The curious case of Benjamin Button

Resource Information

The work The curious case of Benjamin Button represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in The Ferguson Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The curious case of Benjamin Button

Statement of responsibility

Paramount Pictures and Warner Bros. Pictures present a Kennedy/Marshall production ; produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall, Ceán Chaffin ; screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord ; screenplay by Eric Roth ; directed by David Fincher

Contributor

• Kennedy, Kathleen, 1954-
• Chaffin, Ceán
• Fincher, David
• Swicord, Robin
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Blanchett, Cate, 1969-
• Henson, Taraji P
• Koteas, Elias, 1961-
• Marshall, Frank
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Desplat, Alexandre
• Pitt, Brad, 1963-
• Roth, Eric, 1945-
• Flemyng, Jason
• Ormond, Julia
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Fitzgerald, F. Scott, (Francis Scott), 1896-1940
• Swinton, Tilda

Subject

• Man-woman relationships -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Drama
• Infants -- Diseases -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Drama
• Detective and mystery films
• Diaries -- Drama
• Adoptive parents -- Louisiana | New Orleans -- Drama
• Niños lactantes -- Luisiana | Nueva Orleans -- Teatro
• Feature films
• Relaciones hombre-mujer -- Luisiana | Nueva Orleans -- Teatro
• Fantasy films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Human beings -- Aging -- Drama
• Fiction films

Genre

• Feature films
• Detective and mystery films
• Teatro
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Drama
• Fantasy films

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

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

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Music, Alexandre Desplat

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking

Language note

English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1997.2

LC item number

.C87 2009

PerformerNote

Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemying, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton

Runtime

165

Technique

live action