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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Single Ed) WS
The technical dazzle of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a truly astonishing thing to behold: this story of a man who ages backwards requires Brad Pitt to begin life as a tiny elderly man, then blossom into middle age, and finally, wisely, become young. How director David Fincher--with makeup artists, special-effects wizards, and body doubles--achieves this is one of the main sources of fascination in the early reels of the movie. The premise is loosely borrowed from an F. Scott Fitzgerald story (and bears an even stronger resemblance to Andrew Sean Greer's novel The Confessions of Max Tivoli), with young/old Benjamin growing up in New Orleans, meeting the girl of his dreams (Cate Blanchett), and sharing a few blissful years with her until their different aging agendas send them in opposite directions. The love story takes over the second half of the picture, as Eric Roth's script begins to resemble his work on Forrest Gump. This is too bad, because Benjamin's early life is a wonderfully picaresque journey, especially a set of midnight liaisons with a Russian lady (Tilda Swinton) in an atmospheric hotel.
| Title: | The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (Single Ed) WS | | Format: | Widescreen | | Rating: | PG-13 | | Leading Role: | Brad Pitt,Cate Blanchett,Tilda Swinton,Julia Ormond,Faune A. Chambers | | Region Code: | USA 1 | | Condition: | New | | Release Date: | 2009/05/05 | | Publisher: | Paramount |
Product Code:
D097363337249
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