The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Story to Screenplay)

　　F. Scott Fitzgerald, one of the great voices in the history ofAmerican literature, is best known today for his novels, but duringhis lifetime his fame stemmed primarily from his prolificachievements as one of America's most gifted short story writers."The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is one of his most memorablecreations.
　　"I was born under unusual circumstances." And so begins the film"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," adapted from the 1920s storyby F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man whois born in his eighties andages backwards. A man, like any of us, unable to stop time. Wefollow his story set in New Orleans from the end of World War I in1918, into the twenty-first century, following his journey that isas unusual as any man's life can be. Directed by David Fincher,"The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" is a time traveler's tale ofthe people and places Benjamin Button bumps into along the way, theloves he loses and finds, the joys of life and the sadness ofdeath, and what lasts beyond time.
　　Included in this volume is F. Scott Fitzgerald's provocativestory, as well as Eric Roth's stunning screenplay, a boldre-imagining of this classic tale.