The Curious Case of Benjamin Button 2008

type: Movie

language: English

duration: 166 min

genre: fantasy

theme: romantic fantasy

director: David Fincher

Score: 8 / 10

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American romantic fantasy drama film directed by David Fincher and adapted by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord from F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1922 short story. The film stars Brad Pitt as a man who ages in reverse and Cate Blanchett as his love interest throughout his life. The film also stars Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, and Tilda Swinton.

Plot

In August 2005, Daisy Fuller is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. She tells her daughter Caroline about blind clockmaker Mr. Gateau, hired to make a clock for a train station in 1918. It ran backwards and was made as a memorial for those who lost their sons in World War I, like Gateau himself. Daisy then asks Caroline to read aloud from Benjamin Button's diary.

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author	Eric Roth Robin Swicord
award	Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Visual Effects National Board of Review: Top Ten Films
contentLocation	Florida New Orleans New York City Paris
director	David Fincher
editor	Angus Wall Kirk Baxter
events	World War II
genre	drama fantasy historical romance
keywords	around the world attack on pearl harbor baby ballet ballet company build button chief minister condemn crush deathbed dementia digital clock elderly man even family friend german hurricane katrina kriegsmarine manufacture murmansk nursing home physical condition postcard pre-teen rescue reverse aging social worker spring thanksgiving trade mission train station true identity tugboat u-boat u.s. navy united states enters wealthy man widow world war i young man
musicBy	Alexandre Desplat
nomination	Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Cinematography Academy Award for Best Costume Design Academy Award for Best Director Academy Award for Best Film Editing Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling Academy Award for Best Original Score Academy Award for Best Picture Academy Award for Best Production Design Academy Award for Best Sound Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress Academy Award for Best Visual Effects Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
producer	Ceán Chaffin Frank Marshall Kathleen Kennedy
productionCompany	Paramount Pictures
publisher	Paramount Pictures Warner Bros. Pictures
recordedAt	http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q11703 Los Angeles Montreal New Orleans
theme	dance magical realism romantic drama romantic fantasy