Great DOWNSIZING Featurette and More Promotional Videos Enjoy the new DOWNSIZING featurette and more promotional video! The film, written and directed by Alexander Payne (Nebraska, The Descendants, Sideways), stars Matt Damon, Christoph Waltz, Hong Chau, Kristen Wiig, Jason Sudeikis, and Udo Kier. DOWNSIZING will be released in theaters next Friday. “Downsizing” follows a kindly occupational therapist who undergoes a new procedure to be shrunken to four inches tall so that he and his wife can help save the planet and afford a nice lifestyle at the same time.