The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Starring: Pitt, Brad and Blanchett, Cate

Product Description

"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in 1918, into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, "Benjamin Button," is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.

• Format: DVD
• Language: English
• UPC: 883929303625
• Release Date: January 2013
• Rating: PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
• Publisher: Studio Distribution Servi
• Director: Fincher, David
• Starring: Pitt, Brad, Blanchett, Cate
• Runtime: 2 hours, 46 minutes
• Number of Disks: 1
• Other Video Info: DVD
• Weight: 0.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 7.5" x 5.4"
• Age Range: 13 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 8 and higher

Customer Reviews

Some people dance.

This is not normally my type of movie. Moreover, Brad Pitt is not always my favorite actor. Yet he knows how to pick movies with a character that is made just for him. This movie definitely is. The basic premise is simple. It is of a person, Benjamin Button, who was born old and becomes younger with time. We get to follow his life through a series of flashbacks in which the reader eventually realizes she is his daughter. The storyline is simple, but what makes the movie is the presentation, from the color to the sound to the great acting. This is one of those movies that does not take you very long to forget that you are watching a movie, and it makes you feel like you're part of it. Be sure to watch the movie again with the voiceover by David Fincher, and you will see what he is trying to portray and how well he does it. The cinema presentation is loosely based on a story by F. Scott Fitzgerald. I have only seen the Blu-Ray Criterion version of this film, so I cannot comment on the others.