The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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Vancouver Film Critics Circle Awards 2009". Alternative Film Guide. Archived from the original on January 16, 2009 . Retrieved October 29, 2012. Mr. Roger Button, the president of Roger Button & Co., Wholesale Hardware, began to run toward Doctor Keene with much less dignity than was expected from a Southern gentleman of that picturesque period. "Doctor Keene!" he called. "Oh, Doctor Keene!" The doctor heard him, faced around, and stood waiting, a curious expression settling on his harsh, medicinal face as Mr. Button drew near. F. Scott Fitzgerald is best known for classic jazz age novels such as The Great Gatsby and Tender Is the Night, but the acclaimed writer’s impressive canon also boasts some 160 published short stories. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” first appeared in Collier’s in 1922 and was one of several fantasy stories for which Fitzgerald garnered widespread praise in his lifetime. “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”is the heartbreaking and often humorous tale of a man who ages in reverse through the course of his long and highly unconventional life. Captain Mike announces to the crew that the Japanese have bombed Pearl Harbor and that hes contracted with the US Navy to support the war effort. The cook decides to leave the crew and be with his wife, so Benjamin steps in as cook. The tugboat gets its first taste of war when the crew shows up to the remains of a naval ship carrying soldiers that was just bombed. The tugboat soon catches the eye of the enemy submarine and the crew springs into action, heroically deciding to collide with the submarine and sink it. Gunners on both the tiny tugboat and the submarine exchange fire and ultimately, the tugboat maneuvers itself onto the submarine and sinks it. Captain Mike and several of the crew are wounded and die as a result. Benjamin survives and passes on Captain Mikes earnings to his wife. As he throws out the lifesaver from the tugboat out to sea, a hummingbird flies up from the lifesaver and whizzes by Benjamin. He remarks that he never again saw a hummingbird in the open sea. Howell, Peter (December 24, 2008). "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: Moviemaking at its best". The Toronto Star . Retrieved October 29, 2012.

You can too. You're simply stubborn. You think you don't want to be like any one else. You always have been that way, and you always will be. But just think how it would be if every one else looked at things as you do—what would the world be like?" How does this story, though written almost a century ago, reflect our society’s current attitude toward age and aging?Clank! The basin clattered to the floor and rolled in the direction of the stairs. Clank! Clank! It began a methodical descent as if sharing in the general terror which this gentleman provoked.

You and your brother got here just as we did, didn't you?" asked Hildegarde, looking up at him with eyes that were like bright blue enamel. Hildegarde Moncrief, Benjamin’s wife, is initially depicted as a young, beautiful blond woman. As the story progresses, she ages noticeably, becoming heavier with deep lines about her face. She represents the shallow, superficial perspective of society, as she loves Benjamin only when he appears to be old, and he loves her only when she appears young. They pulled up behind a handsome brougham whose passengers were disembarking at the door. A lady got out, then an elderly gentleman, then another young lady, beautiful as sin. Benjamin started; an almost chemical change seemed to dissolve and recompose the very elements of his body. A rigour passed over him, blood rose into his cheeks, his forehead, and there was a steady thumping in his ears. It was first love. He seems to grow younger every year," they would remark. And if old Roger Button, now sixty-five years old, had failed at first to give a proper welcome to his son he atoned at last by bestowing on him what amounted to adulation.Because The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is a period piece, illustrator Kevin Cornell strives for historical accuracy and a sense of realism. He painstakingly reproduces clothing, accessories, hairstyles, architecture, and famous landmarks with precise, if sometimes impressionistic, detail. Roger, Ebert (December 23, 2008). "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button". Chicago Sun-Times. Archived from the original on December 24, 2008 . Retrieved January 1, 2009. His social activities, of course, interfered to some extent with his business, but then he had worked hard at wholesale hardware for twenty-five years and felt that he could soon hand it on to his son, Roscoe, who had recently graduated from Harvard. Cornell, Kevin. “The Curious Job of Kevin Cornell.” Bearskinrug, August 13, 2008. http://www.bearskinrug.co.uk/_articles/2008/08/13/curious_job. I like men of your age," Hildegarde told him. "Young boys are so idiotic. They tell me how much champagne they drink at college, and how much money they lose playing cards. Men of your age know how to appreciate women."

The Sunday supplements of the New York papers played up the case with fascinating sketches which showed the head of Benjamin Button attached to a fish, to a snake, and, finally, to a body of solid brass. He became known, journalistically, as the Mystery Man of Maryland. But the true story, as is usually the case, had a very small circulation.In March 2007, production moved to Los Angeles for two more months of filming. Principal photography was targeted to last a total of 150 days. Additional time was needed at visual effects house Digital Domain to make the visual effects for the metamorphosis of Brad Pitt's character to the infant stage. [19] The director used a camera system called Contour, developed by Steve Perlman, to capture facial deformation data from live-action performances. [20] ASC Names Feature Film Nominees". ASCMag.com. January 7, 2009. Archived from the original on January 29, 2009 . Retrieved January 7, 2009. Clank! The basin reached the first floor. The nurse regained control of herself, and threw Mr. Button a look of hearty contempt. Scott, A.O. (December 25, 2008). "Movie Review: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)". The New York Times . Retrieved January 1, 2009.