The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments"I was born under unusual circumstances".
Life can only be understood backward. It must be lived forward.
Time is passing, even backwards.
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On the day that Hurricane Katrina hits New Orleans, elderly Daisy Williams (nee Fuller) is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud the diary of Daisy’s lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin’s diary recounts his entire extraordinary life, the primary unusual aspect of which was his aging backwards, being diagnosed with several aging diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival, but who does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by his biological father, Thomas Button, after Benjamin’s biological mother died in childbirth, Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home. Daisy’s grandmother was a resident at that home, 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 in age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin’s diary are difficult for Caroline to read, especially as it relates to the time past this reconnection between Benjamin and Daisy, when Daisy gets older and Benjamin grows younger into his childhood years.
As she lay dying in a hospital bed on the eve of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans, an elderly woman asks her daughter Caroline to read from a diary left to her by a man named Benjamin. Born on the same day World War I ended, Benjamin Button’s mother died giving birth to him. As a newborn, he was old and wrinkled and his horrified father Thomas Button leaves him on the doorstep of an old folk’s home. Benjamin fits in well for, despite his young age, he looked as old as most of the residents. Benjamin soon realizes that he is growing younger, not older however. Early on, he meets the love of his life, Daisy, a beautiful red-haired, green-eyed child who grows into a beautiful woman while Benjamin grows into a handsome young man. Their lives take many different turns and making a life together is long in coming. It also is of limited duration given their ultimately different fates.
Director
David Fincher
Writer
Eric Roth, Eric Roth, Robin Swicord, F. Scott Fitzgerald
Producer
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Casting
Cate Blanchett as Daisy, Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button, Julia Ormond as Caroline, Faune A. Chambers as Dorothy Baker (as Faune Chambers), Elias Koteas as Monsieur Gateau, Donna Duplantier as Blanche Devereux, Jacob Tolano as Martin Gateau (as Jacob Wood), Earl Maddox as Man at Train Station, Ed Metzger as Teddy Roosevelt, Jason Flemyng as Thomas Button, Danny Vinson as Priest Giving Last Rites, David Jensen as Doctor at Benjamin's Birth, Joeanna Sayler as Caroline Button, Taraji P. Henson as Queenie, Mahershala Ali as Tizzy (as Mahershalalhashbaz Ali), Fiona Hale as Mrs. Hollister, Patrick Thomas O'Brien as Dr. Rose, Marion Zinser as Mrs. Horton, Peter Donald Badalamenti II as Benjamin 1928-31 (as Peter Badalamenti), Danny Nelson as General Winston, Paula Gray as Sybil Wagner, Lance E. Nichols as Preacher (as Lance Nichols), Rampai Mohadi as Ngunda Oti, Troi Bechet as Filamena Gilea, Phyllis Somerville as Grandma Fuller, Elle Fanning as Daisy Age 7, Ted Manson as Mr. Daws, Clay Cullen as Young Mr. Daws, Edith Ivey as Mrs. Maple, Robert Towers as Benjamin 1932-34, Jared Harris as Captain Mike, Sonya Leslie-Shepherd as Daisy's Nurse (as Sonya Leslie), Yasmine Abriel as Prostitute with Benjamin, Madisen Beaty as Daisy Age 10, Tom Everett as Benjamin 1935-37, Don Creech as Prentiss Mayes, Christopher Maxwell as Vic Brody, Joshua DesRoches as Rick Brody, Richmond Arquette as John Grimm, Josh Stewart as Pleasant Curtis, Ilia Volok as Russian Interpreter, Tilda Swinton as Elizabeth Abbott, David Ross Paterson as Walter Abbott, Taren Cunningham as Young Elizabeth Abbott, Myrton Running Wolf as Dennis Smith, Stephen Taylor as Sailor (as Stephen Monroe Taylor), Devyn A. Tyler as Queenie's Daughter Age 14 (as Devyn Tyler), Adrian Armas as David, Wilbur Fitzgerald as TV Reporter, Ashley Nolan as Woman Doctor, Louis Herthum as Man at Caroline's Party, Katta Hules as Caroline Age 12, Rus Blackwell as Robert Williams, Joel Bissonnette as David Hernandez, Deneen Tyler as Queenie's Daughter Age 40 (as Deneen D. Tyler), Spencer Daniels as Benjamin Age 12 - in the year 1991, Chandler Canterbury as Benjamin Age 8 - in the year 1995, Charles Henry Wyson as Benjamin Age 6 - in the year 1997, Jessica Cropper as Featured Dancer, Katherine Crockett as Featured Dancer, Leslie Augustine as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Blake Balu as Restaurant Patron (uncredited), Aliane Baquerot as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Dewayne Bateman as Family Member (uncredited), Brett Beoubay as 1918 Police Officer (uncredited), Eve Brent as Old Woman (uncredited), Megan Brown as Woman Kissing Benjamin (uncredited), Melissa Cabrera as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Clay Chamberlin as The Grumpy Sailor (uncredited), Bianca Chiminello as Ballerina Who Ties Up Shoelace (uncredited), Lauri Christi as Walk of Shame Girl (uncredited), Emma Degerstedt as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Walter Delmar as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Louis Dupuy as Taxi Driver (uncredited), Marian Filali as Hospital Receptionist (uncredited), Joe Fontana as Shrimper (uncredited), Garrett Forbes as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Debby Gaudet as Restaurant Patron (uncredited), Simone-Elise Girard as Parisian Woman (uncredited), Geraldine Glenn as Family Member (uncredited), Zuri Goldman as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Victoria Goulet as Russian Barmaid (uncredited), Malerie Grady as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Derrick Guidry as Man in Church (uncredited), Bob Harter as Man Who Buys Button House (uncredited), Aaron Jennings Hartnell as American Ballet Theatre Judge (uncredited), Tim Harvey as Soda Jerk (uncredited), Emily Howe as French Nurse (uncredited), Rhonda Huete as Button Factory Worker (uncredited), Grant James as Joking Old Man (uncredited), Christopher Karl Johnson as Medical Officer on Liberty Ship (uncredited), Shiloh Jolie-Pitt as Caroline as Baby (uncredited), Jeffrey Scott Jones as Submarine Gunner (uncredited), Nadyia Jones as Loft Dancer (uncredited), Antonia Kanischtscheff as J.Meranda (voice) (uncredited), Jonathan Lane as Usher at Theater (uncredited), Cynthia LeBlanc as Waitress (uncredited), Elton LeBlanc as Ambulance Driver (uncredited), Naima Lett as Madam (uncredited), Heather Lipson as Ballerina - Audition / Fouette turns (uncredited), Kevin Lorio as Streetcar Driver (uncredited), Audrey Lynn as 1920's Woman Strolling by Window (uncredited), Alec Mazo as Daisy's Boyfriend (uncredited), Angelina McCoy as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Jay Oliver as Nolan House Resident (uncredited), Michael Owens as Ballet Master (uncredited), Nick Reasons as Party Goer (uncredited), Ross Rouillier as 1918 U.S. Lieutenant (uncredited), Robert W. Savina as Man in Rowboat (uncredited), Craig Sawyer as Chelsea Crewman (uncredited), Andy Sims as Man in Wheelchair (uncredited), Chaz Smith as Dock Worker (uncredited), Logan Douglas Smith as Neighbor / Son of Nursing Home Elder (uncredited), Terry Lee Smith as Rower (uncredited), Lauren Swinney as Mrs. Carter (uncredited), Jennifer Toffel as Head Nurse (uncredited), Yvette Tucker as Carousel Dancer #3 (uncredited), Daniel Vincent as Man Walking Past Benjamin (uncredited), Gelsey Weiss as Dancer (uncredited), Autumn Withers as Dancer (uncredited), Brianna Womick as Ballet Dancer (uncredited), Michael Wozniak as World War I Officer (uncredited)
