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Dominican Rep. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Original title
- The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
- Year
- 2008
- Running time
- 167 min.
- Country
United States- Director
- Screenwriter
- Eric Roth. Story: F. Scott Fitzgerald
- Cast
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Brad Pitt
Cate Blanchett
Taraji P. Henson
Tilda Swinton
Jason Flemyng
Julia Ormond
Elias Koteas
Elle Fanning
Jared Harris
Mahershala Ali
David Jensen
Tom Everett
Faune Chambers Watkins- See all credits
- Music
- Cinematography
- Producer
- Genre
- Fantasy. Romance. Drama | Old Age / Elderly. II World War. 1990s. 1980s. 1950s. 1940s. 1930s
- Movie Groups
- F. Scott Fitzgerald Adaptations
- Synopsis
- The story is about Benjamin Button, a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. That is, a man who starts aging backwards with bizarre consequences. “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. 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.
- Rankings Position
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- #100 Best Fantasy Movies
- Awards
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2008: 3 Academy Awards: Best Art Direction, Makeup, Visual Effects. 13 Nominations2008: 5 Nominations for Golden Globe, including Best Movie, Director2008: 3 BAFTA Awards, including Best Make up. 11 Nominations, including Best Film2008: New York Film Critics Circle: Nominated for Best Director & Best Cinematography2008: Los Angeles Film Critics Association: Runner Up for Best Original Score2008: American Film Institute (AFI): Top 10 - Movies of the Year
- Critics' reviews
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"See 'Benjamin Button,' just don't try to guess his age. (...) The film, ambitious if flawed, also is lyrical and melancholy (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of four)."
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- 5 My Top 10 Movies from 2008 (858)
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- 21 My Favorite Romantic Dramas (157)
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- 39 My Favorite Dramas (270)
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