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The Descendants

The Descendants

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 9, 2011

Runtime

1h 55m

Genres

Comedy, Drama

User Score

68%

Original Title

The Descendants

Production Companies

Dune Entertainment, Fox Searchlight Pictures, Ad Hominem Enterprises

Director

Alexander Payne

Budget

$20,000,000

Revenue

$177,200,000

Description

With his wife Elizabeth on life support after a boating accident, Hawaiian land baron Matt King takes his daughters on a trip from Oahu to Kauai to confront a young real estate broker, who was having an affair with Elizabeth before her misfortune.