| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | |
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| 13 Nominations / 3 Wins | |
| Year | 2008 |
| Director | David Fincher |
| Writer | Eric Roth, Robin Swicord |
| Starring | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton |
| 81st Academy Awards | |
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a 2008 American fantasy drama film directed by David Fincher. The storyline by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord is loosely based on the 1922 short story of the same name by F. Scott Fitzgerald. The film stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson and Tilda Swinton.
Wins
- Best Art Direction — Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
- Best Makeup — Greg Cannom
- Best Visual Effects — Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
Nominations
- Best Actor — Brad Pitt
- Best Adapted Screenplay — Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
- Best Art Direction — Donald Graham Burt, Victor J. Zolfo
- Best Cinematography — Claudio Miranda
- Best Costume Design — Jacqueline West
- Best Director — David Fincher
- Best Film Editing — Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
- Best Makeup — Greg Cannom
- Best Original Score — Alexandre Desplat
- Best Picture — Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Cean Chaffin
- Best Sound Mixing — David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce, Mark Weingarten
- Best Supporting Actress — Taraji P. Henson
- Best Visual Effects — Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton, Craig Barron
Plot[]
As she lay dying in a hospital bed on the eve of Hurricane Katrina hitting New Orleans, an elderly woman asks her daughter Caroline to read from a diary left to her by a man named Benjamin. Born on the same day World War I ended, Benjamin Button's mother died giving birth to him. As a newborn, he was old and wrinkled and his horrified father Thomas Button leaves him on the doorstep of an old folk's home. Benjamin fits in well for, despite his young age, he looked as old as most of the residents. Benjamin soon realizes that he is growing younger, not older however. Early on, he meets the love of his life, Daisy, a beautiful red-haired, green-eyed child who grows into a beautiful woman while Benjamin grows into a handsome young man. Their lives take many different turns and making a life together is long in coming. It also is of limited duration given their ultimately different fates.
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