Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is born an old man in 1918 New Orleans and ages in reverse and, in so doing,... (Learn more)
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Kimberly Scott (View All)
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Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
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About The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Kimberly Scott
On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams (nee Fuller) is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life, the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards, being diagnosed with several aging diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival, but who does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, 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 at that home, 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, especially as it relates to the time past this reconnection between Benjamin and Daisy, when Daisy gets older and Benjamin grows younger into his childhood years.
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US Release Date
12/25/08
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking.
Running Time
167 mins.
Locations
- Los Angeles, California, USA
- New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Language
- English
Box Office Total
$127,490,802
Awards
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2008 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2008 American Film Institute [Festival/Awar Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 2008 San Diego Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actress award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Costume Design award at the 2008 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction in a Period Film award at the 2008 Art Directors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by a Cast award at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Acting Ensemble award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Edited Feature - Drama award at the 2008 American Cinema Editors Guild [Festiva Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 Writers Guild of America [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Art Direction in a Period Film award at the 2008 Costume Guild Awards [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Screenwriter of the Year award at the 2008 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematographer award at the 2008 American Society of Cinematographers [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Most Original, Innovative or Creative Film award at the 2008 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2008 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Visual Effects award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Original Score award at the 2008 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 New York Film Critics Online [Festival Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Editing award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Winner of the Best Editing award at the 2008 Journalists, Alliance of Women Film [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Composer award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Actor award at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Directors Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Score award at the 2008 Los Angeles Film Critics Association [ Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Music award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Winner of the Best Visual Effects award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2008 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Dallas/Fort Worth Film Critics Associat Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Costume Design award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Producers Guild of America [Festival/A Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Cinematography award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Makeup and Hair award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2008 Houston Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting British Actress award at the 2008 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Original Score award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Screenplay award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2008 Houston Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Production Design award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Director award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Winner of the Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 National Board of Review [Festival/Awa Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2008 Screen Actors Guild [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 2008 Washington D.C. Film Critics Associatio Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 London Film Critics Association [Festi Awards.
- Winner of the Best Director award at the 2008 Vancouver Film Critics [Festival/Award Awards.
- Winner of the Best Makeup award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Chicago Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Sound Mixing award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Phoenix Film Critics Association [Fest Awards.
- Winner of the Best Cinematography award at the 2008 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture - Drama award at the 2008 Hollywood Foreign Press Association [F Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Broadcast Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 2008 Las Vegas Film Critics Association [Fe Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Supporting Actress award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Adapted Screenplay award at the 2008 British Academy of Film and Television Awards.
- Nominated for a Best Picture award at the 2008 Association, Southeastern Film Critics Awards.
- Winner of the Best Supporting Actress award at the 2008 Austin Film Critics [Festival/Award] Awards.
- Winner of the Best Art Direction award at the 2008 Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Scie Awards.
- Winner of the Best Picture award at the 2008 St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Associat Awards.
Distributor
- Paramount Home Entertainment
- Paramount Pictures
