Benjamin Button, born in 1918 with the physical state of an elderly man, ages in reverse. He experiences love and break-ups, ecstasy and sorrow, and timelessness by the time he dies in 2003 ... Read allBenjamin Button, born in 1918 with the physical state of an elderly man, ages in reverse. He experiences love and break-ups, ecstasy and sorrow, and timelessness by the time he dies in 2003 as a baby.Benjamin Button, born in 1918 with the physical state of an elderly man, ages in reverse. He experiences love and break-ups, ecstasy and sorrow, and timelessness by the time he dies in 2003 as a baby.
- Won 3 Oscars
- 85 wins & 160 nominations total
- Dorothy Baker
- (as Faune Chambers)
- Martin Gateau
- (as Jacob Wood)
- Tizzy
- (as Mahershalalhashbaz Ali)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaThe hummingbird is the only bird in the world that can fly backwards. Hurricanes spin counter-clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere. These, among other "backward" motifs involving clocks and so on, tie in with the major thematic elements related to Benjamin Button living life in reverse.
- GoofsBenjamin spends a few idyllic weeks in Murmansk in December 1941 (there he hears the news about Pearl Harbor). But in June 1941 Russia was invaded by Germany. As one of the main bases of the Soviet navy, Murmansk was constantly under ferocious attacks, up until October 1944. So in no way could it be as peaceful and quiet there as we see in the movie.
- Quotes
Benjamin Button: You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.
- Crazy creditsThe Paramount and Warner Bros. logos are in the form of mosaics constructed from several buttons.
- SoundtracksWhen the Saints Go Marching In
Traditional
Performed by Doc Paulin's Marching Band
Courtesy of Smithsonian Folkways Records
Benjamin Button lives his life in reverse. Despite this, it's a great life, full of adventure and love and learning. He finds out that no matter what, it's the people who make life so special.
The film is beautifully photographed and true to the periods it represents.
Brad Pitt is fantastic, and those CGI and makeup techniques for him and the rest of the cast are marvelous. It's a tribute to the film that it's very organic to the cast so we are not aware of makeup and CGI. Cate Blanchett is incredible; she is a dying, old woman in the beginning and gives a tremendous performance.
We're born helpless and without life memories, and some of us die that way. In a way, I guess, it doesn't matter if you're born old or die old - it's like Benjamin tells Cate Blanchett in the film, you'd still end up where you are now. The life experience, the people you meet, the wisdom you acquire, all happens -- and it happened to Benjamin at a time when he could really value it. But as he points out: "For what it's worth: it's never too late or, in my case, too early to be whoever you want to be. There's no time limit, stop whenever you want. You can change or stay the same, there are no rules to this thing. We can make the best or the worst of it. I hope you make the best of it."
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- Also known as
- El curioso caso de Benjamin Button
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Box office
- Budget
- $150,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $127,509,326
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $26,853,816
- Dec 28, 2008
- Gross worldwide
- $335,802,786
- Runtime2 hours 46 minutes
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- Aspect ratio
- 2.39 : 1