The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

David Fincher's The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, an adaptation of F. Scott Fitzgerald's story, re-teams the director with Brad Pitt, who takes on the title role. What makes Button such a curious case is that when he is born in New Orleans just after World War I, he is already in his eighties, ...more

In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, time is on Brad Pitt's side. The classic Rolling Stones song could be the theme to this film adaptation F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story. However, even as much as Mr. Jagger's line fits, the movie comes off like a more intriguing and edgier Forrest Gump. Pitt plays Benjamin Button, a man "born under unusual circumstances." Benjamin is born as an old man in an infant's physical shell. His mother dies during childbirth, and his father leaves him on the ...more

Think back a bit. How many times have you heard an old man spout that time-honored cliché, "If I knew then what I know now, things would have been a lot different growing up." In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, a man has the extremely rare opportunity to do just that. Adapted from author F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story by director David Fincher and Oscar-winning screenwriter Eric Roth (Munich, Forrest Gump), the film allows us to take two journeys simultaneously -- one physical, and the ...more

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Nominee - 81st Oscars®:
Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Brad Pitt
Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role - Taraji P. Henson
Achievement in Art Direction
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in Costume Design
Achievement in Directing
Achievement in Film Editing
Achievement in Makeup
Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Best Motion Picture of the Year
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Achievement in Visual Effects
Adapted Screenplay