THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON (2008) - PREVIEW

The Curious Case Of Benjamin Button (2008)

Starring: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Taraji P. Henson, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas, Julia Ormond
Director: David Fincher
Rated: Unrated
U.S. Opening Date: December 19th, 2008

THEY SAY

"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins Benjamin Button, adapted from the classic 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. We follow his 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.

WE SAY

A regular plot device — about someone ageing backwards — in literary sci-fi. Author Dan Simmons recently used it in his Hyperion books, for instance. But it’s probably the first time it’s attempted for the movies.

Anyway, it’d be interesting to see what Fight Club and Seven director David Fincher will do with the material. We just hope that the ageing make-up effects aren’t too cheesy . . .

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