
  • trueHemmings, Kaui Hart
  • Huebel, Rob
  • Krause, Nick, 1992-
  • Lillard, Matthew, 1970-
  • Miller, Amara
  • Papamichael, Phedon
  • Payne, Alexander, 1961-
  • Rash, Jim, 1970-
  • Stewart, Jane Ann
  • Taylor, Jim, 1962-
  • Tent, Kevin
Actor
  • Huebel, Rob
  • Bridges, Beau
  • Krause, Nick, 1992-
  • Lillard, Matthew, 1970-
  • Woodley, Shailene
  • trueGreer, Judy, 1975-
  • Hastie, Patricia
  • Forster, Robert, 1942-
  • Clooney, George
  • Birdsong, Mary
  • Miller, Amara
Costume designer
  • Chuck, Wendy
Director
  • Payne, Alexander, 1961-
Director of photography
  • Papamichael, Phedon
Editor of moving image work
  • Tent, Kevin
Producer
  • Taylor, Jim, 1962-
  • Payne, Alexander, 1961-
Production company
  • Little Blair Productions
  • Ad Hominem Enterprises (Firm)
  • Fox Searchlight Pictures
  • Dune Entertainment
  • Ingenious Film Partners (Firm)
Production designer
  • Stewart, Jane Ann
Publisher
  • Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc
Screenwriter
  • Payne, Alexander, 1961-
  • Faxon, Nat
  • Rash, Jim, 1970-
Subject
  • Parent and child
  • Feature films -- United States
  • Fiction films
  • Fiction films
  • Film adaptations
  • Film adaptations
  • Hawaii
  • Hawaii -- Drama
  • Husband and wife
  • Husband and wife -- Drama
  • Mothers -- Death
  • Mothers -- Death -- Drama
  • Feature films
  • Parent and child -- Drama
  • Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
  • Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Boating accidents
  • Boating accidents -- Drama
  • Closed caption video recordings
  • Drama
  • trueDrama
  • Familias -- Teatro
  • Families
  • Families -- Drama
  • Families of royal descent
  • Families of royal descent -- Hawaii -- Drama
  • Fathers and daughters
  • Fathers and daughters -- Drama
  • Feature films
Genre
  • Feature films
  • trueDrama
  • Video recordings for the hearing impaired
  • Video recordings for people with visual disabilities
  • Teatro
  • Film adaptations
  • Fiction films
Language
  • eng
  • spa
  • fre
  • eng
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
Summary
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
Awards note
Nominated for 5 Academy Awards. Academy Awards, 2012: Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay.
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; film editor, Kevin Tent ; production designer, Jane Ann Stewart ; costume designer, Wendy Chuck
Dewey number
791.43/72
Intended audience
  • MPAA rating: R; language including some sexual references
  • CHV rating: 14A; mature theme, coarse language
Language note
In English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English SDH or Spanish subtitles; English descriptive audio; closed-captioned
LC call number
PN1997.2
LC item number
.D465 2012
PerformerNote
George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Beau Bridges, Robert Forster, Judy Greer, Matthew Lillard, Nick Krause, Amara Miller, Mary Birdsong, Rob Huebel, Patricia Hastie
Runtime
115
Technique
live action

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  • The Descendants [videorecording]/, Fox Searchlight Pictures presents an Ad Hominem Enterprises production ; directed by Alexander Payne ; screenplay by Alexander Payne and Nat Faxon & Jim Rash ; produced by Jim Burke, Alexander Payne, Jim Taylor ; made in association with Dune Entertainment and produced in association with Little Blair Productions and Ingenious Film Partners

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