The curious case of Benjamin Button
DVD |
Paramount Home Entertainment,
Hollywood, Calif. :
[2009]
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at Libraries in Niagara Cooperative
- 1 of 1 Copy Available at West Lincoln Public Library (Show)
- 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
| Branch | Call Number | Location | Holdable? | Status |
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| Caistorville | PG DVD CUR | DVD | Copy hold / Volume hold | Available |
About
Daisy Fuller Williams is on her deathbed in a New Orleans hospital the day that Hurricane Katrina hits. At her side is her adult daughter, Caroline. Daisy asks Caroline to read to her aloud from the diary of Daisy's lifelong friend, Benjamin Button. Benjamin's diary recounts his entire extraordinary life. The unusual aspect of his life is that he is ages backwards, being born an old man. He is diagnosed with several aged diseases at birth and thus given little chance of survival. He does survive and gets younger with time. Abandoned by Thomas Button, his biological father, after Benjamin's biological mother died in childbirth. Benjamin was raised by Queenie, a black woman and caregiver at a seniors home. Daisy's grandmother was a resident, which is where she first met Benjamin. Although separated through the years, Daisy and Benjamin remain in contact throughout their lives, reconnecting in their forties when in age they finally match up. Some of the revelations in Benjamin's diary are difficult for Caroline to read.
Details
- ISBN: 1415748616
- Physical Description: 1 videodisc (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.videodiscvideorecording
- Publisher: Hollywood, Calif. : Paramount Home Entertainment, [2009]
- General Note: English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.For private home use only.Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald.Title from container.
- Creation/Production Credits Note: Music, Alexandre Desplat. PELHAM
- Participant or Performer Note: Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemying, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton.
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Target Audience Note:
Canadian Home Video rating: PG; for mature theme, brief war violence, sexual content, language and smoking.
Related
Subjects
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Infants >
Diseases >
Louisiana >
New Orleans >
Drama.
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Human beings >
Aging >
Drama.
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Man-woman relationships >
Louisiana >
New Orleans >
Drama.
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Adoptive parents >
Louisiana >
New Orleans >
Drama.
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Diaries >
Drama.