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Following on from SEVEN and FIGHT CLUB, director David Fincher and Brad Pitt team up for a third time with this adaptation of a F. Scott Fitzgerald short story. Pitt plays a man who is born 80 years old, but instead of aging, he grows young. Oscar winner Cate Blanchett co-stars, along with Taraji P. Henson and Tilda Swinton.

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ProducerKathleen Kennedy, Cean Chaffin, Frank Marshall

EAN5051892004633

eBay Product ID (ePID)72547245

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ActorTed Manson, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Cate Blanchett, Patrick Holland, Jason Flemyng, Julia Ormond, Taraji P. Henson, Brad Pitt, Tilda Swinton, Elias Koteas, Faune A. Chambers, Spencer Daniels, Josh Stewart, Madisen Beaty, Peter D. Badalamenti, David Jensen, Chandler Canterbury, Elle Fanning

Film/TV TitleThe Curious Case of Benjamin Button

DirectorDavid Fincher

LanguageEnglish

Run Time165 Mins

Aspect Ratio16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Release Year2009

FormatBlu-ray

FeaturesDirector's commentary\Featurettes: Pre-Production/Production/Visual Effects/Sound Design/The Scoring of BENJAMIN BUTTON/Costume Design/Tech Scout/Birth\Interview with composer Alexandre Desplat\Easter egg, Widescreen

GenreDrama, General

Additional Product Features

Number of Discs2

Certificate15

Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America

ComposerAlexandre Desplat

Production DesignerDonald Graham Burt

Additional InformationAt once epic in scope and intimate in detail, David Fincher's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is certainly the director's most emotional film to date (though FIGHT CLUB and SEVEN don't offer much in the way of competition). Loosely based on an F. Scott Fitzgerald story, this romantic drama tells the tale of Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt), born in 1918 in New Orleans as a baby with wrinkles, cataracts, and arthritis. Benjamin will age backwards, getting younger as he watches those around him growing older. Included in that group are his adoptive mother, Queenie (Taraji P. Henson), and Daisy (Cate Blanchett), the love of his life whom he meets when she is just a little girl and he is an old man. They age in reverse, but despite Benjamin's globe-trotting adventures, their lives repeatedly intersect. <BR>The script from Oscar winner Eric Roth bears more than a few hallmarks in common with his earlier work on FORREST GUMP: both adaptations cross decades and continents. But BENJAMIN's script or even the fine acting aren't its most impressive accomplishment; the technology--both CGI and makeup--used to make Benjamin and Daisy age are remarkable, and makes the film entirely believable, but they're certainly aided by fine performances from both Pitt and Blanchett. The triumph of technology only serves to underscore the beauty of this film and of the love story at its heart.

ReviewsTime Magazine - A sprawling, enthralling movie, Empire - Aptly for a film so concerned with time, BUTTON is 13 minutes shy of three hours and just flies by. If this is Fincher selling out, can he sell out more often please?, The Times - David Fincher's fable about a man who gets younger as the world grows older is a technical marvel... The make-up and special effects are sensational, Variety - This odd, epic tale of a man who ages backwards is presented in an impeccable classical manner, every detail tended to with fastidious devotion... An historic achievement, a masterful piece of cinema, New York Times - Above all, THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON is a triumph of technique, Hollywood Reporter - Superbly made and winningly acted by Brad Pitt in his most impressive outing to date, Premiere - Naturally, Pitt and Blanchett are outstanding. Fincher's meticulous attention to detail is unerring, down to the light fixtures

ScreenwriterEric Roth, Robin Swicord

Costume DesignerJacqueline West

AuthorF. Scott Fitzgerald

Sound sourceDolby Digital

EditorAngus Wall, Kirk Baxter

Movie/TV TitleThe Curious Case Of Benjamin Button

Director of PhotographyClaudio Miranda

Consumer AdviceContains infrequent strong language and moderate violence