The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009

2h 55m

6.9(137 votes)

Documentary

Overview

A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, from the project's attachment to numerous other directors during the 1990s, to its shoot in 2006 and 2007 in New Orleans, to its complex, CGI-intensive postproduction process.

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Cast & Crew

35 members

Directing

David Fincher

Self

David Fincher

Production

Kathleen Kennedy

Self

Kathleen Kennedy

Production

Frank Marshall

Self

Frank Marshall

Production

Joshua Donen

Self

Joshua Donen

Writing

Eric Roth

Self

Eric Roth

Acting

Brad Pitt

Self

Brad Pitt

Acting

Cate Blanchett

Self

Cate Blanchett

Production

William Doyle

Self

William Doyle

Art

Donald Graham Burt

Self

Donald Graham Burt

Production

Jim Davidson

Self

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Art

Victor J. Zolfo

Self

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Acting

Taraji P. Henson

Self

Taraji P. Henson

Directing

Bob Wagner

Self

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Acting

Jason Flemyng

Self

Jason Flemyng

Costume & Make-Up

Greg Cannom

Self

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Camera

Claudio Miranda

Self

Claudio Miranda

Crew

Peter Mavromates

Self

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Crew

Burt Dalton

Self

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Acting

Julia Ormond

Self

Julia Ormond

Acting

Mahershala Ali

Self

Mahershala Ali

Acting

Rampai Mohadi

Self

Rampai Mohadi

Production

Angus Wall

Self

Angus Wall

Visual Effects

Eric Barba

Self

Eric Barba

Visual Effects

Steve Preeg

Self

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Visual Effects

Paul Lambert

Self

Paul Lambert

Visual Effects

Janelle Croshaw Ralla

Self

Janelle Croshaw Ralla

Crew

Jonathan Litt

Self

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Visual Effects

Marco Maldonado

Self

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Visual Effects

Greg Strause

Self

Greg Strause

Visual Effects

Edson Williams

Self

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Visual Effects

Nathan McGuinness

Self

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Visual Effects

Jason Schugardt

Self

No Image

Visual Effects

Craig Barron

Self

Craig Barron

Sound

Ren Klyce

Self

Ren Klyce

Sound

Alexandre Desplat

Self

Alexandre Desplat

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