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Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo Credit: Digital Domain CHICAGO – This 27-image slideshow contains official press images for Paramount’s “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” which stars Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, Jared Harris, Elle Fanning, Jason Flemyng, Julia Ormond, and Taraji P. Henson from writer Eric Roth and director David Fincher. The film opens on Dec. 25, 2008.
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” is a modern fable based loosely on the F. Scott Fitzgerald story of a man who ages in reverse. Brad Pitt plays the title character and Cate Blanchett the woman who most changes his unusual life. The already award-winning and Golden Globe-nominated film is rated PG-13 and opens on Thursday, December 25th, 2008.
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BenjaminButton01: Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo Credit: Digital Domain
BenjaminButton02:Jared Harris stars as Captain Mike in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo Credit: Claudio Miranda
BenjaminButton03: Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo Credit: Digital Domain/Asylum
BenjaminButton04: Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo Credit: Claudio Miranda
BenjaminButton05: Taraji P. Henson stars as Queenie in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton06: Taraji P. Henson (left) stars as Queenie and Brad Pitt (right) stars as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
BenjaminButton07: Taraji P. Henson (center right) stars as Queenie, who takes in the very young and very old infant Benjamin in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.
BenjaminButton08: Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton09: Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton10: Cate Blanchett stars as Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton11: Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton12: Jason Flemyng stars as Thomas Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton13: Cate Blanchett (right) stars as Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton14: Cate Blanchett stars as Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton15: Brad Pitt (bottom left) stars as Benjamin Button and Cate Blanchett (center) stars as Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton16: Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin Button in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton17: Director David Fincher on the set of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton18: Cate Blanchett (left) stars as Daisy and Joshua DesRoches stars as Vic Brody in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton19: Elizabeth Abbott (sitting, center), after attempting to swim the English Channel in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo Credit: Claudio Miranda
BenjaminButton20: Brad Pitt (left) stars as Benjamin Button and Cate Blanchett (right) stars as Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton21: Poster - Brad Pitt
BenjaminButton22: Cate Blanchett stars as Daisy in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton23: Poster - Cate Blanchett
BenjaminButton24: Brad Pitt stars as Benjamin in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo Credit: Digital Domain
BenjaminButton25: Brad Pitt (left) stars as Benjamin Button and Tilda Swinton (right) stars as Elizabeth Abbott in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
BenjaminButton26: (Left to right) Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt) shows young Daisy (Madisen Beaty) Captain Mike’s tug boat in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo Credit: Digital Domain
BenjaminButton27: Captain Mike (Jared Harris, left) and Benjamin Button (Brad Pitt, right) during Benjamin’s years on the Captain’s tug in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Photo Credit: Digital Domain
Interview with 'Benjamin Button' star Taraji P. Henson
HollywoodChicago.com film critic Adam Fendelman has published his interview with “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” star Taraji P. Henson here.
Benjamin Button was very
Benjamin Button was very Fincher-esque… almost as good as his other stuff if not for some nagging plot holes