Starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, it is the story of a man who is born old and 'youngs' as the years go by, aging in reverse to die a baby. It is a kind of Forrest Gump as time-traveller. Though the story may appear outlandish, especially in the last half-hour of the movie, it is definitely worth seeing.
Benjamin Button received nominations for Best Picture (Drama) and a few other categories in the recent Golden Globe Awards. It lost the Best Picture award to Slumdog Millionaire. Nor did any of the other nominations yield an award. You can visit http://www.benjaminbutton.com/ to learn more about the movie.
The movie is said to be based loosely on a Scott Fitzgerald story of the same name. You can read the story for free at http://feedbooks.com/book/3431. If you prefer reading it piecemeal, one chapter at a time (of eleven chapters), you can do that at http://xroads.virginia.edu/~HYPER/Fitzgerald/jazz/benjamin/benjamin1.htm.
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