Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2009], p2008.
Publication Desc
1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ;
ISBN
1415748616
Dimensions
4 3/4 in.
Awards Note
Oscar 2008, Winner: Best Art Direction (Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt; Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolto) ; Best Makeup (Greg Cannom); and Best Visual Effects (Eric Carba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Carrom). Academy Awards, 3 winners including best visual effects in 2008.
(DVD)videorecording
The curious case of Benjamin Button [DVD] (2008). Directed by David Fincher.
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival. He does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by Thomas Button, his biological father, after Benjamin's biological mother dies in childbirth, Benjamin is raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors' home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when they finally match up in age. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for Caroline to read.
General Note
Title from container.
Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.
"This film is presented in 'widescreen' format. The black bars on the top and bottom of the screen are normal"--container.