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. 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.
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Film Cast:

• Benjamin Button: Brad Pitt
• Daisy Fuller: Cate Blanchett
• Queenie: Taraji P. Henson
• Caroline Fuller: Julia Ormond
• Thomas Button: Jason Flemyng
• Tizzy Weathers: Mahershala Ali
• Captain Mike: Jared Harris
• Monsieur Gateau: Elias Koteas
• Grandma Fuller: Phyllis Somerville
• Elizabeth Abbott: Tilda Swinton
• Dorothy Baker: Faune Chambers
• Blanche Devereux: Donna DuPlantier
• Martin Gateau: Jacob Tolano
• Man at Train Station: Earl Maddox
• Teddy Roosevelt: Ed Metzger
• Priest Giving Last Rites: Danny Vinson
• Doctor at Benjamin’s Birth: David Jensen
• Caroline Button: Joeanna Sayler
• Mrs. Hollister: Fiona Hale
• Dr. Rose: Patrick Thomas O’Brien
• Mrs. Horton: Marion Zinser
• Benjamin 1928-31: Peter Donald Badalamenti II
• General Winston: Danny Nelson
• Sybil Wagner: Paula Gray
• Preacher: Lance E. Nichols
• Ngunda Oti: Rampai Mohadi
• Filamena Gilea: Troi Bechet
• Daisy Age 7: Elle Fanning
• Mr. Daws: Ted Manson
• Young Mr. Daws: Clay Cullen
• Mrs. Maple: Edith Ivey
• Benjamin 1932-34: Robert Towers
• Daisy’s Nurse: Sonya Leslie
• Prostitute with Benjamin: Yasmine Abriel
• Daisy Age 10: Madisen Beaty
• Benjamin 1935-37: Tom Everett
• Prentiss Mayes: Don Creech
• Rick Brody: Christopher DesRoches
• Vic Brody: Joshua Desroches
• John Grimm: Richmond Arquette
• Pleasant Curtis: Josh Stewart
• Russian Interpreter: Ilia Volok
• Walter Abbott: David Ross Paterson
• Young Elizabeth Abbott: Taren Cunningham
• Dennis Smith: Myrton Running Wolf
• Sailor: Stephen Monroe Taylor
• Queenie’s Daughter Age 14: Devyn A. Tyler
• David: Adrian Armas
• TV Reporter: Wilbur Fitzgerald
• Woman Doctor: Ashley Nolan
• Man at Caroline’s Party: Louis Herthum
• Caroline Age 12: Katta Hules
• Robert Williams: Rus Blackwell
• David Hernandez: Joel Bissonnette
• Queenie’s Daughter Age 40: Deneen Tyler
• Benjamin Age 12: Spencer Daniels
• Benjamin Age 8: Chandler Canterbury
• Benjamin Age 6: Charles Henry Wyson
• Featured Dancer: Jessica Cropper
• Featured Dancer: Katherine Crockett
• Ballerina Who Ties Up Shoelace (uncredited): Bianca Chiminello
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Emma Degerstedt
• Woman Kissing Benjamin (uncredited): Megan Brown
• The Grumpy Sailor (uncredited): Clay Chamberlin
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Leslie Augustine
• Restaurant Patron (uncredited): Blake Balu
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Aliane Baquerot
• 1918 Police Officer (uncredited): Brett Beoubay
• Teddy Roosevelt’s Secret Service Agent (uncredited): Allen Boudreaux
• Old Woman (uncredited): Eve Brent
• U.S. Lieutenant (uncredited): David E. Brown
• Sailor (uncredited): Jake Carpenter
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Walter Delmar
• Taxi Driver (uncredited): Louis Dupuy
• Hospital Receptionist (uncredited): Marian Filali
• Bartender (uncredited): Ron Flagge
• Shrimper (uncredited): Joe Fontana
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Garrett Forbes
• Girl on Street (uncredited): Tiffany Forest
• Restaurant Patron (uncredited): Debby Gaudet
• Parisian Woman (uncredited): Simone-Elise Girard
• Family Member (uncredited): Geraldine Glenn
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Zuri Goldman
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Malerie Grady
• Man Who Buys Button House (uncredited): Bob Harter
• Button Factory Worker (uncredited): Rhonda Huete
• Joking Old Man (uncredited): Grant James
• Medical Officer on Liberty Ship (uncredited): Christopher Karl Johnson
• Caroline as Baby (uncredited): Shiloh Jolie-Pitt
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Spencer Kayden
• Usher at Theater (uncredited): Jonathan Lane
• Waitress (uncredited): Cynthia LeBlanc
• Ambulance Driver (uncredited): Elton LeBlanc
• Dancer (uncredited): Shane LeCocq
• Streetcar Driver (uncredited): Kevin Lorio
• 1920’s Woman Strolling by Window (uncredited): Audrey Lynn
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Angelina McCoy
• Soldier (uncredited): Harlon Miller
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Valeska Miller
• Nolan House Resident (uncredited): Jay Oliver
• J. Meranda (voice) (uncredited): Antonia Putiloff
• Russian Soldier (uncredited): Sean Ross
• 1918 U.S. Lieutenant (uncredited): Ross Rouillier
• Man in Rowboat (uncredited): Robert W. Savina
• Man in Wheelchair (uncredited): Andy Sims
• Dock Worker (uncredited): Chaz Smith
• Neighbor / Son of Nursing Home Elder (uncredited): Logan Douglas Smith
• Rower (uncredited): Terry Lee Smith
• Mrs. Carter (uncredited): Lauren Swinney
• Grave Digger (uncredited): Dennis Thomas IV
• Taxi Driver (uncredited): Michel Thériault
• Carousel Dancer (uncredited): Yvette Tucker
• Dancer (uncredited): Gelsey Weiss
• Dancer (uncredited): Autumn Withers
• Ballet Dancer (uncredited): Brianna Womick
• World War I Officer (uncredited): Michael Wozniak

Film Crew:

• Screenplay: Eric Roth
• Producer: Kathleen Kennedy
• Producer: Frank Marshall
• Original Music Composer: Alexandre Desplat
• Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
• Visual Effects Designer: Colin Strause
• Visual Effects Designer: Greg Strause
• Director: David Fincher
• Producer: Ceán Chaffin
• Casting: Laray Mayfield
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Ren Klyce
• ADR Mixer: Doc Kane
• Key Set Costumer: Donna O’Neal
• Art Direction: Michele Laliberte
• Dialect Coach: Tim Monich
• Location Casting: Andrea Kenyon
• Editor: Angus Wall
• Assistant Costume Designer: Marjorie McCown
• Production Design: Donald Graham Burt
• Art Direction: Randy Moore
• Special Effects Coordinator: Ryal Cosgrove
• Novel: F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Leadman: Freddy Waff
• Makeup Effects Designer: Greg Cannom
• Director of Photography: Claudio Miranda
• ADR Mixer: Peter Gleaves
• Second Unit Director: Tarsem Singh
• Assistant Set Decoration: Kristin Bicksler
• Supervising Art Director: Tom Reta
• Special Effects Coordinator: Burt Dalton
• Matte Painter: Shahen Jordan
• Hair Department Head: Colleen Callaghan
• Choreographer: Michelle Johnston
• Color Timer: David Orr
• Key Grip: Sanjay Sami
• Costume Mistress: Josée Boisvert
• Transportation Coordinator: Philippe Montel
• CG Supervisor: Dan Abrams
• Costume Design: Jacqueline West
• Art Direction: Scott Plauche
• Editor: Kirk Baxter
• Art Direction: Kelly Curley
• Conceptual Illustrator: Kasra Farahani
• Set Costumer: Claire Hedlund
• Foley Artist: John Roesch
• Stunt Coordinator: Mickey Giacomazzi
• Assistant Hairdresser: Ghislaine Sant
• Still Photographer: Merrick Morton
• Location Manager: William Doyle
• Assistant Art Director: Aaron Haye
• Set Costumer: Donna Chance
• Location Casting: Randi Wells
• Lighting Technician: Jean-François Dasylva-LaRue
• Costumer: Sarah Larson
• Assistant Property Master: Ryan Martin Dwyer
• Sound Mix Technician: Zach Martin
• Stunt Coordinator: Marc Désourdy
• Set Dresser: Kenneth Chauvin
• Key Makeup Artist: Diane Simard
• Set Costumer: Betsy Glick
• Set Costumer: Jennifer Kamrath
• Set Costumer: Linda Gardar
• Makeup Department Head: Jean Ann Black
• Costume Supervisor: Cheryl Beasley Blackwell
• Set Dresser: Paul Blanchard
• Visual Effects Producer: Andy Foster
• Props: Leonard Marchand
• Senior Visual Effects Supervisor: Nathan McGuinness
• Art Department Coordinator: Chere Theriot
• Set Designer: Lorrie Campbell
• Visual Effects Producer: Robin L. D’Arcy
• Assistant Set Decoration: Missy Parker
• Set Designer: Tammy S. Lee
• VFX Artist: Patrick Finley
• VFX Lighting Artist: Emerito Trevino
• Set Designer: Clint Wallace
• Greensman: David Keith Broome
• Set Designer: Randall D. Wilkins
• ADR Supervisor: Gwendolyn Yates Whittle
• Studio Teachers: Judith M. Brown
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Michael Semanick
• VFX Artist: Chris Norpchen
• Assistant Art Director: Vincent Gingras-Liberali
• Assistant Art Director: Félix Larivière-Charron
• Construction Coordinator: Jonas Kirk
• Set Costumer: Jay Cheng
• Dialogue Editor: Richard Quinn
• Property Master: Hope M. Parrish
• Set Designer: Masako Masuda
• Music Editor: Joe E. Rand
• Techno Crane Operator: Kenny Rivenbark
• Costumer: Malikka Coston
• Location Manager: David Ross McCarty
• Leadman: Michael A. Johnson
• Lighting Technician: Dan Goyens
• Visual Effects Producer: Thomas Nittmann
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Edson Williams
• Gaffer: John Lewin
• Script Supervisor: Sharron Reynolds-Enriquez
• Assistant Art Director: Nithya Shrinivasan
• Sculptor: J. Bryan Holloway
• Sculptor: Kenneth Garrett
• Foley Artist: Alyson Dee Moore
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Craig Barron
• Visual Effects Producer: Ken Rogerson
• Underwater Director of Photography: Pete Romano
• Visual Effects Editor: Mohsen Eletreby
• Set Designer: Ryan Heck
• Visual Effects Producer: Jon Grinberg
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Matt McDonald
• Construction Foreman: Marvin Salsberg
• Wardrobe Assistant: Alexandra Eagle
• Art Department Coordinator: Doris Simard
• Key Costumer: Monica Haynes
• Animation: Patrick Perez
• Hairstylist: Donna Spahn
• Electrician: Tarik Naim Alherimi
• Transportation Coordinator: Tommy Tancharoen
• Hairstylist: Yolanda Mercadel
• Visual Effects Coordinator: John Polyson
• Sound Re-Recording Mixer: David Parker
• Greensman: Michael Arena
• Digital Intermediate Producer: Adam Ohl
• Visual Effects Editor: Kosta Saric
• Picture Car Coordinator: Réal Hamel
• Wigmaker: Natasha Ladek
• Set Designer: Jane Wuu
• Key Hair Stylist: John Jack Curtin
• Lighting Technician: Larry Cottrill
• ADR Editor: Marilyn McCoppen
• Assistant Editor: Jackson Yu
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Chris Gallaher
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Christopher Dooly
• Greensman: Scott C. Bivona
• Hairstylist: Beatrice De Alba
• Key Hair Stylist: Susan V. Kalinowski
• Hairstylist: Donita Miller
• Key Makeup Artist: Jessica Anderson Crocker
• Key Makeup Artist: Fionagh Cush
• Makeup Artist: Elaine L. Offers
• Makeup Artist: Paige Reeves
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Will Huff
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Brian A. Jones
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Mark Nieman
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Alexei Dmitriew
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Art Pimentel
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Marie Régimbald
• Production Supervisor: Marc A. Hammer
• Art Department Coordinator: Lisa D. DiSanto
• Construction Foreman: Stuart John
• Greensman: Jeff Brown
• Greensman: Robert Joy
• Greensman: Dylan La Frenière
• Scenic Artist: Pavel Pesta
• Greensman: Véronique Piché
• Greensman: David Lee Toth
• Scenic Artist: Claire Hassig
• Sound Effects Editor: Malcolm Fife
• Sound Effects Editor: E. Larry Oatfield
• Animatronic and Prosthetic Effects: Jim Kundig
• CG Supervisor: Karl Denham
• CG Supervisor: Jonathan Litt
• CG Supervisor: Victor Lizarraga
• Visual Effects Producer: Lisa Beroud
• Visual Effects Producer: Samantha Mabie-Tuinstra
• Visual Effects Editor: Brian David Miller
• Visual Effects Producer: Tomas Pereira
• Visual Effects Producer: Ryan Zuttermeister
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Jason Schugardt
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Tim Hawkins
• Visual Effects Supervisor: Eric Barba
• Animation Supervisor: Paul Griffin
• Animation Supervisor: Piotr Karwas
• Animation Supervisor: Steve Preeg
• Camera Operator: Kim Marks
• Rigging Gaffer: Peter Mathys
• Set Costumer: Carrie Arakaki
• Set Costumer: Christine L. Cantella
• Set Costumer: Naomi Gathmann
• Set Costumer: Nino
• Set Costumer: Shelli Nishino
• Set Costumer: John H. Smith
• Set Costumer: Rachel A. Walker
• Music Editor: Marie Ebbing
• Transportation Coordinator: Valérie Binette
• Picture Car Coordinator: Tim Woods
• Dialect Coach: Joel Goldes
• Production Accountant: Gene Strange
• Production Coordinator: Mika Saito
• Makeup Artist: Stacey Herbert
• Digital Intermediate Assistant: Kathleen Largay
• Set Dresser: Vincent Aird
• ADR Recordist: Petra Bach
• Set Dresser: Caleb Guillotte
• ADR Mixer: Richard Calistan
• ADR Recordist: Krissopher Chevannes
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Christine Felman
• Set Dresser: Markus Wittman
• Key Hairdresser: Réjean Goderre
• Lead Animator: Matthias Wittmann
• Assistant Set Decoration: Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk
• Visual Effects: Hugo Dominguez
• Assistant Editor: Brent Joseph
• Draughtsman: Dave Kelsey
• Animation: Anthony Rizzo
• Foley Mixer: Mary Jo Lang
• Digital Compositor: Alberto Landeros
• Seamstress: Giselle Spence
• Animation: Matthew Hackett
• Foley Supervisor: Thom Brennan
• Assistant Editor: Alex Olivares
• 3D Supervisor: Chris Wells
• Carpenter: Mik Kastner
• Rigging Gaffer: Charles Beetz
• Assistant Costume Designer: Suzy Freeman
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Frank Spiziri
• Second Assistant Director: Allen Kupetsky
• Painter: Francesco Ferrara
• First Assistant Camera: Jonas Steadman
• Seamstress: Mary Ann Waterstradt
• Electrician: Sidney Brisco
• Set Dresser: Sidney J. Lambert
• First Assistant Camera: Christina Fiers
• Set Dresser: Nathan Haas
• Sound Mixer: Mark Weingarten
• Armorer: Morey Butler
• CG Artist: Glenn Cotter
• Lighting Technician: Stéphane Byl
• Modelling Supervisor: Yoshiya Yamada
• Carpenter: Daniel Coe
• Rigging Grip: Kiya Maggio
• Sound Mix Technician: Jurgen Scharpf
• Lead Animator: Steward Burris
• Production Coordinator: Hélène Muller
• Assistant Editor: Tyler Nelson
• Assistant Property Master: Paul Rylander
• Electrician: Kenneth J. Appel
• Makeup Artist: Carla Brenholtz
• Rigging Grip: David González
• Extras Casting Coordinator: Julie Breton
• Key Hair Stylist: Cyndra Dunn
• First Company Grip: Michael J. Coo
• Props: Teri Anne Kopp
• Hairstylist: Chantal Bergeron
• Rigging Grip: James Trapper McEvoy
• Makeup Artist: Allison Gordin
• Makeup Artist: Kellie Robinson
• Boom Operator: Lawrence L. Commans
• ADR Recordist: Doug Parker
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Chris McLeod
• Chief Lighting Technician: Chris Strong
• Marine Coordinator: Matthew H. O’Connor
• Grip: Mark P. Coo
• Production Controller: Jim Davidson
• Additional Casting: Thorsten Wedekind
• Textile Artist: Melissa Binder
• Grip: Jimi Ryan
• First Assistant Director: Bob Wagner
• Costumer: Valerie T. O’Brien
• Grip: Eric Mutz
• Digital Compositor: Marlo Pabon
• Colorist: Ed Twiford
• Set Dresser: Jason Perlander
• Dolly Grip: Michael Brennan
• Dolly Grip: Brian Rosso
• Set Dresser: Benoit Robitaille
• Boom Operator: Jean-Philippe Bérubé
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Wendy Pirotte
• Textile Artist: Lesley D. Wickham
• Armorer: Tony Didio Jr.
• Assistant Hairdresser: Raymonde Laliberté
• Grip: Derek A. Schwebel
• Electrician: Benoît Alarie
• Rigging Grip: Steven Huerstel
• Set Dresser: Allan Lane
• Key Grip: James Sweet
• Key Grip: Bertrand Dupuis
• Digital Compositor: Dan Cobbett
• Grip: John P. Cleveland
• Compositor: Todd R. Smith
• Hairstylist: Theresa A. Fleming
• Electrician: Dan Jones
• Matchmove Supervisor: Nowell Valeri
• VFX Artist: Craig Van Dyke
• Grip: Charles ‘Tom’ Hinson
• Seamstress: Patty Spinale
• Ager/Dyer: Ivory Stanton
• Compositing Supervisor: Paul Lambert
• Best Boy Grip: Ryan McGuire
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Charlie Bolwell
• Compositing Supervisor: Janelle Croshaw
• VFX Artist: Tracy Nicole Irwin
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Sarah Cave
• VFX Lighting Artist: Jared Brient
• Rigging Grip: Adam W. Erler
• Roto Supervisor: Elissa Bello
• Contact Lens Technician: Sean Kenney
• ADR Mixer: Bobby Johanson
• CG Artist: Morgan Trotter
• Casting Assistant: Alyssa Rand
• Utility Sound: Mark Fay
• Rigging Grip: Jason Erler
• Rigging Grip: Michael E. Pacheco
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Ruheene Masand
• Visual Effects Technical Director: Dan Bornstein
• Makeup Artist: Adelita Solorzano
• Grip: Barry Williamson
• Electrician: Tony Varuola
• VFX Artist: Junko Schugardt
• Carpenter: Jeffrey Scott Thomas
• Carpenter: Joe Walsh
• Rigging Grip: Luke Porterfield
• Rigging Grip: Franklin Jones II
• Rigging Grip: Gary Cadow
• Carpenter: Mark Haas
• Set Dresser: Alixandra Petrovich
• Compositor: Jaymie Lam
• Third Assistant Director: Carl Kouri
• Rigging Grip: David Sireika Jr.
• Digital Compositor: Christina Drahos
• Animation: Leonardo Martinez
• First Assistant Accountant: Jamie Daddio
• Rotoscoping Artist: Stephanie Sweeney
• Graphic Designer: Jane Fitts
• Compositor: Grantland Gears
• Assistant Chief Lighting Technician: Brian Fosnaugh
• Matte Painter: Robert Olsson
• Tailor: Michael Sloan
• Camera Loader: Matthew Gaumer
• Set Dresser: John Sanchez
• First Assistant Camera: Robert Smathers
• Second Second Assistant Director: Steve Lonano
• Set Dresser: Jose Fernando Varela
• Graphic Designer: Isabelle Côté
• Second Company Grip: Craig Kohtala
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Kyle Ware
• First Assistant Accountant: Nancy Klein
• Costumer: Chris Newlander
• Electrician: Loren Johnson
• Senior Digital Intermediate Colorist: Jan Yarbrough
• Production Secretary: Justin Groetsch
• Electrician: Renaldo Jackson
• Compositing Supervisor: Sonja Burchard
• Payroll Accountant: Irina Naydichev
• Best Boy Electrician: Jeff Scott
• Animation Supervisor: Joshua Cordes
• Key Costumer: Tom Numbers
• Production Coordinator: Scott Cler
• 3D Coordinator: Karl Rogovin
• Carpenter: Jason Wilson
• Second Second Assistant Director: Pete Waterman
• ADR Recordist: Jeannette Browning
• Special Effects Makeup Artist: Kazu Hiro
• Hairstylist: Ulla Gaudin
• Production Secretary: Kyle McGatlin
• Rotoscoping Artist: Joanna N. Goslicka
• Assistant Makeup Artist: Annick Legout
• Digital Compositor: Mevlana Rumi
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Perry Kain
• Set Dresser: Christopher Hayes
• Electrician: Bruce Jackson
• Painter: Sonda L. Rowland
• Rotoscoping Artist: Merlin Carroll
• Rigging Grip: Dustin Hiniker
• Grip: David Taylor
• Set Dresser: Billy Sender
• Makeup Artist: Eden Orfanos
• VFX Artist: Joshua H. Johnson
• Painter: Andrew H. Lewis
• Electrician: Ivan Allen
• Grip: Jack Kohtala
• Key Rigging Grip: Colin Noel
• Rigging Grip: Edward Darr
• Rigging Grip: Ryan Eddy
• Rigging Grip: W.F. Peterson
• Rigging Grip: Michael Nami Sr.
• Rigging Grip: Chad W. Landry
• Costumer: April Justin
• Costumer: Liz Larson
• Seamstress: Varsenik Vicky Antonyan
• Seamstress: Hermine Keossian
• Seamstress: Carmen Sevilla-Torres
• Seamstress: Niamh Butler
• Seamstress: Lysbeth Le Bescond
• Seamstress: Maï Vuong
• Seamstress: Marilyn Brum
• Hairstylist: Susan ‘Star’ Orr
• Researcher: Joanna Callas
• Researcher: Max Daly
• Assistant Property Master: Stephen Turner
• Carpenter: Jeff Garbacz
• Draughtsman: Nathalie Thibodeau
• Props: Beau Harrison
• Props: Jonathan Graubarth
• Set Dresser: Christopher Elledge
• Set Dresser: Byron Maes
• Set Dresser: Rick Staves
• Set Dresser: Raymond Waff
• Set Dresser: Joel Klaff
• Animation: Melissa Thompson
• Compositing Supervisor: Jose Fernández de Castro
• Compositor: Daphne Apellanes-Ackerson
• Compositor: Michael Honrada
• Compositor: Nicole Samarron
• Digital Compositor: Jose Julian Karam Lopez
• Digital Compositor: Yabin Morales
• Digital Compositor: Salvador Tovar
• Digital Compositor: Daryl Klein
• Modelling Supervisor: Nick Lloyd
• Rotoscoping Artist: Laura Murillo
• VFX Artist: Anibal Castellanos
• VFX Artist: John Karner
• VFX Artist: Shawn Parker
• VFX Artist: Long-Hai Pham
• VFX Artist: Matthew Trivan
• VFX Artist: Erik Zimmermann
• Visual Effects Coordinator: David Samija
• Visual Effects Coordinator: Cynthia Richards
• Animal Wrangler: Lorraine Putnam
• Payroll Accountant: Pam Des Vigne

Movie Reviews:

• talisencrw: One of Fincher’s masterworks–though I like others better. He’s definitely one of the only people alive who could have succeeded with this very intriguing story.

  There are moments–when Benjamin’s coming into his own, both with Tilda Swinton’s character and with Cate Blanchett’s–that are amongst the finest and most invigorating I have ever seen in cinema. I’m curious how I’ll find it when I rewatch it in a few years. I have the impression that as I come to terms with age and gather more wisdom in my own skin, this story will only grow in my heart and appreciation–for both the highs and the lows. That is a spectacular magic trick for a movie to do–and Fincher’s downright full of them.

• Unknownian: This movie is in my top 10 movie list in life. It is a cinema achievement that may never be outdone by ‘anyone’. Considering that this masterpiece was shot digitally in 2007, it is miles above any CG effort since.

  For those of you that haven’t seen it: “SEE IT”. Besides a great story (with one flaw), this film makes illusion and simulation become reality.

  The one flaw: I have great respect for David Fincher, and I am going to go out on a limb and say that he must have been aware of this discrepancy, but went ahead with the story-line as written anyway. ( I hope that’s the case).
  Benjamin Button was born “old”, and regressed backwards to die an infant. The flaw in the story-line (and it’s a big one), is that as he regresses to youth, he begins to have dementia (Alzheimer’s symptoms), along with all of the arthritic pains and problems an old man gets as he ages. At the end, before he dies he loses his memory completely.

  Logically, since he was born an old man, those illnesses should have evolved from birth, and improved as he regressed in age. Strangely in the film, he is born with severe arthritis, and can’t even walk until he is 7. Why then would he again experience these same symptoms as a child on the way to his death bed (or crib)? He should be in perfect health as a child, and regress to a “fetus”, and then disappear.

  Other than that major flaw, this movie is a 10. Unfortunately because of the illogical way he dies, I had to give it a 9 out of 10 stars.

  One other issue with the plot: If we were to take this movie scenario and try to place it in the real world, Benjamin would have to have been born a “full sized”, old man, and then after 70 or 80 years, he would have begun to shrink. Since the idea of a woman giving birth to a full sized man is physically impossible, our Benjamin had to be born old and “tiny”. This of course is another contradiction in the plot, since Benjamin is small “twice in his life”. We can’t dwell on this flaw at all, because if we did we would never get passed it. To enjoy this movie, we must put all the facts and logistics of this scenario aside, and when we do, this movie takes us on a journey unlike any other ever filmed.