The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Movie Cast, Plot and Everything to Know

Jun. 7, 2011

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Release Date: Thursday, December 25, 2008 Nationwide

Taraji P. Henson, Kathleen Kennedy, Jason Flemyng, Robin Swicord, Brad Pitt, Elias Koteas, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, David Fincher, Frank Marshall, Eric Roth, Julia Ormond, Madisen Beaty, Ceán Chaffin

PG-13 Drama N/A

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Plot

What's the story about?

"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. Directed by David Fincher and starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett with Taraji P. Henson, Tilda Swinton, Jason Flemyng, Elias Koteas and Julia Ormond, "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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Top Cast

The lead cast starring in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Brad Pitt
Fury, F1
Cate Blanchett
Black Bag, Borderlands
Taraji P. Henson
Hidden Figures, Fight Night (mini series)
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Julia Ormond
Son of the South, The East
Jason Flemyng
My Fault London, Levon's Trade
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Elias Koteas
The Girl in the Park, The Killer Inside Me
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Tilda Swinton
The End, The Room Next Door
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Madisen Beaty
Jamie Marks is Dead, Seance

Crew Behind the Film

The The Curious Case of Benjamin Button behind-the-scenes crew and production team.

The film's director David Fincher last directed The Killer and Mank. The film's writer Eric Roth last wrote Here and Killers of the Flower Moon.

Director: David Fincher
Screenwriters: Eric Roth
Robin Swicord
Producers: Ceán Chaffin
Kathleen Kennedy
Frank Marshall

Studios: Paramount Pictures
Production Company: Rastar Productions; The Kennedy/Marshall Company

Additional Information

MPA Rating: PG-13 Parents Strongly Cautioned for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking
Runtime: N/A
Tagline: Not available
Also known as: Benjamin Button
Language: English

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Production Details

What we know about the The Curious Case of Benjamin Button movie production.

Production Updates

Dec 2004

Completed

The film was tagged as Completed.

Release Dates

When was the film released?

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was released in nationwide movie theaters on Thursday, December 25, 2008. There were 7 other movies released on the same date, including Bedtime Stories, Last Chance Harvey and Frost/Nixon.

Movie Theaters

2008-12-25 Nationwide

United States

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