Basic Information
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Cinematographic Process: Digital Intermediate (master), FilmStream 4:4:4 (source)
Filming Locations: Los Angeles, USA; Montreal, Canada; New Orleans, USA; St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands
Film Negative Format: 35mm
MPAA Warning: Brief War Violence, Sexual Content, Language and Smoking
Production Budget: $100 million
Production Companies: The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Paramount Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures
Production Schedule: 6th November 2006 - 30th May 2007
Web Sites: Official Site - The IMDb
Cast: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Julia Ormond, Elias Koteas, Jason Flemyng, Elle Fanning, Taraji P. Henson, Faune A. Chambers, Mahershalalhashbaz Ali, Josh Stewart, Spencer Daniels, Louis Herthum, Chandler Canterbury, Emma Degerstedt, Ted Manson
Director: David Fincher
Writers: Eric Roth, Robin Swicord
Producers: Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall
Associate Producers: Jim Davidson
Art Decoration: Kelly Curley, Randy Moore, Tom Reta
Casting: Laray Mayfield
Costume Design: Jacqueline West
D.O.P.: Claudio Miranda
Editor: Kirk Baxter, Angus Wall
Music: Alexandre Desplat
Production Design: Donald Graham Burt
Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
STORY
“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.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
TRIVIA
- Fitzgerald noted that "This story was inspired by a remark of Mark Twain's to the effect that it was a pity that the best part of life came at the beginning and the worst part at the end."
- Filmmakers worked closely with Levi's to obtain clothing items from their Levi's Vintage Clothing collection to authenticate various time periods captured throughout the film.
