Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) is born as an old man. Queenie (Taraji P. Henson) takes him in as her own. He ages in reverse. In Queenie’s nursing home, one of the residents has a grandchild called Daisy (Cate Blanchett), whom he meets and befriends. They fall in love eventually. However, at one point he also carries on an affair with Elizabeth Abbott (Tilda Swinton), who is married. He tends to act passively while Daisy is more aggressive. Benjamin’s unusual life is shown as he becomes a sailor and also a lover of motorcycles. Benjamin’s life is recorded in a diary, which Daisy’s daughter Caroline (Julia Ormond) reads to her when Daisy is near the end of her life.
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Cate Blanchett | Daisy |
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Brad Pitt | Benjamin Button |
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Julia Ormond | Caroline |
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Faune A. Chambers | Dorothy Baker |
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Elias Koteas | Monsieur Gateau |
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Donna DuPlantier | Blanche Devereux |
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Jacob Tolano | Martin Gateau |
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Earl Maddox | Man at Train Station |
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Ed Metzger | Teddy Roosevelt |
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Jason Flemyng | Thomas Button |
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Danny Vinson | Priest Giving Last Rites |
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David Jensen | Doctor at Benjamin's Birth |
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Joeanna Sayler | Caroline Button |
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Taraji P. Henson | Queenie |
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Mahershalalhashbaz Ali | Tizzy |
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Fiona Hale | Mrs. Hollister |
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Patrick Thomas O'Brien | Dr. Rose |
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Marion Zinser | Mrs. Horton |
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Peter Donald Badalamenti II | Benjamin 1928-31 |
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Danny Nelson | General Winston |
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Paula Gray | Sybil Wagner |
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Lance E. Nichols | Preacher |
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Rampai Mohadi | Ngunda Oti |
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Troi Bechet | Filamena Gilea |
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Phyllis Somerville | Grandma Fuller |
| Director | David Fincher |
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| Writer | Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, F. Scott Fitzgerald | |
| Producer | Cean Chaffin, Jim Davidson, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Peter Mavromates, Marykay Powell, Sara Spring, Tommy Turtle | |
| Musician | Alexandre Desplat | |
| Photography | Claudio Miranda | |
| Edition | The Criterion Collection |
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| Packaging | HD Case |
| Nr Discs | 2 |
| Screen Ratios | Theatrical Widescreen (2.40:1) |
| Audio Tracks | Dolby Digital 5.1 [French] Dolby Digital 5.1 [Spanish] Dolby Digital 5.1 [English] DTS-HD Master Audio 5.1 [English] |
| Subtitles | English | French | Spanish |
| Distributor | Paramount Pictures |
| Layers | Single side, Dual layer |
| Edition Release Date | May 05, 2009 |
| Regions | Region 1 |
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| Index | 2521 |
| Added Date | Dec 12, 2012 01:15:23 |
| Modified Date | May 17, 2019 03:33:12 |