getthebigpicture.net - 2/3/2009
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'Benjamin Button' is being sued by an Italian writer who claims they stole her idea, even though it was never published.
Hmmm...
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 ...
Best Picture, a quick review —
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Now that I've seen all the nominees: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button : What I liked: Cate Blanchett, Tilda Swinton, the visually stylized world Benjamin moves through, the much-discussed digital effects, and the scene where Benjamin and Daisy watch the Beatles on TV in their apartment. ...
F. Scott … Pichini? —
Carpetbagger
Turns out "The Curious Case Case of Benjamin Button" did not take its inspiration from one of America's best storytellers. Or at least that's the argument an Italian office worker is making.
Writer sues over The Curious Case of Benjamin Button —
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I'm confused, but I thought the film The Curious Case of Benjamin Button was inspired by F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1921 short story. Not according to an office worker in Italy who is claiming that in 1994 he wrote the short story that the film was based on. It's extremely hard to prove these cases, ...
'Valkyrie' defeats competition at international b.o. —
The Screening Log
Tom Cruise's WWII thriller " Valkyrie " topped the international box office for the second consecutive weekend with an estimated $18.6 million in ticket sales. The film's total gross currently stands at $38.9 million.
At No. 2, David Fincher's drama " The Curious Case of Benjamin Button " ...
L.A. Dispatch: The Case for "Benjamin Button" —
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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 ...