Caption

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

HDD0386

Year:

2008

Director:

David Fincher

Country:

USA

Seen:

Length:

2 hr(s) 46 min (166 min)

Language:

english

Mediatype:

DVD

Owner:

Magical

Rating:

 (8.1)

MPAA:

Rated PG-13 for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking.
Rated PG-13

Genres:

Drama
Fantasy
Mystery
Romance

Plot:

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 born an old man who was diagnosed with several aged 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.

Cast:

Cate Blanchett
Daisy
Julia Ormond
Caroline
Faune A. Chambers
Dorothy Baker
Elias Koteas
Monsieur Gateau
Donna DuPlantier
Blanche Devereux
Jacob Tolano
Martin Gateau (as Jacob Wood)
Earl Maddox
Man at Train Station
Ed Metzger
Teddy Roosevelt
Jason Flemyng
Thomas Button
Danny Vinson
Priest Giving Last Rites
David Jensen
Doctor at Benjamin's Birth
Joeanna Sayler
Caroline Button
Taraji P. Henson
Queenie
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali
Tizzy
Fiona Hale
Mrs. Hollister
Patrick Thomas O'Brien
Dr. Rose
Danny Nelson
General Winston
Marion Zinser
Mrs. Horton
Peter Donald Badalamenti II
Benjamin 1928-31
Paula Gray
Sybil Wagner
Lance E. Nichols
Preacher
Rampai Mohadi
Ngunda Oti
Troi Bechet
Filamena Gilea
Phyllis Somerville
Grandma Fuller
Elle Fanning
Daisy - Age 7
Ted Manson
Mr. Daws
Clay Cullen
Young Mr. Daws
Edith Ivey
Mrs. Maple
Robert Towers
Benjamin 1932-34
Jared Harris
Captain Mike
Sonya Leslie-Shepherd
Daisy's Nurse
Yasmine Abriel
Prostitute with Benjamin
Madisen Beaty
Daisy - Age 10
Tom Everett
Benjamin 1935-37
Don Creech
Prentiss Mayes
Joshua DesRoches
Rick Brody
Christopher Maxwell
Vic Brody
Richmond Arquette
John Grimm
Josh Stewart
Pleasant Curtis
Brad Pitt
Benjamin Button
Ilia Volok
Russian Interpreter
Tilda Swinton
Elizabeth Abbott
David Ross Paterson
Walter Abbott
Taren Cunningham
Young Elizabeth Abbott
Myrton Running Wolf
Dennis Smith
Stephen Taylor
Sailor (as Stephen Monroe Taylor)
Devyn A. Tyler
Queenie's Daughter - Age 14
Adrian Armas
David
Wilbur Fitzgerald
TV Reporter
Ashley Nolan
Woman Doctor
Louis Herthum
Man at Caroline's Party
Katta Hules
Caroline - Age 12
Rus Blackwell
Robert Williams
Joel Bissonnette
David Hernandez
Deneen Tyler
Queenie's Daughter - Age 40
Spencer Daniels
Benjamin Button - Age 12
Chandler Canterbury
Benjamin Button - Age 8
Charles Henry Wyson
Benjamin Button - Age 6
Jessica Cropper
Featured Dancer #1
Katherine Crockett
Featured Dancer #2
Craig Sawyer
Chelsea crewman
Leslie Augustine
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Aliane Baquerot
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Dewayne Bateman
Family member (uncredited)
Brett Beoubay
1918 Police Officer (uncredited)
Eve Brent
Old woman (uncredited)
Megan Brown
Woman Kissing Benjamin (uncredited)
Melissa Cabrera
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Clay Chamberlin
The Grumpy Sailor (uncredited)
Bianca Chiminello
Ballerina who ties up shoe lace (uncredited)
Lauri Christi
Walk of Shame Girl (uncredited)
Emma Degerstedt
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Walter Delmar
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Louis Dupuy
Taxi Driver (uncredited)
Joe Fontana
Shrimper (uncredited)
Garrett Forbes
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Debby Gaudet
Restaurant Patron (uncredited)
Simone-Elise Girard
Parisian woman (uncredited)
Geraldine Glenn
Family member (uncredited)
Victoria Goulet
Russian Barmaid (uncredited)
Malerie Grady
Ballet dancer (uncredited)
Derrick Guidry
Man in Church (uncredited)
Bob Harter
Man who buys Button house (uncredited)
Aaron Jennings Hartnell
American Ballet Theatre Judge (uncredited)
Tim Harvey
Soda Jerk (uncredited)
Emily Howe
French Nurse (uncredited)
Rhonda Huete
Button Factory Worker (uncredited)
Grant James
Joking Old Man (uncredited)
Christopher Karl Johnson
Medical Officer on Librty Ship (uncredited)
Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
Benjamin Button at the end of his life (uncredited)
Jeffrey Scott Jones
Submarine Gunner (uncredited)
Nadyia Jones
Loft Dancer (uncredited)
Jonathan Lane
Usher at Theater (uncredited)
Cynthia LeBlanc
Waitress (uncredited)
Elton LeBlanc
Ambulance Driver (uncredited)
Naima Imani Lett
Madame at whorehouse (uncredited)
Heather Lipson
Ballerina - Audition / Fouette turns (uncredited)
Kevin Lorio
Streetcar Driver (uncredited)
Audrey Lynn
1920's Woman Strolling by Window (uncredited)
Alec Mazo
Daisy's Boyfriend (uncredited)
Angelina McCoy
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Jay Oliver
Nolan House Resident (uncredited)
Michael Owens
Ballet master (uncredited)
Nick Reasons
Party Goer (uncredited)
Ross Rouillier
1918 U.S. Lieutenant (uncredited)
Robert W. Savina
Man in rowboat (uncredited)
Chaz Smith
Dock worker (uncredited)
Terry Lee Smith
Rower (uncredited)
Lauren Swinney
Mrs. Carter - "Queeny's dead" (uncredited)
Jennifer Toffel
Head Nurse (uncredited)
Daniel Vincent
Man walking past Benjamin (uncredited)
Gelsey Weiss
Dancer (uncredited)
Autumn Withers
Dancer (uncredited)
Brianna Womick
Ballet Dancer (uncredited)
Michael Wozniak
World War I Officer (uncredited)