The curious case of Benjamin Button [videorecording] / Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Kennedy/Marshall production, a David Fincher film ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin ; screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; directed by David Fincher.
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FilmPublisher number: 143064 | Paramount Home EntertainmentLanguage: English, French, Spanish Summary language: English, French, Spanish Original language: English Series: Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 476.Publication details: Hollywood, Calif. : [Irvington, NY] : Paramount Home Entertainment ; Criterion Collection, [2009]Edition: [Special ed.]Description: 2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 inISBN: 1415748977; 9781415748978Uniform titles: Curious case of Benjamin Button (Motion picture) Subject(s): Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 -- Film adaptations | Infants -- Diseases -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Drama | Human beings -- Aging -- Drama | Man-woman relationships -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Drama | Adoptive parents -- Louisiana -- New Orleans -- Drama | Diaries -- DramaGenre/Form: Fantasy films. | Detective and mystery films. | Film adaptations. | Fiction films. | Feature films. | Feature films -- United States. | Video recordings for the hearing impaired. DDC classification: 791.43/72 LOC classification: PN1997.2 | .C87 2009Online resources: Connect to reviews of this title online
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Production credits: Music, Alexandre Desplat ; director of photography, Claudio Miranda ; editors, Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall.Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemying, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton.Summary: Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival. He does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by Thomas Button, his biological father, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth. Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for Caroline to read.
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. The supplements.
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From the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
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Special features: Commentary; four part documentary.
disc 1. Feature film -- disc 2. The supplements.
Music, Alexandre Desplat ; director of photography, Claudio Miranda ; editors, Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall.
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemying, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton.
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival. He does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by Thomas Button, his biological father, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth. Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for Caroline to read.
MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking.
DVD, NTSC, widescreen 2.40:1 apsect ratio; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
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