US (2008): Drama/Fantasy/Mystery/Romance
"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, 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. The film is a time traveler's tale of the people and places he bumps into along the way, the loves he loses and finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time. -- Official US web site
Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord; screenplay by Eric Roth; produced by Ceán Chaffin, Kathleen Kennedy & Frank Marshall; directed by David Fincher. (Warner Bros./Paramount Pictures)
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· Best Achievement in Art Direction 2008: Art Direction: Donald Graham Burt, Set Decoration: Victor J. Zolfo
· Best Achievement in Makeup 2008: Greg Cannom
· Best Achievement in Visual Effects 2008: Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
· Best Picture of the Year 2008: (Paramount and Warner Bros.), A Kennedy/Marshall Production, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
· Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role 2008: Brad Pitt
· Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role 2008: Taraji P. Henson
· Achievement in Directing 2008: David Fincher
· Achievement in Writing: Adapted Screenplay 2008: Screenplay by Eric Roth, Screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord
· Achievement in Cinematography 2008: Claudio Miranda
· Achievement in Costume Design 2008: Jacqueline West
· Achievement in Film Editing 2008: Kirk Baxter and Angus Wall
· Achievement in Music: Original Score 2008: Alexandre Desplat
· Achievement in Sound Mixing 2008: David Parker, Michael Semanick, Ren Klyce and Mark Weingarten
13 nominations, 3 Awards