The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button

2009 · 175 MIN · IMDB 7.5 · 41,306 VOTES · DIR. David Prior

Overview

A documentary about the making of David Fincher's 2008 film THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON. Virtually every element in the evolution of the Fincher's film is documented here, from the project's attachment to numerous other directors during the 1990s, to its shoot in 2006 and 2007 in New Orleans, to its complex, CGI-intensive postproduction process.

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Dialogue Timeline — 2,039 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:24 [MACHINE BEEPING]
00:07:21 DAIS Y: Mom, it's not exactly...
00:13:26 Okay. All right, Mrs. Hollister, I'll be right with you, okay?
00:19:41 But we all going the same way.
00:25:10 - Rise up like Lazarus. MAN 5: Praise the Lord!
00:30:54 Where in God's name have you been? Get in here.
00:36:03 May I?
00:42:15 - You busy? I could use your help. NURSE: Excuse me.
00:47:45 What are you, Dick Tracy or something? I've got to rest.
00:53:21 [GROANS]
00:59:46 [MIKE LAUGHING]
01:06:17 A hotel in the middle of the night can be a magical place.
01:13:14 You want me to skip some?
01:22:40 ...you have to let go.
01:29:01 I heard that. I'm sorry.
01:35:27 BENJAMIN: My hair had very little gray and grew like weeds.
01:42:06 Let's get you dressed.
01:50:53 London, Vienna, Prague.
01:56:47 And with therapy and time, she might walk again.
02:05:52 Sometime after that.
02:14:51 I know the consequences. I've accepted that.
02:23:42 I hope you see things that startle you.
02:31:33 Uh, it's the corner house.
40:00:00 to nearly half a million buttons a day.

Cast & Characters

David Fincher Self Kathleen Kennedy Self Joshua Donen Self Frank Marshall Self Eric Roth Self Brad Pitt Self Cate Blanchett Self William Doyle Self Donald Graham Burt Self Jim Davidson Self

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed2,039
Dialogue density11.7 lines / min
First line00:00:24
Final line40:00:00

Production Record

DirectorDavid Prior
LanguageEnglish
IMDb votes41,306