When sid cant stop laughing at elizabeths mothers dementia, her husband has this response. Matt lillard shaggy from scooby doo is brian speer, the lover of the deceased and the realtor who stands to benefit in kaui. What i see ranks high on the list of the years best films. The descendants is one of those satisfying, emotionally rich films that works on multiple levels. The film stars george clooney, shailene woodley, amara miller, beau bridges, judy greer, matthew lillard, and robert forster, and was released by fox searchlight pictures in the united states on.
Matthews encounter with brian speer matthew lillard and his wife judy greer enables him to take care of his own considerable anger and pain. Descendants book author recalls working with clooney forbes. If theres something fundamentally wrong with the descendants, i cant find it. Though his family comes with a unique ancestral history, matt king comes to realise that all he has given his girls is a story and he has never given of himself. Also, there are the man elizabeth was having the affair with, brian speer matthew lillard and here it gets thorny brians wife, julie judy greer. Hemmingss bittersweet debut novel, an expansion of her first. The descendants 2011 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. The descendants is a really good book about fatherhood and parenthood and the things we pass down to the next generation. He is suppose to wear a look that would make him more daring and crazy. It is that bond that enables him to make a final decision about the land that his relatives are pressuring him to sell. Already crushed by the knowledge that his wife was, firstly, having an affair and secondly, in love with brian and ready to leave him, matt had taken the difficult and selfless decision to track brian down to confro.
The descendants 2011 matthew lillard as brian speer imdb. Descendants book author recalls working with clooney. Surrounded by family, she passed away on the morning of october, 2015, at her home in nashville, tennessee. As you read the book, you have a variety of meanings, their origins, ambitions, history and nuances, as well as various circles and subtransfers each story. In 1810, king kamehameha unites the hawaiian islands and establishes the kingdom of hawaii. Deep beneath the waves, king shelve rise of the isle of the lost.
The descendants demonstrates what can happen when indie talent is nurtured to. But the descendants takes kauai to a whole new level. Earlier, when sid greets matt with a onearmed hug and a whats up, bro. The scene in which king hunts down his wifes lover, brian speer. The descendants was adapted into a film in 2011 by alexander payne, nat faxon, and jim rash for fox searchlight pictures. We found the descendants and with 5 academy awards nominations tucked in its belt, i know its a good film, no less. Oscars best picture winners best picture winners golden globes emmys san diego comiccon new york comiccon sundance film festival toronto intl film festival awards central festival central all events. In the gentle hands of director alexander payne, the island becomes a virtual character in the film, much as californias santa ynez valley.
The descendants quotes showing of 55 thats how you know you love someone, i guess, when you cant experience anything without wishing the other person were there to see it, too. Alex tells matt that mom may have had an affair, just before she was stricken, with a realtor named brian speer matthew lillard. It is therefore up to us to decipher which is which, and that investigation begins with matt king and his family. Matt confronts two family friends, kai and mark, and learns that elizabeths lover is brian speer matthew lillard, a realtor who stands to benefit from the kings land deal. In a voiceover at the beginning of the descendants, matt king george clooney challenges the myth, endemic among mainlanders, that hawaii, where. If you plan to watch descendants 2, i highly recommend that you read this book because it fills in the blanks that i dont think the movie will answer or explain. I was inspired by historical facts and current events, yet this book is a marriage of reality and fiction, and fiction wears the pants in this family.
Matt decides to tell brian that elizabeth will soon be dead to give him a chance to visit her while shes still alive. Clooney gives one of his best performances in this film directed and cowritten by alexander payne, who in sideways 2004 and about schmidt 2002, showed a. The screenplay by payne, nat faxon and jim rash is based on the 2007 novel of the same name by kaui hart hemmings. In the process of finding him, one of kings cousins beau bridges tells him that. It starred george clooney as matt, shailene woodley as alex, and matthew lillard as brian speer.
Judy greer julie speer, matthew lillard brian speer, nick krause sid. Then matt finds out that joanie was having an affair with real estate broker brian speer, impelling him to travel with his two daughtersprecocious 10yearold. Brian speer matthew lillard and here it gets thorny brians wife. Based on kaui hart hemmings novel of the same name, the descendants is a comedydrama film. The descendants is a 2011 film about a hawaiian land baron who tries to reconnect with his two daughters after his wife is seriously injured in a boating accident. Best of all, during this week of suffering, matt really connects with his daughters. I was really looking forward to seeing scottie making out with the mirror, but they took that out. The descendants scenery, but this movie ends up on my top 5 least favorite movies, ever. In the descendants, george clooney plays the scion of an old hawaii family. The film was a success both critically and financially and won an academy award for best adapted screenplay, as well as two golden globe awards for best picture drama and. Very easy to read and many laugh out loud moments in amongst the very sad unfolding of the story. Hugh tells him that brian is don holitzers brotherinlaw, and if matt and his family sell the land to holitzer, brian stands to gain a lot of money from commissions when the land is developed. The descendants is hemmingss first published novel she labored over. I enjoy fictional biographies and this fitted the bill.
Seven years later, he finally returns, and with the descendants, he returns with a bang. He finds out where he lives and goes over there to see him. In her final impulsive flingeruption, symbolized by her reckless affair with brian speer and adventurous pursuit of thrills in the waterskiing debacle, the emotional gravity of her sinking lifeisland would act as the eventual the catalyst that brings the family closer together. The film was a success both critically and financially. We chose tom cruise to play brian speer because in the book, brian speer is described to be more of a younger and more attractive character. Abstract matt king, a hawaii lawyer and overseer of a highvalue and prestigious trust containing 25,000 acres of undeveloped land in kauai, is looking to sell his parcel before the trust expires due to the commonlaw rule against perpetuities. The descendants by alexander payne alexander payne. The descendants 2011 matthew lillard as brian speer. Like sideways, his screenplay cowritten by nat faxon and jim rash nails the tone right on the head. The book and movie are about the lastsurviving member of the kamehameha dynasty in hawaii. Payne is most comfortable with discomfort his comedy often relies on embarrassment, and the descendants is no exception. After watching the help without reading the book and liking it so much, ive been looking forward to watching another bookbased movie. Written by alexander payne, nat faxon, and jim rash, based on the novel by kaui hart hemmings.
This is the location of the bay view from the movie. Faye ihrig speer, a member of the legendary speer family, has graduated to her heavenly home. The descendants is a 2011 american comedydrama film directed by alexander payne. Matt kings house, the mitchell house, brian speer turtle house. Filled with a tsunami of roiling emotions, matt hits the road with his daughters and alexandras dim boyfriend sid nick krause to confront the other man, brian speer matthew lillard. The speer familys faye speer has passed away homecoming. A lawyer and land proprietor attempts to strengthen ties with his children after his wife is injured in a boating accident. Then matt finds out that joanie was having an affair with real estate broker brian speer, impelling him to travel with his two daughtersprecocious 10year. Taking a descendants tour of kauai the mercury news. Hes a hardcharging professional whose commitment to his calling has eclipsed his dedication to his family. Some will call their travel agents to book hawaiian vacations as soon as they dry their eyes. Kipu kai beach the descendants kauai property kipu kai beach. Other than that, the actors were just as i had imagined while reading, and deciding to put tom cruise as brian speer was probably the best idea they made. Just a little to remember, but the brain is a beautiful thing and relatively easy to remember these things.
Two close family friends tell matt that elizabeth was unhappy and wanted to leave him for her lover, brian speer, a real estate agent. The film follows matts legal, family and emotional troubles in careful detail, until payne shows us, without forcing it, that they are all coiled together. The descendants geroge clooney was amazing in this film. After seeing the trailers for descendants 2, this book provides a better insight on what is going on. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets.
Rise of the isle of the lost book trailer disney descendants by disney. The descendants is a novel written by kaui hart hemmings. Brian is supposed to be believable since he is a realtor, and as tom has shown in other productions, he can be very convincing. Alexander payne called her in 2009 to say hed like her book, the descendants, to be his. Shaggy from scoobydoo is brian speer in the descendants. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the descendants. The film stars george clooney, shailene woodley, amara miller, beau bridges, judy greer, matthew lillard, and robert forster, and was released by fox searchlight pictures in the united states. Hemmingss bittersweet debut novel, an expansion of her first published short story the minor wars, from house of thieves and originally published in storyquarterly, stars besieged and wryly introspective attorney matt king, the landrich descendant of hawaiian royalty and american missionaries and entrepreneurs.
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