Following the premiere of The Ides of March on Wednesday, George Clooney returned to the 55th BFI London Film Festival yesterday for the Centrepiece Gala - the European premiere of The Descendants from writer-director Alexander Payne (Sideways), with Clooney and Payne joined on the red carpet by actress Shailene Woodley (The Secret Life of the American Teenager) and producer Jim Burke (Cedar Rapids). Other highlights from Day 9 included the Archive Gala of Miles Mander's (The Flying Doctor) silent British classic The First Born, along with a masterclass with four-time Academy Award-nominated composer Alexandre Desplat, whose credits include The Queen, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Fantastic Mr. Fox, The King's Speech and Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 1 and Part 2. Check out a summary of the day's key events courtesy of the BFI's latest Vodcast...
"The Descendants synopsis: "Set in Hawaii, The Descendants is a sometimes humorous, sometimes tragic journey for Matt King (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."
Take a look at our coverage of the 55th BFI London Film Festival here.
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