Movie
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Overview
Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button 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 flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. 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.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-12-25
- Runtime
- 166 min
- Genres
- Drama, Fantasy, Romance
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, The Kennedy/Marshall Company
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button
- Cate Blanchett as Daisy Fuller
- Taraji P. Henson as Queenie
- Julia Ormond as Caroline Fuller
- Jason Flemyng as Thomas Button
- Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth Abbott
- Mahershala Ali as Tizzy Weathers
- Jared Harris as Captain Mike
- Elias Koteas as Monsieur Gateau
- Phyllis Somerville as Grandma Fuller
- Faune Chambers Watkins as Dorothy Baker
- Donna DuPlantier as Blanche Devereux
Crew
- David Fincher - Director
- Eric Roth - Screenplay
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