Just as a new trailer for The Curious Case of Benjamin Button premiered on NBC's Olympics coverage last night, rumors are percolating that the movie's veneer some difficulties behind the scenes. Specifically, Variety's Anne Thompson writes that music director David Fincher has off in a cut that is "quite long," simply like his last pic, Zodiac. /Film and Ain't It Cool News have fanned the rumors as well, with a test-screening report at AICN pegging the electric current cut at three hours.
Seriously, does this movie want to be three hours long? It's a not bad story � Brad Pitt plays the title character reference, who ages backward � and the special personal effects seem immaculate, with old man-baby Brad Pitt specially terrifying. But is Fincher jealous of Steven Soderbergh's four-hour Che? Is he hoping to hammer place the tragedy of time's passage to audiences by taking aside three hours of their lives? By the time the movie's over, testament we experience aged into old man-babies?
Award Season Hopefuls: Benjamin Button, Revolutionary Road [Thompson on Hollywood/Variety]
Benjamin Button Olympic TV Spot and Early Buzz [/Film]
David Fincher's THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON Has Screened, And We've Got A Review! [Ain't It Cool News]
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