The curious case of Benjamin Button #377
Record details
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Physical Description:
videorecording
videodisc
1 videodisc (165 minutes) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. - Publisher: Hollywood, California : Paramount Home Entertainment, ©2009.
Content descriptions
General Note: | Based on the novel by F. Scott Fitzgerald. Originally released as a motion picture in 2008. |
Restrictions on Access Note: | LICENCED FOR HOME USE ONLY |
Creation/Production Credits Note: | Music, Alexandre Desplat. |
Participant or Performer Note: | Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, Julia Ormond, Jason Flemying, Elias Koteas, Tilda Swinton. |
Target Audience Note: | Canadian Home Video Rating: PG. Parental Guidance : |
System Details Note: | DVD, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround. |
Terms Governing Use and Reproduction Note: | For private home use only. Home use only. |
Language Note: | English, dubbed French or dubbed Spanish dialogue, English, French or Spanish subtitles. Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired. |
Search for related items by subject
Genre: | Fantasy films. Romance films. Films for the hearing impaired. DVDs. |
Topic Heading: | DVD-videodiscs |
Available copies
- 4 of 8 copies available at BC Interlibrary Connect. (Show)
- 1 of 1 copy available at Prince Rupert Library.
Holds
- 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
Show Only Available Copies
Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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Prince Rupert Library | DVD Benj 3835 (Text) | 33294001704329 | DVDs | Volume hold | Available | - |
Summary:
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.