‘The Descendants’ – Trailer, Plot, and Cast Info

George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in The Descendants
George Clooney and Shailene Woodley in ‘The Descendants’ – Photo By: Merie Wallace

Oscar winner George Clooney teams up with Oscar winning director Alexander Payne for the touching indie film The Descendants.

George Clooney stars as ‘Matt King’, Shailene Woodley is ‘Alexandra King’, Amara Miller is ‘Scottie King’, and Nick Krause is ‘Sid’. The cast also includes Judy Greer as ‘Julie Speer’, Matthew Lillard as ‘Brian Speer’, Patricia Hastie as ‘Elizabeth King’, Karen Kuioka Hironaga as ‘Barb Higgins’, Beau Bridges as ‘Cousin Hugh’, and Robert Forster as ‘Scott Thorson’.

The R-rated comedy/drama will open in theaters on November 18, 2011.

Official Synopsis: Set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (George Clooney) 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.