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Sunday
14Dec2008

Watch Eight 'Benjamin Button' Clips

DateSunday, December 14, 2008 at 2:15AM
If you've been following the awards season slightly more than casually - and you certainly can here at The Big Picture; it seems we've got a new list of awards at least once a day - then you know that the Best Picture category at the Academy Awards is quickly becoming a three horse race.

Milk, Doubt, and Revolutionary Road are on the outside looking in, though we might see one or two them get nominated for the top prize. That leaves Frost/Nixon, which is in third in our three horse race, Slumdog Millionaire, which is probably slightly out in front, and The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

We won't go into why each of these films has a chance of winning, but we will take a minute here to share some new fresh clips from Benjamin Button with you. It's an odd story: Benjamin is "born old," and infant with the maladies of old age, and over the next 70 years or so, he ages backwards. When he's in his mid-thirties, he's the age he should be, but otherwise, he looks much older than he is for his age and vice versa.

Brad Pitt plays Button, opposite Cate Blanchett, Taraji P. Henson, and Tilda Swinton. David Fincher has wanted to make this film for years, so if you're a fan of his, it's probably good to see that it's being so warmly received.

The film picked up five Golden Globe nominations last week, and between now and the Oscars on February 22nd, we'll be hearing a lot about this movie, so arm yourself for the discussion:


Still a Child of God


Introducing Benjamin


I Thought I Was Like Everyone Else


Under the Table


I Never Had a Woman


I Came Home


Daisy Returns


Meeting in the Middle
Thanks to Movie Web for the clips

The only question mark I have about Benjamin Button is whether or not a three hour movie like this is really going to draw a crowd. The nominations won't hurt. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button opens on December 25th.

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Cool clips. Check out www.movieswamp.com for movie trailers and a search engine for finding online movies and shows.

Sunday, December 14, 2008 | Unregistered CommenterGarth

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