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The Resource The curious case of Benjamin Button, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Kennedy/Marshall production ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin ; screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; directed by David Fincher, (videorecording)

The curious case of Benjamin Button, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Kennedy/Marshall production ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin ; screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; directed by David Fincher, (videorecording)

Label
The curious case of Benjamin Button
Title
The curious case of Benjamin Button
Statement of responsibility
Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Kennedy/Marshall production ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin ; screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; directed by David Fincher
Contributor
Subject
Genre
Language
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • fre
  • spa
  • eng
  • eng
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 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 dies in childbirth, Benjamin is 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 they finally match up in age. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for Caroline to read
Cataloging source
TEFMT
Characteristic
videorecording
Credits note
Director of photography, Claudio Miranda ; editors, Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall ; music, Alexandre Desplat
Intended audience
MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking
Language note
English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned
PerformerNote
Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemyng, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Jared Harris, Elias Koteas, Phyllis Somerville, Tilda Swinton
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
  • 1954-
  • 1945-
  • 1963-
  • 1969-
  • 1961-
  • 1961-
  • 1896-1940
http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
  • Kennedy, Kathleen
  • Marshall, Frank
  • Chaffin, Ceán
  • Roth, Eric
  • Swicord, Robin
  • Fincher, David
  • Pitt, Brad
  • Blanchett, Cate
  • Henson, Taraji P
  • Ormond, Julia
  • Flemyng, Jason
  • Ali, Mahershalalhashbaz
  • Koteas, Elias
  • Harris, Jared
  • Somerville, Phyllis
  • Swinton, Tilda
  • Desplat, Alexandre
  • Fitzgerald, F. Scott
  • Paramount Pictures Corporation
  • Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
  • Kennedy/Marshall Company
  • Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
Runtime
165
http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
  • Infants
  • Human beings
  • Man-woman relationships
  • Adoptive parents
  • Diaries
  • Niños lactantes
  • Relaciones hombre-mujer
  • Fiction films
Technique
live action
Label
The curious case of Benjamin Button, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Kennedy/Marshall production ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin ; screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; directed by David Fincher, (videorecording)
Instantiates
Publication
Note
  • From the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2008
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Control code
310781322
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (165 min.)
Isbn
9781415748619
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
097363337249
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
  • 33372
  • 333724
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)310781322
System details
DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD
Label
The curious case of Benjamin Button, Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Kennedy/Marshall production ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin ; screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; directed by David Fincher, (videorecording)
Publication
Note
  • From the short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald
  • Originally released as a motion picture in 2008
Color
multicolored
Configuration of playback channels
quadrophonic multichannel or surround
Control code
310781322
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Dimensions
other
Extent
1 videodisc (165 min.)
Isbn
9781415748619
Medium for sound
videodisc
Other control number
097363337249
Other physical details
sd., col.
Publisher number
  • 33372
  • 333724
Sound on medium or separate
sound on medium
Specific material designation
videodisc
System control number
(OCoLC)310781322
System details
DVD, widescreen; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround
Video recording format
DVD

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