defamer.com - 1/27/2009
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button grazed history last week with 13 Academy Award nominations. But could it seize Oscar legend by the throat on Feb. 22 with 13 losses? We think so! The previous record for single-year Oscar futility is shared by 1977's The Turning Point and 1985's The Color ...
boxofficemojo.com - 1/23/2009
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boxofficemojo.com —
> MOVIES Adjust this page for inflation ...>>>
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Domestic Total as...
of Jan. 23, 2009: $106,729,000 (Estimate) Distributor: Paramount Release Date: December 25, 2008 Genre: Fantasy Drama Running Time: 2 hrs. 48 min. ...
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
hollywoodreporter.com - 2/2/2009
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hollywoodreporter.com —
ROME -- "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"
got a little stranger Friday, after an attorney representing...
Italian office worker filed legal papers alleging that the screenplay was based on a story she wrote in 1994. The David Fincher film, nominated ...
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Curious case against 'Button' in Italy
hollywoodreporter.com - 1/22/2009
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With 13 nominations, romantic fable "The Curious Case
of Benjamin Button" led the parade as the nominations...
for the 81st Annual Academy Awards were announced Thursday morning. The Paramount/Warners co-production will compete in the best picture race ...
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'Benjamin Button' leads Oscar nominations
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Could Benjamin Button Go 0-13 on Oscar Night?
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... Not a chance. But that didn't stop Defamer from outlining the far-fetched scenario in which the pic with the most nominations puts up a bagel. We're yet to actually meet anyone that thinks 'Button' is as good as the Academy would indicate. But then again their penchant for sappy, over the top, excessively conceptual dramas is well documented. ...
Missing the Button
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Over at Defamer, Stu VanAirsdale lays down track for an Oscar night in which the most nominated film, “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button,” goes 0 for 13: The previous record for single-year Oscar futility is shared by 1977’s “The Turning Point” and 1985’s “The Color Purple,” both of which went 0-for-11. More recently, Miramax failed to capitalize on a single one of “Gangs of New York”’s 10 nominations in 2002 — an accomplishment hinting that the Academy can willingly defy even the most art-directed, costume-designed, massive-budget prestige exercises of their respective ...
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mcnblogs.com 1/30/2009 — Why is Variety - in the form of two leading bloggers on the .com page - selling the absurd notion that The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is chasing Slummy's tail closely?
It is my considered opinion that both Frost/Nixon and Milk have much ...
L.A. Dispatch: The Case for "Benjamin Button" —
Carpetbagger
While "Slumdog" has the class, sentiment, and goodwill to become the year's best picture, it is essentially a middle-weight that can be decked by the outsized "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," the campaign for which is quietly wiring together some powerful constituencies within the Academy ...
Backlash You Say? 'Slumdog Millionaire' Strikes Back —
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You want to play the manipulative press game come Oscar season? Two can play that game: The " Slumdog Millionaire " backlash campaign (brought to you by the makers of 'Benjamin Button'? ;) went into overdrive this week with claims that the Indian children in the film were exploited up the hilt ...
Cinematic Siblings: 'Benjamin Button' & 'Forrest Gump' —
Reel Talk
The more I think about it, the clearer the similarities between "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," which just received 13 Oscar nominations, and its theatrical ancestor, "Forrest Gump" become. The same screenwriter, Eric Roth, penned both scripts, and both were adapted from previous works. ...
Oscar Watch: Pitt Calls Close —
Thompson On Hollywood
I won't soon forget the sight of Brad Pitt, wearing a snug vested tweed suit, standing patiently on Kathy Kennedy and Frank Marshall's chilly patio in the moonlight, listening to a Russian blonde list the things she didn't like about Benjamin Button. He wanted his Button nom, and he did the ...
Fincher Feels The Pinch —
Screen Rant
On the surface, David Fincher is riding high on the commercial and critical success of The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , but if you delve beneath the surface things don’t appear to be that rosy for the director.
For the last couple of years the Fight Club director has been trying ...
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) —
Ferdy on Films, etc.
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008)
Director : David Fincher
By Roderick Heath
When I was 10 years old, my mother, a nurse, took a weekend job as the senior matron at a nursing home. I would often come to work with her and talk to the aged residents, helping to bring them ...
Benjamin Button Now a 100 Million $ Baby —
Awards Daily
Now that TDK is out of the running, our new box office champ in the Best Pic race is The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, which has a $106 million as the nominees are announced.
Slumdog, according to Nikki Finke, should be next, with $54 million after going wider this weekend. ...
Own Benjamin Button’s House For $2.85 Million —
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For all the /Film readers who absolutely loved The Curious Case of Benjamin Button , now is your chance to own a piece of movie history.
Button was a beautiful film, with breathtaking production design and brilliantly realized settings. One of the most memorable locations was the ...
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