The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
2009 · 2h 55m · N/A
Documentary
Directed by
David Prior
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The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button
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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