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.Additional Information
| Subjects |
Boating accidents
-- Drama.
Families -- Drama. Fathers and daughters -- Drama. Parent and child -- Drama. Families of royal descent -- Hawaii -- Drama. Hawaii -- Drama. Feature films. Comedy films. Melodramas (Motion pictures) Video recordings for the hearing impaired. Video recordings for people with visual disabilities. |
| Publisher | Beverly Hills, CA :2012 |
| Edition | Blu-ray and DVD, Widescreen. |
| Other Titles | Descendants. |
| Contributors |
Hemmings, Kaui Hart.
Descendants.
Payne, Alexander, 1961- Faxon, Nat. Rash, Jim, 1970- Burke, Jim (Writer on antitrust law) Taylor, Jim, 1962- Clooney, George. Woodley, Shailene. Miller, Amara. Krause, Nick. Bridges, Beau. Greer, Judy, 1975- Ad Hominem Enterprises (Firm) Fox Searchlight Pictures. Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment, Inc. |
| Participants/Performers |
George Clooney, Shailene Woodley, Amara Miller, Nick Krause, Beau Bridges, Judy Greer. |
| Other Contributors |
Director of photography, Phedon Papamichael ; editor, Kevin Tent. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: R; for language including some sexual references CHV rating: 14A; mature theme, coarse language. |
| Language |
English Spanish French English, Spanish or French dialogue; Spanish subtitles; English subtitled for the deaf and hard of hearing; English descriptive audio. DVD also lists close-captioning in the specifications. |
| Notes |
Title from container. Originally released as a motion picture in 2011. Based on the novel by Kaui Hart Hemmings. Blu-ray bonus features: featuretes ; music videos ; 'Waiting for the light' ; The world parade-- Hawaii (silent film) ; A conversation with George Clooney and Alexander Payne ; deleted scenes. |
| System Details |
Blu-ray disc, region A, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio, descriptive audio 5.1 Dolby digital, AVC@22 MBPS, 50GB dual layer; requires Blu-ray player. DVD, NTSC, region 1; widescreen (2.40:1) presentation; 5.1 Dolby digital, descriptive audio 5.1 Dolby digital, Dolby digital surround. |
| Description |
1 Blu-ray Disc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 DVD (115 min. : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.) |
| Other | Classic View |