'Descendants' wins praise and spurs talk of Oscars

By Mike Gordon

POSTED: 01:30 a.m. HST, Sep 11, 2011

~~<p>The list of films that screen at the annual Telluride Film Festival in Colorado is always a secret until opening day but it's no secret that audience members loved the slice of Hawaii in Alexander Payne's new movie, "The Descendants."</p>
<p>Reviewers got their first look at the film on the festival's opening day, Sept. 2, and praised Payne's adaptation of the Kaui Hart Hemmings novel shot here in early 2010. They're even saying it's Oscar-worthy.</p>
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The list of films that screen at the annual Telluride Film Festival in Colorado is always a secret until opening day but it's no secret that audience members loved the slice of Hawaii in Alexander Payne's new movie, "The Descendants."

Reviewers got their first look at the film on the festival's opening day, Sept. 2, and praised Payne's adaptation of the Kaui Hart Hemmings novel shot here in early 2010. They're even saying it's Oscar-worthy. Login for more...