Wednesday, March 11, 2009

The Curious Case of Benjamin Button

The 2008 film directed by David Fincher, starring Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett, is based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," first published in Collier's Magazine in 1921.  It was included in Tales of the Jazz Age: Stories (1922).

Links:
Official web site for the film (www.benjaminbutton.com) features several trailers.
Text of the story on-line (University of Virginia), (www.readbookonline.net)