| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: The Making of the Motion Picture Contributor(s): Fincher, David (Author), Roth, Eric (Author), Swicord, Robin (Author) |
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ISBN: 0847832546 ISBN-13: 9780847832545 Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications OUR PRICE: $40.50 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: December 2008 Annotation: "I was born under unusual circumstances." So begins the film adaptation of this 1920s story 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, a journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher ("Se7en, Fight Club") from a screenplay by Eric Roth ("Forrest Gump, The Good Shepherd"), screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord ("Memoirs of a Geisha, Little Women"), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" stars Oscar nominees and winners Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchette, Tilda Swinton, and Julia Ormond. It 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. |
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| BISAC Categories: - Performing Arts | Film - General |
| Dewey: 791.437 |
| Physical Information: 0.83" H x 13.88" W x 11.56" (4.20 lbs) 176 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: "I was born under unusual circumstances." So begins the film adaptation of this 1920s story 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, a journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher (Se7en, Fight Club) from a screenplay by Eric Roth (Forrest Gump, The Good Shepherd), screen story by Eric Roth and Robin Swicord (Memoirs of a Geisha, Little Women), "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" stars Oscar nominees and winners Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchette, Tilda Swinton, and Julia Ormond. It 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. |