The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)

 

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

2008 ‧ Romance/Fantasy ‧ 2h 46m

MOVIE INFO

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flickers in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer (Cate Blanchett). Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

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• Rating: PG-13 (Language|Brief War Violence|Sexual Content|Smoking)

• Genre: Fantasy, Drama, Romance

• Original Language: English

• Director: David Fincher

• Producer: Frank Marshall, Kathleen Kennedy, Ceán Chaffin

• Writer: Eric Roth

• Release Date (Theaters): Dec 25, 2008  Wide

• Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013

• Box Office (Gross USA): $127.5M

• Runtime: 2h 47m

• Distributor: Paramount Pictures

• Production Co: Kennedy/Marshall, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros.

CAST & CREW

Brad Pitt

Benjamin Button

Cate Blanchett

Daisy

Taraji P. Henson

Queenie

Julia Ormond

Caroline

Jason Flemyng

Thomas Button

Mahershala Ali

Tizzy

Jared Harris

Captain Mike

Elias Koteas

Monsieur Devereaux

Phyllis Somerville

Grandma Fuller

Tilda Swinton

Elizabeth Abbott

Lance E. Nichols

Preacher

Rampai Mohadi

Ngunda Oti

Elle Fanning

Daisy Age 7

Madisen Beaty

Daisy Age 10

Faune Chambers Watkins

Dorothy Baker

Donna DuPlantier

Blanche Devereux

Tom Everett

David Fincher

Director

Eric Roth

Screenwriter

Frank Marshall

Producer

Kathleen Kennedy

Producer

Ceán Chaffin

Producer

Alexandre Desplat

Original Music

Jacqueline West

Costume Design

Angus Wall

Film Editing

Kirk Baxter

Film Editing

Donald Graham Burt

Production Design

Claudio Miranda

Cinematographer

Tom Reta

Supervising Art Direction

Randy Moore

Art Director

Scott Plauche

Art Director

Kelly Curley

Art Director

Michele Laliberte

Art Director

Victor J. Zolfo

Set Decoration

Laray Mayfield

Casting