The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) [PG-13]

Release Date:
December 25, 2008

Original Title:
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

Alternate Titles:
Benjamin Button
Benjamin Button'ın Qəribə Hekayəsi
Ciekawy Przypadek Benjamina Buttona
El Curioso Caso de Benjamin Button
El curioso caso de Benjamin Button
Podivný prípad Benjamina Buttona
l'étrange histoire de benjamin button
Загадкова історія Бенджамина Баттона
سرگذشت عجیب بنجامین باتن
ベンジャミン・バトン 数奇な人生:2008
奇幻逆緣
返老还童
벤자민 버튼의 시간은 거꾸로 간다

Genres:
Drama | Fantasy | Romance

Production Companies:
Paramount Pictures
The Kennedy/Marshall Company
Warner Bros. Pictures

Production Countries:
United States of America

Ratings / Certifications:
AT: 12  AU: M  BR: 16  CH: 12  CZ: 12+  DE: 12  DK: 11  FI: K-11  FR: 12  GB: 12A  GR: 13  HR: 12  HU: 16  IE: 12A  IT: T  JP: PG12  KR: 12  LT: N-13  NL: 6  NO: 12  PL: 12  PT: M/12  SE: 11  TW: 保護級  US: PG-13 

Runtime: 166

Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments.

Born under unusual circumstances, Benjamin Button springs into being as an elderly man in a New Orleans nursing home and ages in reverse. Twelve years after his birth, he meets Daisy, a child who flits in and out of his life as she grows up to be a dancer. Though he has all sorts of unusual adventures over the course of his life, it is his relationship with Daisy, and the hope that they will come together at the right time, that drives Benjamin forward.

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Richard Calistan
Peter Gleaves
Bobby Johanson
Doc Kane

ADR Recordist:
Petra Bach
Krissopher Chevannes
Doug Parker
Jeanette Browning

ADR Supervisor:
Gwendolyn Yates Whittle

Additional Casting:
Thorsten Wedekind

Ager/Dyer:
Lesley D. Wickham
Ivory Stanton

Animal Wrangler:
Lorraine Putnam

Animation:
Leonardo Martinez
Patrick Perez
Matthew Hackett
Melissa Thompson
Anthony Rizzo

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Joshua Cordes
Paul Griffin
Piotr Karwas
Steve Preeg

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Morey Butler
Tony Didio Jr.

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Doris Simard
Chere Theriot

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Kelly Curley
Michele Laliberte
Randy Moore
Scott Plauche

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Félix Larivière-Charron
Aaron Haye
Vincent Gingras-Liberali
Nithya Shrinivasan

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Brian Fosnaugh

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Suzy Freeman

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Alex Olivares
Jackson Yu
Brent Joseph

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Ghislaine Sant

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Marie Régimbald

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Owl Martin Dwyer
Paul Rylander
Stephen Turner

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Martine Giguère-Kazemirchuk
Kristin Bicksler

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Morgan Trotter

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Joe Walsh Jr.
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Chris Strong

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Michelle Johnston

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David Orr

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Janelle Croshaw Ralla
Jose Fernández de Castro
Paul Lambert

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Grantland Gears
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Jaymie Lam
Nicole Samarron
Todd R. Smith

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Kasra Farahani

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Jonas Kirk

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Stuart John

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Jacqueline West

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April Justin
Liz Larson
Sarah Larson
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Valerie T. O'Brien

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Kathleen Largay

Digital Intermediate Producer:
Adam Ohl

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David Fincher

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Claudio Miranda

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Brian Rosso

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Kirk Baxter
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Tom Numbers

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Randi Wells

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William Doyle

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Kellie Robinson
Adelita Solorzano
Carla Brenholtz
Allison Gordin
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Elaine L. Offers
Paige Reeves

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Robert Olsson

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Yoshiya Yamada

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Sonda L. Rowland

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Réal Hamel

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Ceán Chaffin
Kathleen Kennedy
Frank Marshall

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Mika Saito
Hélène Muller

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Donald Graham Burt

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Pete Waterman

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Christine L. Cantella
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Mickey Giacomazzi

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Jason Schugardt
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