"Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments. "Director: David Fincher
Writer: Eric Roth (screenplay and screen story)
Release Date: 8 January 2009 (Philippines)
Genre: Drama | Fantasy | Mystery | Romance
Awards: Nominated for 13 Oscars. Another 12 wins & 50 nominations
Cast:
Brad Pitt as Benjamin Button
Cate Blanchett as Daisy
Taraji P. Henson as Queenie
Mahershalalhashbaz Ali as Tizzy
Jared Harris as Captain Mike, etc.
Plot:
This is the life story of Benjamin Button, who had a very rare disease called Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome which makes his body appear too old and deteriorating despite his young age. He was born wrinkled and with arthritis...died like a newly-born baby. You'll be wondering if such a disease actually existed. What would you feel if you were aging backwards, seeing other people suffer the demise of aging while you appear younger each year?
Trivia:
*From a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
*The second Hollywood feature film, after Denzel Washington's Deja Vu (2006), to film in New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina.
*Brad Pitt stated it took 5 hours each day to complete the make-up required for the role.
*The look that David Fincher, visual-effects supervisor Eric Barba and special makeup-effects artist Greg Cannom devised for Benjamin as a child resemble the later stages of progeria, a condition technically named Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome, a rare disease that makes its young sufferers appear aged. Those who didn't attend medical school may be most familiar with it from the Ralph Macchio TV movie _The Three Wishes of Billy Grier (1984) (TV)_. And Robin Williams had a fictional version of progeria in Jack (1996).
*The name of Benjamin's sailboat is Button Up.
Memorable Quotes:
Benjamin Button: Along the way you bump into people who make a dent on your life. Some are born to sit by a river. Some get struck by lightning. Some have an ear for music. Some are artists. Some swim. Some know buttons. Some know Shakespeare. Some are mothers. And some people...dance.
Benjamin Button: It's a funny thing about comin' home. Looks the same, smells the same, feels the same. You'll realize what's changed is you.
Mrs. Maple: Benjamin, we're meant to lose the people we love. How else would we know how important they are to us?
Captain Mike: You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went. You could swear, curse the fates, but when it comes to the end, you have to let go.
Queenie: You never know what's comin' for ya.
Benjamin Button: Our lives are defined by opportunities, even the ones we miss.
Mr. Daws: Blinded in one eye; can't hardly hear. I get twitches and shakes out of nowhere; always losing my line of thought. But you know what? God keeps reminding me I'm lucky to be alive.
Benjamin Button: Momma? Momma? Some days, I feel different than the day before. Queenie: Everyone feels different about themselves one way or another, but we all goin' the same way.
Personal Rating: 8.5/10
*more at http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0421715/
*photo by http://www.axport.com/movies/2008-Hollywood-Movies/images/2008movies_BenjaminButton.jpg
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