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the curious case of benjamin button nominations
1. Life isn’t measured in minutes, but in moments “I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time.
The other animated short film nominees are Kunio Kato's "La Maison en Petits Cubes," Konstantin Bronzit's "Lavatory -- Lovestory," Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand's "Oktapodi" and Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes' "This Way Up.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" explores a particular kind of transformation: aging.
"While Ari Folman's animated documentary "Waltz With Bashir," a critical look at Israel's 1982 war with Lebanon, was eligible in both the animated and foreign-language film categories, it did not make the 'toon list, where the nominees are Disney's "Bolt," DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" and Pixar/Disney's "WALL-E.""WALL-E" showed strength well beyond the animated category, though, earning six nominations, including one for its futuristic yet also humanistic original screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon with an original story by Stanton and Pete Doctor.Pixar, as it often does, also popped up in the best animated short film crowd, with a nom for Doug Sweetland's "Presto," a film about a magician and a pesky rabbit. After filming had ended, Cate joked that she no longer wanted to work with the actor because it was "disgusting" how in love with Angelina he was. Director Fincher said the recovery from Hurricane Katrina had not hindered the process and praised New Orleans. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
What makes Button … (Noms by film: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" -- 13; "Slumdog Millionaire" -- 10; "The Dark Knight" -- 8; "Milk" -- 8; "WALL-E" -- 6; "Doubt" -- 5; "Frost/Nixon" -- 5; "The Reader" -- 5) "Along with "WALL-E," the nominees for original screenplay are "Frozen River," written by Courtney Hunt; "Happy-Go-Lucky," Mike Leigh; "In Bruges," Martin McDonagh; and "Milk," Dustin Lance Black.In the adapted category, the nominees are "Button," screenplay by Eric Roth, screen story by Roth and Robin Swicord; "Doubt," John Patrick Shanley; "Frost/Nixon," Peter Morgan; "The Reader," David Hare; and "Slumdog," Simon Beaufoy.The nominees for best documentary feature are "The Betrayal" (Nerakhoon), directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath; "Encounters at the End of the World," Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser; "The Garden," Scott Hamilton Kennedy; "Man on Wire," James Marsh and Simon Chinn; and "Trouble the Water," Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. Nominee.
All you need to know about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt.1.
Brad Pitt, who plays Benjamin, recently turned 45 and spoke to reporters at the Berlin premiere of the film. First published in Collier's Magazine on May 27, 1922, it was subsequently anthologized in Fitzgerald's book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories.. The film stars Brad Pitt as a man who ages in reverse and Cate Blanchett as the love interest throughout his life. Also starring Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton as Benjamin’s love interests, the film was directed by David Fincher and written by Eric Roth.3. Adapted from the 1920’s book by F Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button stars Brad Pitt in the leading role – a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button actress Taraji P. Henson was paid less than 2% of Brad Pitt's salary, and also had to pay for her own accommodation. "I'm not so afraid of getting old, I'm more afraid of how I'll go. "Hoffman and Ledger, who faced off in the best actor category three years ago when Hoffman took home the gold for "Capote," will once again compete, this time for best supporting actor. Hannah Shaw-Williams Oct 12, 2016 2009 Scream Award Nominations This film is about a man named Benjamin Button who leads much of an ordinary life under not so ordinary circumstances.
1. Life isn’t measured in minutes, but in moments “I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time.
The other animated short film nominees are Kunio Kato's "La Maison en Petits Cubes," Konstantin Bronzit's "Lavatory -- Lovestory," Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand's "Oktapodi" and Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes' "This Way Up.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" explores a particular kind of transformation: aging.
"While Ari Folman's animated documentary "Waltz With Bashir," a critical look at Israel's 1982 war with Lebanon, was eligible in both the animated and foreign-language film categories, it did not make the 'toon list, where the nominees are Disney's "Bolt," DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" and Pixar/Disney's "WALL-E.""WALL-E" showed strength well beyond the animated category, though, earning six nominations, including one for its futuristic yet also humanistic original screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon with an original story by Stanton and Pete Doctor.Pixar, as it often does, also popped up in the best animated short film crowd, with a nom for Doug Sweetland's "Presto," a film about a magician and a pesky rabbit. After filming had ended, Cate joked that she no longer wanted to work with the actor because it was "disgusting" how in love with Angelina he was. Director Fincher said the recovery from Hurricane Katrina had not hindered the process and praised New Orleans. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
What makes Button … (Noms by film: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" -- 13; "Slumdog Millionaire" -- 10; "The Dark Knight" -- 8; "Milk" -- 8; "WALL-E" -- 6; "Doubt" -- 5; "Frost/Nixon" -- 5; "The Reader" -- 5) "Along with "WALL-E," the nominees for original screenplay are "Frozen River," written by Courtney Hunt; "Happy-Go-Lucky," Mike Leigh; "In Bruges," Martin McDonagh; and "Milk," Dustin Lance Black.In the adapted category, the nominees are "Button," screenplay by Eric Roth, screen story by Roth and Robin Swicord; "Doubt," John Patrick Shanley; "Frost/Nixon," Peter Morgan; "The Reader," David Hare; and "Slumdog," Simon Beaufoy.The nominees for best documentary feature are "The Betrayal" (Nerakhoon), directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath; "Encounters at the End of the World," Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser; "The Garden," Scott Hamilton Kennedy; "Man on Wire," James Marsh and Simon Chinn; and "Trouble the Water," Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. Nominee.
All you need to know about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt.1.
Brad Pitt, who plays Benjamin, recently turned 45 and spoke to reporters at the Berlin premiere of the film. First published in Collier's Magazine on May 27, 1922, it was subsequently anthologized in Fitzgerald's book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories.. The film stars Brad Pitt as a man who ages in reverse and Cate Blanchett as the love interest throughout his life. Also starring Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton as Benjamin’s love interests, the film was directed by David Fincher and written by Eric Roth.3. Adapted from the 1920’s book by F Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button stars Brad Pitt in the leading role – a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button actress Taraji P. Henson was paid less than 2% of Brad Pitt's salary, and also had to pay for her own accommodation. "I'm not so afraid of getting old, I'm more afraid of how I'll go. "Hoffman and Ledger, who faced off in the best actor category three years ago when Hoffman took home the gold for "Capote," will once again compete, this time for best supporting actor. Hannah Shaw-Williams Oct 12, 2016 2009 Scream Award Nominations This film is about a man named Benjamin Button who leads much of an ordinary life under not so ordinary circumstances.
Set in New Orleans the plot follows his story from 1918 at the end of World War 1, into the 21st century and the people and places he meets along the way. "Winslet's nomination for playing a former concentration camp guard in "The Reader" proved a particular surprise because the actress had been promoted in the lead actress slot for her performance in "Revolutionary Road," while it had been suggested to the Academy that it consider nominating her for a supporting role in "The Reader," even though her character is the dominant figure in that film.This year, all the best picture nominees also earned their respective directors best director noms. Director David Fincher has worked with Brad Pitt twice before - on box office hits Seven and Fight Club (pic below).Filming started in New Orleans on 6 November 2006.
1. Life isn’t measured in minutes, but in moments “I was born under unusual circumstances.” And so begins “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time.
The other animated short film nominees are Kunio Kato's "La Maison en Petits Cubes," Konstantin Bronzit's "Lavatory -- Lovestory," Emud Mokhberi and Thierry Marchand's "Oktapodi" and Alan Smith and Adam Foulkes' "This Way Up.
"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" explores a particular kind of transformation: aging.
"While Ari Folman's animated documentary "Waltz With Bashir," a critical look at Israel's 1982 war with Lebanon, was eligible in both the animated and foreign-language film categories, it did not make the 'toon list, where the nominees are Disney's "Bolt," DreamWorks Animation's "Kung Fu Panda" and Pixar/Disney's "WALL-E.""WALL-E" showed strength well beyond the animated category, though, earning six nominations, including one for its futuristic yet also humanistic original screenplay by Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon with an original story by Stanton and Pete Doctor.Pixar, as it often does, also popped up in the best animated short film crowd, with a nom for Doug Sweetland's "Presto," a film about a magician and a pesky rabbit. After filming had ended, Cate joked that she no longer wanted to work with the actor because it was "disgusting" how in love with Angelina he was. Director Fincher said the recovery from Hurricane Katrina had not hindered the process and praised New Orleans. "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a short story written by F. Scott Fitzgerald.
What makes Button … (Noms by film: "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" -- 13; "Slumdog Millionaire" -- 10; "The Dark Knight" -- 8; "Milk" -- 8; "WALL-E" -- 6; "Doubt" -- 5; "Frost/Nixon" -- 5; "The Reader" -- 5) "Along with "WALL-E," the nominees for original screenplay are "Frozen River," written by Courtney Hunt; "Happy-Go-Lucky," Mike Leigh; "In Bruges," Martin McDonagh; and "Milk," Dustin Lance Black.In the adapted category, the nominees are "Button," screenplay by Eric Roth, screen story by Roth and Robin Swicord; "Doubt," John Patrick Shanley; "Frost/Nixon," Peter Morgan; "The Reader," David Hare; and "Slumdog," Simon Beaufoy.The nominees for best documentary feature are "The Betrayal" (Nerakhoon), directed by Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath; "Encounters at the End of the World," Werner Herzog and Henry Kaiser; "The Garden," Scott Hamilton Kennedy; "Man on Wire," James Marsh and Simon Chinn; and "Trouble the Water," Tia Lessin and Carl Deal. Nominee.
All you need to know about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, starring Brad Pitt.1.
Brad Pitt, who plays Benjamin, recently turned 45 and spoke to reporters at the Berlin premiere of the film. First published in Collier's Magazine on May 27, 1922, it was subsequently anthologized in Fitzgerald's book Tales of the Jazz Age, which is occasionally published as The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and Other Jazz Age Stories.. The film stars Brad Pitt as a man who ages in reverse and Cate Blanchett as the love interest throughout his life. Also starring Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton as Benjamin’s love interests, the film was directed by David Fincher and written by Eric Roth.3. Adapted from the 1920’s book by F Scott Fitzgerald, The Curious Case of Benjamin Button stars Brad Pitt in the leading role – a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button actress Taraji P. Henson was paid less than 2% of Brad Pitt's salary, and also had to pay for her own accommodation. "I'm not so afraid of getting old, I'm more afraid of how I'll go. "Hoffman and Ledger, who faced off in the best actor category three years ago when Hoffman took home the gold for "Capote," will once again compete, this time for best supporting actor. Hannah Shaw-Williams Oct 12, 2016 2009 Scream Award Nominations This film is about a man named Benjamin Button who leads much of an ordinary life under not so ordinary circumstances.
