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That's right, Benjamin. BENJAMIN:Now when I look back on it,it was miraculous. But you know the saying, the Lordgiveth and the Lord taketh away. Glory in the highest! Sweet Jesus! - No!- No! BENJAMIN:There were so many birthdays. For he's a jolly good fellowFor he's a jolly good fellow... BENJAMIN:So we wouldn't run out,we would spare the candles. Queenie, you know I don't like birthdaysand I don't like cake. And death was a common visitor.People came and went. You always knewwhen someone left us. There was a silence in the house
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That's right Benjamin
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BENJAMIN Now when I look back on it it was miraculous
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But you know the saying the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away
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Glory in the highest
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PEOPLE EXCLAIMING
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Sweet Jesus
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No No
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WOMEN SCREAMING
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BENJAMIN There were so many birthdays
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SINGING For he's a jolly good fellow For he's a jolly good fellow
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BENJAMIN So we wouldn't run out we would spare the candles
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Queenie you know I don't like birthdays and I don't like cake
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And death was a common visitor People came and went
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You always knew when someone left us
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There was a silence in the house
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Movie Summary
I was born under unusual circumstances. And so begins The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, adapted from the 1920s story by F. Scott Fitzgerald about a man who is born in his eighties and ages backwards: a man, like any of us, who is unable to stop time. We follow his story, set in New Orleans, from the end of World War I in 1918 into the 21st century, following his journey that is as unusual as any man's life can be. Benjamin Button, is a grand tale of a not-so-ordinary man and the people and places he discovers along the way, the loves he finds, the joys of life and the sadness of death, and what lasts beyond time.