Criterion’s Best Picture Oscar Nominees
February 22, 2012
Film Info
- United States
- 2008
- 165 minutes
- Color
- 2.40:1
- English
- Spine #476
“I was born under unusual circumstances . . .” Thus begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, the Academy Award–winning film starring Brad Pitt as a man who is born in his eighties and ages backward, and Cate Blanchett as the woman he is destined to love forever. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a monumental journey—as unusual as it is epic—that follows Benjamin’s remarkable adventure of romance and redemption from the end of World War I through the twenty-first century. Directed by David Fincher, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a powerful testament to life and death, love and loss.
Cast
| Benjamin Button | Brad Pitt |
| Daisy | Cate Blanchett |
| Queenie | Taraji P. Henson |
| Caroline | Julia Ormond |
| Thomas Button | Jason Flemyng |
| Tizzy | Mahershalalhashbaz Ali |
| Captain Mike | Jared Harris |
| Monsieur Gateau | Elias Koteas |
| Grandma Fuller | Phyllis Somerville |
| Elizabeth Abbott | Tilda Swinton |
Credits
| Director | David Fincher |
| Screenplay | Eric Roth |
| Screen story by | Eric Roth and Robin Swicord |
| From the short story by | F. Scott Fitzgerald |
| Produced by | Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin |
| Director of photography | Claudio Miranda |
| Production design | Donald Graham Burt |
| Editing | Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall |
| Costume designer | Jacqueline West |
| Music | Alexandre Desplat |
| Sound designer | Ren Klyce |
| Casting by | Laray Mayfield |
| Music conducted by | Alexandre Desplat |
Disc Features
AVAILABLE IN BOTH DOUBLE-DVD AND BLU-RAY DIRECTOR-APPROVED EDITIONS:
- Interviews with Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett
- Audio commentary featuring Academy Award-nominated director David Fincher
- Never-before-seen footage revealing the innovative techniques behind the Academy Award–winning visual effects and makeup
- Step-by-step examination of the motion-capture process aging Brad Pitt
- In-depth exploration of David Fincher’s creative process on the set
- Interview with acclaimed composer Alexandre Desplat about the score
- Featurettes on the film’s storyboards, costumes, and Academy Award–winning art direction
- Stills galleries, including costume design and candid behind-the-scenes production photos
- Optional French- and Spanish-dubbed soundtracks
- Optional English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing, and optional French and Spanish subtitles
- PLUS: An essay by film critic Kent Jones
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The Vision Is In the Details: On Working With David Fincher
June 03, 2009
We’ve pieced together comments from production designer Donald Burt and property master Hope . . . Read more »
Features
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By June 03, 2009
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button property master Hope Parrish writes: “When it came to the . . . Read more »
Film Essays
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