Director: David Fincher
Writer: Eric Roth
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Julia Ormond
Released: December 26, 2008
Rating: (M)
Runtime: 159 minutes
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Story: "I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher, "Benjamin Button," is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
Cast:
Cate Blanchett Daisy
Brad Pitt Benjamin Button
Tilda Swinton Elizabeth Abbott
Julia Ormond Caroline
Faune A. Chambers Dorothy Baker
Elias Koteas Monsieur Gateau
Donna DuPlantier Blanche Devereux
Jacob Wood Martin Gateau
Earl Maddox Man at Train Station
Ed Metzger Teddy Roosevelt
Jason Flemyng Thomas Button
Danny Vinson Priest Giving Last Rites
David Jensen Doctor at Benjamin's Birth
Joeanna Sayler Caroline Button
Taraji P. Henson Queenie
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali Tizzy
Fiona Hale Mrs. Hollister