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The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

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slashfilm.com - 8/18/2008

Benjamin Button Olympic TV Spot and Early Buzz

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A new television spot for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button aired during the Olympics on Sunday night. A crappy version has shown up online and is embedded below. I’m excited to see this movie, but I’ve been hearing all sorts of troubling things coming out of the post production of the project. Most movie journalists are afraid to report on what is going on behid ...

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Award Season Hopefuls: Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road
Thompson On Hollywood — ... has handed in a movie to Paramount that is quite long. Fincher is still That hurt his last pic for Paramount, Zodiac. This film is polished to a fine sheen, I understand. The word from one viewer: "shiny." UPDATE: According to the studio, as of their last research screening last week, the movie ran two hours and 43 minutes. Fincher is still cutting to find "the length he is happy with," said one spokesman. "The final print is due in October." Slashfilm has the Olympic TV spot that aired Sunday. Leo DiCaprio looks hot here in Sam Mendes' ...

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Norm Macdonald Brings Out His Z-Game For Bob Saget's Roast [Short Ends]
Gawker: defamer — ... ·If you missed the new The Curious Case of Benjamin Button TV spot that aired on the Olympics yesterday, here's a really crappy reproduction. [/Film] ...

Does “Benjamin Button” Need to Be 3 Hours Long?
Fataculture — ... , and length has never stopped the Academy before, and people who are going to want to see the film will do so irregardless of the length. The best part of this gossipy little get-together is /Film’s ominous declaration of “There is a bigger story going on behind the scenes…” Since when do mere (so called) editing woes constitute major problems? Apparently, Fincher is actually cutting the film until it is at “the length he is happy with.” Doesn’t that happen with all films? It’s not that no one is talking about the behind the scenes problems, it’s that there ...

Brad Pitt’s Olympic TV Spot
Reel Suave — ... Here is a clip that i got from slashfilm.com. But it is surely going to create even more curiosity for this epic film that is dubbed the Time Traveller for the new generation. The film is directed by David Fincher and it seems to be his departure from his gruesome crime thrillers. It stars the talented Brad Pitt, Cate Blanchett and Tilda Swinton in the main roles. Anne Thompson has this to say after a viewing of the film “The early word on The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: again, David Fincher has handed in a movie to Paramount that is quite long. That hurt his last pic for ...