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Top 100 Most Anticipated Films of 2010: Alexander Payne’s The Descendants
Payne tried on the producer’s hat and thankfully he put that aside to focus on what he does best. The source material and the screenplay (a very good read I might add) will only bring out his strong suit – as no one is more agile at poking fun at the middle-life crisis of upper middle-class America.
#14. The Descendants
Director: Alexander Payne
Writer(s): Nat Faxon and Jim Rash
Producers: Payne, Jim Burke, Jim Taylor
Distributor: Fox Searchlight.
The Gist: Based on the Kaui Hart Hemmings novel, this is set in Hawaii, the unconventional family drama tells the story of a newly widowed father — the descendant of landowners and one of the richest men on Oahu — who takes off with his two rebellious daughters to track down his wife’s lover on the island of Kauai.….(more)
Cast: George Clooney.
Why is it on the list?: Payne tried on the producer’s hat and thankfully he put that aside to focus on what he does best. The source material and the screenplay (a very good read I might add) will only bring out his strong suit – as no one is more agile at poking fun at the middle-life crisis of upper middle-class America.
Release Date/Status?: Production begins in January. Look for this to be Searchlight’s Oscar bait for 2011.
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