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L'étrange histoire de Benjamin Button / Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Kennedy/Marshall production, a David Fincher film ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin ; screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; directed by David Fincher.

Ali, Mahershalalhashbaz. (Added Author). Blanchett, Cate, 1969- (Added Author). Desplat, Alexandre. (Added Author). Fincher, David. (Added Author). Fitzgerald, F. Scott (Francis Scott), 1896-1940 Motion picture adaptation of (work): Curious case of Benjamin Button. (Added Author). Flemyng, Jason. (Added Author). Harris, Jared, 1961- (Added Author). Henson, Taraji P. (Added Author). Koteas, Elias, 1961- (Added Author). Ormond, Julia. (Added Author). Pitt, Brad, 1963- (Added Author). Roth, Eric, 1945- (Added Author). Swicord, Robin. (Added Author). Swinton, Tilda. (Added Author). Paramount Pictures Corporation, (production company.). Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- ) (Added Author). Criterion-on-Demand (Firm), (film distributor.). Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemying, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Jared Harris, Phyllis Somerville, Elle Fanning. (Cast).

Summary:

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.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 streaming video file (165 min.) : digital, sound, color
Publisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount Pictures, [2013]
Distributor: [Vaughan, Ontario] : Criterion Pictures, [date of distribution not identified]
Copyright: ©2013

Content descriptions

General Note:	Based on the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Originally released as a motion picture by Paramount Pictures, 2008.
Restrictions on Access Note:	Access restricted to subscribers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Music by Alexandre Desplat ; cinematographer, Claudio Miranda ; production designer, Donald Graham Burt ; edited by Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall ; costume designer, Jacqueline West ; special effects coordination, Burt Dalton.
Participant or Performer Note:	Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemying, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Jared Harris, Phyllis Somerville, Elle Fanning.
Target Audience Note:	CHV rating: PG. MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking.
Additional Physical Form available Note:	English language version also available.
System Details Note:	Content available as a streaming video.
Awards Note:	Academy Awards, 2009; Best Achievement in Visual Effects; Best Achievement in Art Direction; Best Achievement in Make-Up
Source of Description Note:	Title from distributor's web site (viewed May 28, 2015).