Adapted from the classic 1920's story by F. Scott Fitzgerald The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button stars Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button - a man born in his eighties who ages backwards! The film follows Benjamin's story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918, into the twenty-first century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, "Benjamin Button," is a time traveler's tale of the people and places he bumps into along the way, the loves he loses and finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.
Directed by
David Fincher
Written by
Eric Roth (screenplay); Eric Roth (screen story); Robin Swicord (screen story).
Starring
Cate Blanchett (Daisy); Julia Ormond (Caroline); Faune A. Chambers (Dorothy Baker); Elias Koteas (Monsieur Gateau); Donna DuPlantier (Blanche Devereux); Jacob Tolano (Martin Gateau (as Jacob Wood)); Earl Maddox (Man at Train Station); Ed Metzger (Teddy Roosevelt); Jason Flemyng (Thomas Button); Danny Vinson (Priest Giving Last Rites); David Jensen (Doctor at Benjamin's Birth); Joeanna Sayler (Caroline Button); Taraji P. Henson (Queenie); Mahershalalhashbaz Ali (Tizzy); Fiona Hale (Mrs. Hollister). Please contact SFC to add other cast members and characters.
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