The curious case of Benjamin Button
(Video) 

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Published
Hollywood, Calif. : [Irvington, NY] : Paramount Home Entertainment ; Criterion Collection, [2009].
Format
Video
Edition
[Special ed.].
ISBN
9781415748978, 1415748977
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. 
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Published
Hollywood, Calif. : [Irvington, NY] : Paramount Home Entertainment ; Criterion Collection, [2009].
Edition
[Special ed.].
Language
English
ISBN
9781415748978, 1415748977
UPC
097361430645

Notes

General Note
From the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
General Note
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
General Note
Title from container.
General Note
Special features: interviews with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett; audio commentary with David Fincher; footage of visual effects and makeup techniques; examination of the motion-capture process aging Brad Pitt; interview with Alexander Desplat; featurette on storyboards, costumes and direction; stills galleries.
Creation/Production Credits
Director of photography, Claudio Miranda ; editors, Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall; music, Alexandre Desplat.
Participants/Performers
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemying, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton.
Description
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival. He does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by Thomas Button, his biological father, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth. Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for Caroline to read.
Target Audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking.
System Details
DVD; NTSC; region 1; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround; widescreen 2.40:1 apsect ratio.
Language
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Kennedy, K., Marshall, F., Chaffin, C., Roth, E., Swicord, R., Fincher, D., Pitt, B., Blanchett, C., Henson, T. P., Ormond, J., Flemyng, J., Koteas, E., Swinton, T., Desplat, A., & Fitzgerald, F. S. 1. (2009). The curious case of Benjamin Button ([Special ed.].). Paramount Home Entertainment ; Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kathleen Kennedy et al.. 2009. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. Paramount Home Entertainment ; Criterion Collection.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Kathleen Kennedy et al.. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Paramount Home Entertainment ; Criterion Collection, 2009.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Kennedy, Kathleen, et al. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button [Special ed.]., Paramount Home Entertainment ; Criterion Collection, 2009.

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