The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald.

It opens on Christmas and focuses on a man (Brad Pitt) who is born in his eighties and ages backwards. He falls in love with a woman that ages naturally (Cate Blanchett).

Here's a look at Benjamin at various stages in his unusual life...

Despite appearances to the contrary, Benjamin Button goes from young (top) to middle-aged (left) to elderly (right).

On Christmas Day, movie goers will see what The Curious Case of Benjamin Button is all about.

In this unique drama, Brad Pitt portrays a man who ages backwards, yet falls in love with a woman that ages, you know, like a normal human being.

Here's the latest, international trailer for the movie:

In The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Brad Pitt ages backwards. But he falls in love with a woman (played by Cate Blanchett) who ages like a regular human being.

Such an outlandish concept might fail in the hands of other stars - or in the hands of a director aside from David Fincher - but the elements combine to make an Oscar-worthy drama in this case.

Read more about it with our The Curious Case of Benjamin Button review.

The holiday movie season is upon us.

And one of the most anticipated films of the winter stars Brad Pitt, as he ages in reverse and falls in love with Cate Blanchett in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

Here's the first poster for the drama:

“He has all the deterioration, the infirmities, not of a newborn, but of a man well in his 80s on the way to his grave.”

So says the doctor who delivers the title character in The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

This Christmas Day release stars Brad Pitt as a man that ages backward, and Cate Blanchett as the woman with whom he falls in love. Here's a photo of the stars in action:

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Here's the movie trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button. This Brad Pitt vehicle opens on December 19, 2008.