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Curious Case of Benjamin Button (The) (2008)
'Life isn't measured in minutes, but in moments'.Director: David Fincher
OVERALL: Draw-
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio commentary with director David Fincher
DISC TWO
"The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button" 4-Part documentary (with 'Play most' option) (175:08):
- First Trimester:
-- "Preface" (3:59)
-- "Development and Pre-production" (28:04)
-- "Tech Scouts" (12:20)
-- Storyboard gallery (218 Stills)
-- Art direction gallery (47 images)
- Second Trimester:
-- "Production Part 1" (26:11)
-- "Production Part 2" (29:00)
-- "Costume Design" (7:30)
-- Costume gallery (24 photos)
- Third Trimester:
-- "Capture" (7:41)
-- "Benjamin" (16:52)
-- "Youthenization" (6:21)
-- "The Chelsea" (8:47)
-- "The Simulated World" (12:50)
-- "Sound Design" (16:04)
-- "Desplat's Instrumentarium" (14:51)
- Birth:
-- "Premiere" (4:21)
-- Production stills gallery (122 photos)
Theatrical Trailer 1 (1:50)
Theatrical Trailer 2 (2:40) -
Subtitles:English, French, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
French Dolby Digital 5.1
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Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Comes with 6-page liner notes with essay by film critic Kent Jones.
Blu-ray promos, anti-tobacco ads, and FBI warnings play before the menu.
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Easter eggs:"Baby" featurette (2:00)
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with director David Fincher
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Subtitles:Bulgarian, Croatian, English HoH, Estonian, Latvian, Lithuanian, Polish, Serbian, Slovenian and Turkish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
Polish Dolby Digital 5.1
Turkish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also region 5 encoded.
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with director David Fincher
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Subtitles:English HoH, German, German HoH, Portuguese, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Subtitles are for the film only.
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Extras:DISC ONE
* The Film
Audio commentary with director David Fincher
DISC TWO
"The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button"
- First Trimester:
-- "Preface" (3:59)
-- "Development and Pre-production" (28:06)
-- "Tech Scouts" (12:24)
-- Storyboard gallery (218 Stills)
-- Art direction gallery (47 images)
- Second Trimester:
-- "Production Part 1" (26:14)
-- "Production Part 2" (29:04)
-- "Costume Design" (7:37)
-- Costume gallery (24 photos)
- Third Trimester:
-- "Capture" (7:42)
-- "Benjamin" (16:54)
-- "Youthenization" (6:20)
-- "The Chelsea" (8:47)
-- "The Simulated World" (12:51)
-- "Sound Design" (16:05)
-- "Desplat's Instrumentarium" (14:52)
- Birth:
-- "Premiere" (4:19)
-- Production stills gallery (122 photos)
Theatrical Trailer 1 (1:49)
Theatrical Trailer 2 (2:42) -
Subtitles:English HoH, German, German HoH, Portuguese, Spanish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
German Dolby Digital 5.1
Spanish Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:The commentary is without subtitles.
DISC TWO extras include optional Catalan, English, German, Italian, Portuguese, Spanish subtitles. -
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Commentaries:Audio commentary with director David Fincher
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Subtitles:Arabic, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, Greek, Hebrew, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, and Swedish
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Aspect Ratio:2.40:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:PAL
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
Italian Dolby Digital 5.1
English Audio Descriptive Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Subtitles are for the film only.
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Extras:DISC ONE
*The Film
Audio commentary with director David Fincher
DISC TWO
"The Curious Birth of Benjamin Button" 4-Part documentary:
- Play All (189:32):
-- First Trimester:
--- Development & Pre-production (28:04)
--- Technical Scount (12:23)
-- Second Trimester:
--- Production 1 (26:12)
--- Production 2 (29:03)
--- Costume Design (7:37)
-- Third Trimester:
--- Visual Effects: Performance Capture (6:32)
--- Visual Effects: Benjamin (16.53)
--- Youthenization (5:53)
--- Visual Effects: The Chelsea (8:48)
--- Visual Effects: The Simulated World (12:50)
--- Sound Design (16:18)
--- Desplat's Instrumentarium (14:38)
-- Birth:
--- Premiere (3:32) -
Subtitles:English and Simplified Chinese
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Aspect Ratio:2.35:1
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Picture Format:Anamorphic
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TV System:NTSC
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Soundtrack(s):English Dolby Digital 5.1
Mandarin Dolby Digital 5.1 -
Case type:Keep Case
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Notes:Also available as a Silver edition which is 1-disc keep case.
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Easter eggs:At Discs 2's main menu, hightlight "setting", press "down" to highlight a button to see a short featurette called "The Mechanical Baby" (2:07)
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CUTS:
- R1 America- Criterion Collection - No cuts (165:50 NTSC).
- R2 Estonia- Forum Cinemas Home Entertainment - No cuts (159:13 PAL).
- R2 Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts (159:11 PAL).
- R2 2 Disc Special Edition Germany- Warner Home Video - No cuts (159:11 PAL).
- R2 United Kingdom- Warner Home Video - No cuts (159:13 PAL).
- R6 China- CAV Warner Home Entertainment - No cuts (165:51 NTSC).
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Comparison added by Paul_Lewis on 12/05/09
Comparison last updated by James-Masaki_Ryan on 12/07/22UPDATE LOG:
15/04/11 - Addition of the UK and Chinese releases.
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08/08/13 - Added R2 Estonia.
12/07/22: Added Germany x2, ASINs.
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