The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (2008) Edit

A bit of honey, please.

A curtain blowing.

A date which will live in infamy...

A friend told me that she never had the chance

A hotel in the middle of the night can be a magical place.

A letter came.

A lot of folks been through that old house.

A lot of her reminds me of you.

A man child.

A mouse running, and stopping.

A series of intersecting lives and incidents

A slow hurricane, with maximum sustained winds of...

A tattoo artist!

A transport carrying 1 ,300 men had been split by a torpedo.

A tuba band playing.

A woman in Paris was on her way to go shopping.

Absolutely! Damn right!

After the Civil War, he moved to New Orleans,

Again, read it again.

Again.

Ahoy, sailor!

Ail the men who wanted to be insurance salesmen

All fathers want to do is hold you down.

All hands lost at sea.

All I have is my story,

All right, baby, come on.

All right, he says, I went back home. And then there's a lot of pages torn out.

All right, Mom, I’ll get the nurse.

All right.

All stop!

All the while, Daisy was getting dressed.

Along with other things.

Although she never did and nobody ever came to visit her.

Always had a healthy curiosity.

Always ready. Always ready.

Amen.

An artist? God meant for you to work a tugboat, just like me.

An old man in the twilight of his life.

And all the while, Daisy was rehearsing.

And death was a common visitor. People came and went.

And even longer nights.

And everybody asked me, would I try again?

And everything's supposed to be fine and dandy.

And for that, I am forever grateful.

And had missed getting the earlier cab.

And had stopped to get a cup of coffee.

And had stopped to get the cup of coffee,

And he just... He just put it right into the production.

And he was a spy.

And her leg was crushed.

And his infernal zippers.

And I can't remember what it was.

And I happen to be a goddamned artist.

And I hope you make the best of it.

And I knew that he knew who I was.

And I think right there and then

And I watched as he forgot how to walk

And I’d find myself saying...

And I’ve been told it was an especially good night to be born.

And if only one thing had happened differently,

And if you find that you're not, I hope you have the strength

And in May of 1 945, when I was 26 years old,

And in the spring of 1 962,

And in the spring of 2003,

And it says New Orleans.

And late one morning, not long after I’d been back...

And mind your own business, Mrs. Duprey.

And Mr. Gateau, done for the night,

And now, take a little swallow of vodka while it's still in your mouth.

And one fall day, a familiar visitor came knocking on our door.

And Pleasant Curtis from Asheville, Notch.

And she always dressed in fine clothing, as if she was going out.

And she told me about all the places she had been, and what she had seen.

And so that you and your mother might have a life,

And so we might have memories of our own,

And spend the night with her grandmother.

And sweep you off your feet or something.

And tendu.

And that driver was momentarily distracted.

And that taxi hit Daisy.

And that's exactly what you're gonna do.

And the taxi would have driven by.

And their son came home.

And then he closed his eyes as if to go to sleep.

And these gray locks, the pursuivants of death,

And they had a son.

And they prayed God would keep him out of harm's way.

And this cab driver, who dropped off the earlier fare

And use your napkin, please, Mr. Benjamin.

And we named her for my mother, Caroline.

And we talked till just before the dawn.

And we went back to our rooms, to our separate lives.

And we will never say I love you.

And we're always to part before sunrise.

And what a shame that is.

And what does he think, anyway?

And what does he think, anyway?

And what's this old man's irrediction?

And where is it that you're from?

And while Daisy was showering,

And while she was rehearsing, the woman, off the phone now,

And with therapy and time, she might walk again.

And you have trouble sleeping? Thank you.

And you know what they saw?

And you ought to be ashamed of yourself.

And you were so old.

And you've never had caviar before, have you?

Another dancing gypsy.

Anybody doesn't want to go to war, now is the time to say so.

Anybody want to make $2 for a day's work 'round here?

Anything's possible.

Anytime. Good night, Mr. Button.

Anyway, I finally work up the nerve and telic him,

April 25th, 1918. Happiest day of my life.

Are you afraid?

Are you here to pick somebody up?

Are you right out of your mind?

Are you sick?

Are you sleeping?

Argue the end of Edmund Mortimer.

Arrived here today in Calais...

As a matter of fact, I’ve never done anything with my life after that.

As hard as I try, I can't remember her name.

As she told me about this big new world,

As you may or may not know,

At 5:00 in the afternoon

At 5:00 in the afternoon.

At the summer house on Lake Pontchartrain.

Babe! You going downtown?

Babies were born, people died.

Barely a line or a crease.

Battle stations!

Beautiful.

Because Big God Nqong's clock says so.

Because that way, there's nothing left to enjoy.

Because the girl hadn't broken up with her boyfriend,

Before or since.

Before you turn around, they’ll be in high school, dating.

Beg pardon?

Benjamin Button, this is my husband, Robert.

Benjamin, do you know anything about buttons?

Benjamin, we're meant to lose the people we love.

Benjamin!

Benjamin! Come on!

Benjamin! That is dangerous. Come back over here.

Benjamin?

Benjamin?

Benjamin? Mrs. La Tourneau just passed.

Benjamin? You're my son.

Benjamin.

Benjamin.

Benjamin.

Benjamin's fine.

But Benjamin was never far from my thoughts.

But each time seemed new and different.

But every night, we'd meet again in that lobby.

But he didn't live long,

But I like to think of it as fate.

But I never did.

But I think it's a girl.

But I was getting younger than everybody else?

But I was relegated to the corps.

But I’ll send you a postcard when I get there.

But I’ll tell you a little secret.

But it never seemed to work out.

But now, either I drink a hell of a lot more than I think I do,

But of a man well in his 80s on his way to the grave.

But she had forgotten her coat, went back to get it.

But she was pretty as any picture to me.

But she'd never dance.

But the caviar and the vodka

But the current that day was so strong that,

But this ain't yours to keep.

But we have to go with the guidance that we have,

But we're all going the same way.

But when it comes to the end,

But when it comes to the end,

But you chose to do something so special and unique

But you know the saying, the Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away.

But you know what?

But you're a tugboat captain.

But you're still a child of God.

But, life being what it is,

But. . .

Buttons. Button's Buttons. There isn't a button that we don't make.

Bye, Mr. Benjamin.

Bye.

Can I do anything for you, mom?

Can I offer you a ride somewhere?

Can you hear me, Mom?

Can you imagine?

Can you please show her up to Mrs. Rousseau's old room?

Can you say Daisy?

Can you still get it up?

Captain Mike had contracted for three years

Captain Mike?

Captain!

Captain?

Captain?

Caroline, this is Benjamin.

Come back the other way. And spot, spot, spot. Excellent.

Come here, wash your hands, help me with the table. Go on, now.

Come here.

Come here.

Come here.

Come in.

Come on in here, help me with this table.

Come on in.

Come on out back for a moment. Take your mind off things.

Come on, now, you know I ain't got nothing but work to do around here.

Come on, son. Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on. Under here.

Come on. Walk.

Come. Let's get a cold root beer.

Could you hold, dear, for us, please?

Could you make him stop that?

Could you read it to me?

Could you see that this gets to my wife?

Couldn't go without him.

Creature of habit.

Daisy and her friend came out the back of the theater.

Daisy and her friend would have crossed the street

Daisy had finished rehearsing and was taking a shower.

Daisy was rehearsing for a performance at the Paris Opera House.

Daisy, just not tonight, is all.

Daisy! Help!

Daisy?

Daisy. Daisy.

Damn shame.

Damn, that's the saddest thing I’ve ever heard in my life.

Dancers don't need costumes or scenery anymore.

Darling, the pain.

Deep breaths. Push.

Did I ever telic you I was struck by lightning seven times?

Did I ever telic you I was struck by lightning seven times?

Did I ever telic you I’ve been struck by lightning seven times?

Did I telic you that I danced for Balanchine?

Did you count the toes?

Did you know turkeys aren't really birds?

Did you say something, Mom?

Didn't leave nobody but the baby

Do something.

Do you know about Edgar Cayce, the psychic?

Do you know what day it is?

Do you love him?

Do you mind if I make a call? Somebody's watching my little boy.

Do you remember me?

Do you want any more medication, mother?

Doctor said you could have as much as you want.

Don't know why you bother, Sam, just gonna be there again tomorrow.

Don't think I don't know what you're doing!

Don't waste any time bothering about the wine or the cheese in Murmansk,

Don't you understand? I don't want your help.

Don't. . . Don't stop, darling.

Dr. Rose said he ain't got much more time on this earth.

Drive on.

Eighteen ratty dollars

Elizabeth and I would lose track of the night

Elizabeth.

Even like a man new haled from the rack,

Even Teddy Roosevelt came.

Even the ones we miss.

Evening, Mr. Button.

Every place he worked.

Everybody feels different about themselves, one way or another.

Everybody, no matter what differences they had,

Everybody's just supposed to be friends.

Everyone's fine. She's a perfectly healthy baby girl.

Excuse me.

Excuse me.

Exhausted but happy.

Fat people, skinny people, tall people,

Filamena, Mr. Benjamin.

Find my dark suitcase.

Finding it harder to keep my eyes open.

Five. I wish I could have taken you to your first day of school.

Food poisoning's one of the leading causes of death at sea.

For every stroke I took, I was pushed back two.

For everyone that died, someone would come to take their place.

For five years, l. . .

For he's a jolly good fellow For he's a jolly good fellow...

For months, he did nothing but work on that clock.

For the School of American Ballet.

For what it's worth, it's never too late,

For why wouldn't l?

Frank D. Roosevelt’s asked each of us to do our part.

From Belvedere, South Dakota.

From everywhere.

Get moving, then.

Get on out there and finish sweeping.

Get you walking so you can help me out around here. Come on now, hear?

Get your ass on board. We’ll sure as hell find out.

Glasgow. Liverpool. Narvik.

Glory in the highest!

Go and call an ambulance!

Go get him!

Go on back upstairs, hear?

Go on back upstairs, hear?

Go on, Caroline.

God be my witness, he got another thing coming.

God bless you.

God hasn't said yet, baby.

God in Heaven. He looks just like my ex husband.

God keeps reminding me I’m lucky to be alive.

Going?

Good night, Benjamin.

Good night, Benjamin.

Good night, Benjamin.

Good night, Daisy.

Good night, sweetie. Come back now.

Good night.

Good night.

Good people, supper is served.

Growing up's a funny thing. Sneaks up on you.

Guess they're waiting their turn like everybody else, huh?

Had broken up with her boyfriend the night before and forgot.

Had gone outside to get a taxi.

Hair had started growing in all sorts of places,

Hallelujah!

Hallelujah!

Handsome as I’ve ever seen.

Have children.

Have you been to Manhattan? It’s right across the river from me.

Have you had a chance to say your goodbyes?

He brung home every play for me to read.

He came home legless, but he's home.

He came to telic me his father had died.

He crosses something out.

He didn't understand. I couldn't have him see me like that.

He died sitting in his favorite chair

He doesn't believe he just had his breakfast.

He doesn't seem to know who or where he is. He's very confused.

He doesn't seem to like to be touched.

He gives me the willies. That is not for me.

He goes in and out of states of recognition.

He had been gone a long time.

He has the beginnings of dementia.

He killed Abraham Lincoln.

He laughs.

He left us $1 8 that night you was found.

He limited himself to having afternoon naps.

He looked at me

He never pays.

He picked up the lady who was going shopping

He says that everything is predetermined,

He says, Who the hell do you think you are?

He shows all the deterioration, the infirmities, not of a newborn,

He spilt something on it, so it's hard to read, Mom.

He thinks he can just show up

He was Chief Minister of the British Trade Mission in Murmansk,

He was living in a condemned building.

He was married to a Creole of Evangeline Parish

He was so convinced he was gonna die in his sleep,

He was so determined he was gonna cheat death.

He'd been on a tugboat since he was seven.

He'd given me all of his pay. Hadn't spent a dime of it.

He's an incredibly kind, just bright, adventurous man.

He's dying?

He's gonna see that you walk from faith. . .

He's gonna see this little old man walk without the use of a crutch or a cane.

He's got the Devil on his back,

He's known as. . .

He's not a well child, so we're gonna have to take good care of him.

He's seven.

He's smiling!

He’ll be buried right next to your mother.

Hello, children.

Hello?

Hello?

Hello.

Her face was red from it.

Her husband was Walter Abbott.

Her leg had been broken in five places.

Her name was Elizabeth Abbott.

Her parts are all twisted up inside and she can't have little children.

Here, put this on. We gotta hurry.

Here, you light it.

Hey, do you remember this?

Hey, excuse me.

Hey, I know it's hard. You can't smoke in here.

Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Hey! What are you doing there?

Hey.

Hey.

Hey.

Hey. I’ve been watching you.

His body is failing him before his life's begun.

His family had been Americans for over 500 years.

His name was Captain Mike Clark.

His name was Dennis Smith, and he was a full blooded Cherokee.

His skin has lost all elasticity, and his hands and feet are ossified.

Hold your water! You go deal with it.

Hold, please.

Home to farm,

Honey, she needs a father, not a playmate.

Honey?

How are you tonight, grandpa?

How are you? It’s been such a long time.

How come you didn't write or nothing? Just disappearing like that.

How else would we know how important they are to us?

How is it when you showed up

How old are you?

I am gonna make this work.

I am so glad we didn't find one another when I was 26.

I asked her to come away with me.

I attempted to become the first woman ever to swim the English Channel.

I bet I can stay out here longer than you.

I bet you can't.

I better get changed. A group of us are going to a party.

I broke my heel off one of my shoes.

I came as quickly as I could. The streets are filled with people.

I came home.

I can cook, Captain. Been doing it all my life.

I can feel the wind in your cheek.

I can imagine dancing completely naked.

I can see the graveyard where Mama's buried,

I can't lie.

I can't really say. I’m always looking out my own eyes.

I could lose my license.

I could walk further and faster.

I couldn't have been raising both of you.

I couldn't sleep.

I couldn't take my eyes off of you. I thought you were mesmerizing.

I couldn't wait to see her again.

I danced everywhere.

I didn't know there was another.

I didn't leave right away.

I didn't mind.

I didn't really hear very much of what she was saying.

I didn't think I did. I usually sleep like a baby.

I do every morning.

I do remember she wore diamonds.

I don't believe l. . .

I don't have any people. I keep to myself.

I don't have much to leave, few possessions, no money, really.

I don't know how it's possible, but you seem to have more hair.

I don't know what I’m gonna do.

I don't know, I mean, there's a proper way of making tea.

I don't know. You're a little moody for war, Benjamin.

I don't mean to be rude, but your hands. Is that painful?

I don't really know.

I don't think I have worms.

I don't want to read this now. Can you just telic me where he went?

I don't want to spend the rest of my life on a goddamn tugboat.

I enjoyed drinking with you.

I enjoyed talking to you.

I enjoyed the show!

I fell in love the first time I saw her.

I felt pretty good, considering.

I felt safe.

I figure, you were born in 1 91 8, 49 years ago.

I found the medication under your pillow.

I guess that'd be from my side of things.

I guess.

I had 1 0 children.

I had a miracle happen.

I had gone to a brothel.

I have a feeling there's a lot of things I can't remember.

I have never stopped loving you.

I have something. Could you come downstairs?

I have to go back tomorrow.

I have to go pee.

I haven't figured that out yet,

I haven't had as much time with her as I would've. . .

I hear you're not so old as you're looking.

I hope you enjoy my clock.

I hope you feel things you never felt before.

I hope you like flies in your honey.

I hope you live a life you're proud of.

I hope you meet people with a different point of view.

I hope you see things that startle you.

I hope you won't think me impolite, but I have to ask,

I just can't believe we're both here. Must be fate.

I just don't like getting old.

I just stopped.

I kept waiting, you know?

I knew it that moment I saw you, you were special.

I knew, life being what it was, I’d probably never see them again.

I know I’m feeling sorry for myself, but I don't want to be with you.

I know the consequences. I’ve accepted that.

I know you ain't got all the parts it takes to make one of your own,

I know you were sweet on him one time.

I learned to read when I was five.

I learned to sail an old boat of my father's from the lake house.

I left with just the clothes on my back.

I left, before you could ever remember me.

I listened to the sound of the house. I read that already.

I love your wrinkles. Both of them.

I loved her very much.

I loved that house.

I loved those weekends when she'd come

I made a reservation, just in case.

I made it that way

I mean, can you imagine that? Like in a... In a classical ballet?

I mean, outside of harbors.

I mean, you take my breath away, you know that?

I met the person who changed my life forever.

I need a volunteer!

I never forgot her blue eyes.

I never forgot her...

I never knew that.

I never met my father.

I packed my bag, said goodbye.

I plan on leaving everything I have to you.

I promise.

I promised your mother I’d make sure you were safe.

I put on every one of these myself.

I remember that. That was him?

I said goodbye to all the other men who had dreams of their own,

I said goodbye to the twin, Vic Brody,

I said my goodbyes to the Cherokee, Dennis Smith.

I said, God, just bring him home safely.

I said, rise up!

I saw my mama kissing another man.

I see you're still drinking your Sazerac with whiskey.

I sent Pleasant Curtis' wife his money.

I should never have abandoned you.

I should've called.

I sold Button's Buttons,

I sold the summer house on Lake Pontchartrain,

I spoke to Queenie, she said you were in the war, somewhere at sea.

I stayed in Paris for a while to look out for her.

I stopped.

I suppose...

I sure hope I’m not wrong.

I taught myself to walk again.

I telic you what, my knees are sore,

I think about the river I grew up on.

I think I may have given you the wrong impression.

I think so.

I think that preacher laid hands on you gave you a second life.

I think we are going to be so happy here.

I think we are going to be so happy here.

I think you make me feel younger.

I thought I’d come here

I thought so.

I thought you might enjoy.

I throw a spear, wrestle with Kowali.

I told him I had been invited to audition in New York City

I took the train to Lourdes.

I tried to read it a hundred different times.

I trust you ladies will help me out with that?

I want my family to know I was thinking about them.

I want this, and I want it with you.

I want to be an artist.

I want to remember us just as we are now.

I want to show her the river.

I want you to have everything you want, all of it.

I want you to say your prayers every night, hear?

I wanted to tell you how much I’m gonna miss you so...

I was as good a dancer as I was ever gonna be.

I was as happy as I could be.

I was born old.

I was gonna make some tea. Would you like some?

I was in the water for 32 hours.

I was just hearing a very sad story about a mutual friend

I was telling Mr. Hernandez that Benjamin is one of us.

I was with people who had shed ail the inconsequences of earlier life.

I will enjoy each and every moment I have with you.

I will go out of this world the same way I came in, alone and with nothing.

I wish I could have been your father. Nothing I ever did will replace that.

I wish I could have held you when you had a broken heart.

I wish I could have kissed you good night.

I wish I could have told you not to chase some boy.

I wish I was.

I wish we could go with them.

I wish you hadn't come here. I don't want you to see me like this.

I would listen to the house breathing.

I would stop by to make sure that he was comfortable.

I would think most of them would want to sleep with you.

I wrote him constantly.

I'm curious.

I'm drifting.

I'm on a boat.

I’d enjoy your company.

I’d find excuses to go down to that kitchen

I’d had my first drink.

I’d like to maybe see her one more time.

I’d never seen a hummingbird that far out to sea.

I’d undo all my mistakes.

I’ll be back in an hour!

I’ll be right there!

I’ll certainly do what I can.

I’ll go.

I’ll let you know if anything changes.

I’ll see you next Thursday.

I’ll send you a postcard.

I’ll take any man wants to kick the shite out of the Japs and the Huns.

I’ll telic you, I am sick about it, too,

I’m 43.

I’m a tugboat man.

I’m afraid it's the witching hour.

I’m afraid she's going to die.

I’m afraid, Benjamin, I don't rightly know your last name.

I’m Benjamin.

I’m blind in the one eye, can't hardly hear,

I’m coming!

I’m Daisy.

I’m gonna ride it out.

I’m gonna take you home with me.

I’m happy for you.

I’m just locking up.

I’m just not sure how to reconcile this.

I’m not in the habit of walking about in my stocking feet.

I’m not supposed to play with matches.

I’m not supposed to. It’s dangerous.

I’m not sure if he can hear. His bones indicate severe arthritis.

I’m not that strong.

I’m old enough for a lot of things.

I’m old enough.

I’m pregnant.

I’m sick. I don't know how much longer I have.

I’m so glad you're back home with me!

I’m so sorry for your loss. She was a great woman.

I’m so sorry I never told you before.

I’m so, so sorry.

I’m sorry if I’ve offended anybody.

I’m sorry, I don't know what I’m doing here.

I’m sorry, I don't understand.

I’m sorry, we're closing.

I’m sorry.

I’m staying at the Pontchartrain Hotel on the Avenue.

I’m usually not wrong about people.

I’ve always wanted to go to Russia. Is it as cold as they say?

I’ve been married five times.

I’ve come to say goodbye. I’m going away.

I’ve never been to a brothel, either.

I’ve never seen these.

If I stand on my bed.

If that shoelace hadn't broken

If we can't find something else for you to do?

If you want, you might say I was looking for something.

In 1 903, Caroline and all her brothers and sisters came to live here,

In 1 936, when I was coming to the end of the 1 7th year of my life,

In 2002, they put up a new clock in that train station.

In New Orleans.

In New York, we stay up all night,

In our company, we have to trust each other.

In the afternoon, when he had got his beautiful hind legs

In the name of God's glory. . .

In the spring, on a day like any other...

Incorporate that information and then pass it along to you.

Infinity!

Infinity.

Interesting times, though.

Is he okay?

Is that the last one?

Is this what you want to do?

Is what it is.

Isn't that something?

It certainly is. There's a time for everything.

It had been the best day of my life.

It happened when it was supposed to happen.

It is a wonderful old place, darling.

It may not even be humankind.

It occurred in the Ninth Ward.

It ran its course.

It smelled like firewood.

It started to rain.

It stinks.

It sure made me understand the value of earning a living.

It was a morning to remember.

It was a night to remember.

It was a place of great routine.

It was a wonderful place to grow up.

It was as if I was the only one alive.

It was glorious.

It was just Dorothy leaving.

It was one of the happiest times of my life.

It was something I needed to do for myself.

It was Thanksgiving, 1 930.

It was the first time a woman had ever kissed me.

It was very bad luck to be married to me.

It was your first birthday. We had a party for you.

It wasn't easy.

It wasn't the war any of us expected.

It would be dead in less than 1 0 seconds.

It would be nice to sit by my river again.

It’s a funny thing about coming home.

It’s a meeting, a policy meeting regarding your future,

It’s a pleasure to know you.

It’s after midnight!

It’s all right.

It’s awful nice out here.

It’s dated April 4th, 1 985.

It’s for me. 1 970. I was two. Happy Birthday.

It’s for sure nobody wanted to keep it. Come on, baby.

It’s funny how sometimes the people we remember the least

It’s getting really bad.

It’s going to make landfall sometime soon.

It’s how you feel about what you're playing.

It’s just the sound of your voice, darling.

It’s like there's this whole life I had,

It’s me, Daisy.

It’s nasty out.

It’s new and it's modern and it's American.

It’s not about how well you play.

It’s not about the formality of the dance, it's about what the dancer's feeling.

It’s not fair to a child. I don't want to be anybody's burden.

It’s okay to forget things.

It’s okay.

It’s running backwards!

It’s something you never forget.

It’s the corner house.

Its heart rate's 1 ,200 beats per minute.

Its wings beat 80 times a second.

Jane Childress, start her a bath!

John Grimm, who was right, he was gonna die there.

Join the club.

Just as Big God Nqong had promised.

Just be thankful for what you're given, hear?

Just not the kind of miracle one hopes to see.

Just so I could look at her.

Just stay out of my life.

Just, all the dancers go out after the show. You're. . .

Kind keepers of my weak decaying age,

Kismet.

Knowing that the people you love are asleep in their beds

Laboring to finish.

Left wondering about the weather, the temperature of a bath,

Let dying Mortimer here rest himself.

Let's get you dressed.

Let's go, old timer, eh? Break your cherry.

Let's go.

Let's see here. You ain't no slouch yourself.

Let's take a look. That's normal. Pulse rate is slowing.

Lf he needs a place to stay, it's all right, he can stay here.

Lf something happens to me,

Lf there was a war, we didn't see it.

Lf you must know, we have a longstanding agreement

Lf you was to stop their wings from beating,

Life wasn't all that complicated.

Listening to his favorite program on the wireless.

London, Vienna, Prague.

Look at this eye. This is a major hurricane,

Look, he's prematurely old.

Look.

Lord, Benjamin.

Lord, if you could see clear to forgive this woman her sins

Loving you is worth everything to me.

Make anything easier?

Make the greatest impression on us.

Mama?

Mama? How much longer I got?

Mama.

Mama.

Many times, he would simply forget who or where he was.

Maybe I’ll see you at home.

Maybe it was Maple.

Means I was very drunk last night.

Mercy.

Might I say you are looking strikingly youthful.

Might stand and come home again.

Miss Abbott, how would you sum up, in words, this achievement?

Miss Daisy Fuller.

Miss Simone messed herself.

Molasses.

Mom, I think I should go see what's going on.

Mom, it's an ancient streetcar token.

Mom, it's not exactly. . .

Mom, what's wrong?

Mom?

Mom?

Mom?

Mom.

Morning, Captain. Can you take us out?

Mr. Button.

Mr. Cake was never seen again.

Mr. Cake worked on his clock,

Mr. Gateau was, from birth, absolutely blind.

Mr. Gateau.

Mr. Weathers died in his sleep one night last April.

Mr. Weathers, come back here.

Mrs. Sybil Wagner, once an opera singer of some note,

My baby.

My father waited four hours for my brother to get here from Boger City.

My father was there the day it opened.

My father, in his 80s,

My fifth wife and I are captured by a neighbor tribe of cannibals.

My fourth hand didn't show up.

My God.

My grandfather was a dresser for a famous actor.

My grandfather was a tailor, and he had a small shop in Richmond.

My hair had very little gray and grew like weeds.

My husband, he's a widower, or was. . . Was a widower.

My husband's the British Trade Minister, and we've been here for 1 4 months.

My mother?

My mouth's full of cotton.

My name is Benjamin. Benjamin Button.

My name is Thomas, Thomas Button.

My second wife steps on cobra and dies.

My sense of smell was keener. My hearing, more acute.

My sister gave me those pearls. I can't find them anywhere.

My sister had a child and she couldn't see right by it, so. . .

My sister's child. From Lafayette. She had an unfortunate adventure.

My wife passed away many years ago.

My wife, she can't swim, so, sadly, she eaten.

Names that didn't mean a thing to me,

Nearly the same age I was when I had met him.

Never said a word to anyone, except himself.

Never seen anything like it. Nearly blind from cataracts.

Never?

New Orleans. Louisiana.

Newfoundland. Baffin Bay.

No matter the season, supper was served promptly at 5:30.

No need for anybody to suffer.

No room for another mouth to feed here.

No, he's not the only one, though.

No, I’m glad he had somebody to keep him warm.

No, ma'am.

No, no, I’ve enjoyed listening. I didn't know you smoked.

No, no, what do they call it?

No, this baby, he is a miracle. That's for certain.

No.

No. I’ve never been anywhere, really.

No. No, we're. . . We're staying.

Nobody can telic you exactly where it's gonna hit,

Nobody seems to know whether to stay or leave.

Nobody wants to do an honest day's work for an honest day's pay?

Not doing too good?

Not for a long time.

Not that I know of, sir.

Nothing lasts.

Nothing. I met some people and listened to some music.

Now go on to bed, hear? And behave yourself.

Now God is gonna see you the rest of the way.

Now that's something.

Now you get back to bed, little lady.

Now, a taxi driver had dropped off a fare earlier,

Now, Button's Buttons has been in our family for 1 24 years.

Now, I can see the Empire State Building

Now, I had no idea you were coming.

Now, I’d never seen New York.

Now, this is a man with optimism in his heart.

Now, this is my granddaughter, Daisy.

Now, this is my life.

Now, we're gonna have to find you a wife and a new job! That's right.

Now, where would be if everybody decided to act

Now, why don't we see

Of course it's you! Benjamin!

Of course it's you! Benjamin!

Oh, and you’ll be staying in what was Mrs. DeSeroux's old room.

Oh, Benjamin. Queenie died. I’m so sorry.

Oh, but, Benjamin, I’m an old woman now.

Oh, darling, could you get the nurse?

Oh, goodness gracious.

Oh, he's a famous choreographer. He said that I had perfect line.

Oh, hi, Mrs. Carter, it's Benjamin. Where is everybody?

Oh, hi!

Oh, hush!

Oh, Lord, I was so worried about you.

Oh, maybe better to let it steep a little.

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God!

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God. I’ve just been talking and talking.

Oh, no. Thank you.

Oh, perhaps not.

Oh, read it again, please.

Oh, sugar...

Oh, sweet Jesus, boy!

Oh, sweet Jesus.

Oh, the Lord done something here.

Oh, there's Agnes de Mille.

Oh, what a long family history you have.

Oh, you! You're frozen.

Okay, Queenie'll be right there.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay.

Okay. All right, Mrs. Hollister, I’ll be right with you, okay?

Okay. How can I be a father when I’m heading in the other direction?

Okay. No, go, I’ll be back.

Okay. You just wait right here for me now, okay?

Old Man Kangaroo.

On Sundays, the families would come and visit.

Once I was just crossing the road to get the mail.

Once they were on dry land couldn't stand the sight of each other.

Once when I was in the field, just tending to my cows.

Once when I was repairing a leak on the roof.

Once you set foot on that boat, you're in the Navy, friend.

Once, I was walking my dog down the road.

One day,

One for the road, Benjamin?

One particular night, I was having trouble sleeping.

One person is there, then suddenly somebody else has taken her place.

Operator, I need an ambulance.

Or doctors or lawyers or lndian chiefs.

Or maybe three.

Or something like that?

Or that delivery truck had moved moments earlier

Or that package had been wrapped and ready

Or that taxi driver hadn't stopped for a cup of coffee

Or that woman had remembered her coat and got into an earlier cab,

Or we could get a room somewhere.

Or we could get a room somewhere.

Or you sprouted?

Our biggest competition is B. F. Goodrich

Our deepest condolences.

Our lives are defined by opportunities.

Out here, death didn't seem natural.

Out of anyone's control,

Out on my father's boat, workin' the two a day,

Out, damnable affliction!

Papa said there were people everywhere.

Perhaps my own son might come home again.

Pleasant, man that light.

Please stay.

Please.

Plenty of time you’ll be alone.

Poor baby.

Possibly even up to a Category 5.

Promise me he has a place.

Pulled in for repair a wounded duck.

Queenie would let me go with Mr. Daws. . .

Queenie, Apple, she went and messed herself all over again!

Queenie, Apple, she won't take a bath without you!

Queenie, you know I don't like birthdays and I don't like cake.

Queenie?

Queenie? Where are you, Queenie?

Remember what I told you?

Right after inadequate safety equipment.

Right around your pretty white neck. Now, come on. Hush all that noise.

Right away, sir.

Right this way, ma'am.

Rise up like Lazarus.

Rise up, old man.

Rise up!

Run down to that lake and watch the day begin.

Said goodbye to one friend and buried another.

Same old crap every day.

Savor it.

Say hallelujah.

Sc**** off all this bird shit!

Seems nice.

Seven. But I look a lot older.

Sex is a part of it.

She came back.

She choreographs for the Ballets Russes.

She died in childbirth.

She found peace.

She gave birth to a five pound, four ounce baby girl.

She gave her life for me.

She got to stop doing that or it's diapers for her.

She had left a note.

She is gonna struggle to breathe.

She is orangutan.

She realized none of us is perfect forever.

She says nothing. . . Benjamin?

She seems a little lost. But then, who isn't at 1 2?

She taught me how to play the piano.

She taught me to play the piano.

She was my mother.

She was the first woman that ever loved me.

She was the most beautiful woman I’d ever seen.

She wasn't all elbows and knees anymore.

She won't be a bother much longer.

She worked in your grandfather's kitchen.

She wrote, It was nice to have met you.

She's a dear, sweet girl.

She's beautiful. Like her mother.

She's flying now, huh?

She's from Dublin.

She's gonna have a baby, silly.

She's gonna need someone to grow old with.

She's just torn up all those conventions,

She's perfect.

She’ll learn to accept whatever happens. She loves you.

Six. I wish I could have been there to teach you to play piano.

So fare my limbs with long imprisonment.

So I gotta get my baby and take him to my sister's.

So I telic him.

So many things I’d change.

So she can bear the fruit of the womb.

So she had stopped to answer it and talked for a couple of minutes.

So that perhaps the boys that we lost in the war

So we wouldn't run out, we would spare the candles.

So you know what my father says to me?

So, even if nothing ever happened,

So, what can I do for you, Mr. Button?

So, what line of work do you do?

So, where are you staying?

So, with his help, the tailor shop grew to this.

So.

Some are artists.

Some days I feel different than the day before.

Some have an ear for music.

Some know buttons.

Some know Shakespeare.

Some nights, I’d have to sleep alone.

Some people are born to sit by a river.

Some photographs, I think, in the front of my bag.

Some say he died of a broken heart.

Some swim.

Some things last.

Some things you never forget.

Some you could see, some you couldn't.

Somebody go up there.

Somebody stole my necklace.

Somebody wanting to sleep with me.

Something about sailing, does that make sense?

Something like that.

Sometime after your father passed,

Sometimes we're on a collision course and we just don't know it.

Sooner or later, you lose that line, and you never get it back.

Spend some time with you, if I could.

Spent a lot of time by myself that year.

Stay put, child.

Storm's coming.

Sub!

Such an awful waste. You never get it back.

Sugar, we all end up in diapers.

Sunday?

Sure.

Sweet Jesus!

Sweet Jesus! Oh, you're home! Oh, Lord, you came back!

Sweeter than I should've been.

Take the St. Charles line to Napoleon.

Tell me everything. Last time you wrote, you said you'd been to Russia.

Thank God it's over!

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you. That's very kind of you to say.

Thanks. Thank you.

That clock just kept going,

That night, while I was sitting and wondering why I came back at all,

That one.

That taxi did not go by,

That was over 60 years ago.

That was really something.

That you were ever in jail in the first place.

That's enough. All of you, get away from her.

That's it, pack your gear. We're going to war, gentlemen!

That's it! Steady on!

That's Mr. Oti. He's an acquaintance of an acquaintance of mine.

That's Mr. Oti. He's an acquaintance of an acquaintance of mine.

That's right, Benjamin.

That's right. Sit down.

That's the last thing he wrote.

That's very, very interesting.

That's what happens with tall people sometimes.

That's what my mama said when I was gonna have a baby brother,

The 68 year old Elizabeth Abbott arrived at 5:38 Greenwich mean time,

The actor my grandfather worked for was John Wilkes Booth.

The baby's coming.

The Brody twins, Rick and Vic,

The brown matches your eyes.

The Chelsea's been commissioned to serve in the United States Navy.

The day I married your mother.

The days passed.

The delivery truck pulled away, and the taxi was able to move

The doctors say, if they didn't know any better,

The First World War had ended,

The First World War had ended,

The Great War is over!

The house was filled with children.

The hurricane has changed directions.

The Japs bombed Pearl Harbor yesterday.

The languages, the color of their skin, had one thing in common.

The light at the end of a day.

The line of your body.

The Lord saw fit to answer my prayers.

The most beautiful.

The Nolan Foundation, despite their good intentions,

The old pole, huh? The high, hard one?

The oldest woman to ever swim the English Channel

The police found this with him.

The poor child, he got the worst of it. Come out white.

The taxi had to stop for a man crossing the street,

The taxi was waiting outside a boutique for the woman to pick up a package

The war had finally found us.

The war has been kind to the button industry.

The wind, mom.

The words are like making love.

Their wingtips are doing that.

Then I leave zoo, go here, go there. Wandered most of the time.

Then I will love it all the more.

Then I’ll stay here in Paris.

Then I’m in the monkey house at Philadelphia Zoological Park.

There are places for unwanted babies like these, Queenie.

There he is, he's up there on the roof.

There is no other country in the world.

There was a call.

There was a knock at the door.

There was a man assigned to us. The Chief Gunner loved the Navy.

There was a silence in the house.

There was John Grimm, who sure fit his name.

There were many changes.

There were so many birthdays.

There you go. Keep breathing.

There, there, miss Daisy.

There. That should make things much easier.

There's a diary.

There's a shitload of things you don't know, child.

There's a whole new word for dance now. It’s called abstract.

There's always something to do.

There's been a change of plan, lads.

There's Lincoln Kirstein and Lucia Chase, and oh, my...

There's lots of musicians, interesting people.

There's my little man. You ready, sugar?

There's no time limit. Start whenever you want.

There's not a baby I can't care for. Let me see him.

There's nothing left to do.

There's nothing wrong with old age.

There's so much I want to know. When did you get back?

There's something peaceful, even comforting

These pacifists. They say they won't fight on conscience.

These were hard times.

They all just about new.

They are so delicious.

They built the train station in 1918.

They buried him in the family plot,

They come with the house.

They come with the house.

They do some tricks there.

They got a nice spot in Heaven waiting for you. Nice spot.

They had the finest clockmaker in all of the South

They put too much chlorine in here.

They said I was gonna die soon, but maybe not.

They say it’ll reach us in a few hours,

They say the hurricane is coming.

They say there's nothing to worry about here in the hospital.

They shot the hell out of my painting!

They slowed down their wings with moving pictures,

They trade us for pigs, shoes, and beer to a very strange American man.

They understand our vigor and our physicality.

They were drunk every single night.

They were long days there.

They're all for me.

They're in the pheasant family, can't hardly fly.

They're saying the hurricane's gonna miss us, blow right on by.

They're waiting.

Things money can buy you.

Things were becoming different. . .

Thinks this place is a large nuisance as it is.

Thirteen hundred and twenty eight men died that day.

This address. It’s got your name in it a lot.

This Benjamin was my father?

This don't get fixed.

This is a frickin' miracle.

This is David. He dances with the company.

This is just how I am.

This is Mr. . .

This is my last will and testament.

This is the picture of Old Man Kangaroo

This is the picture of Old Man Kangaroo

This little, fat bastard.

This?

Thomas,

Thomas!

Thomas? Where are you going?

Thomas.

Thomas.

Those are the rules.

Three thousand people show up my first day.

Three, please.

To be invited to dance with the Bolshoi, sugar.

To be whoever you want to be.

To build that glorious clock.

To go to bed or wake up at the same time.

To live long, full lives.

To say goodbye to her mother.

Tried to telic you that in New York. You don't listen.

Trying to ride him into the grave before his time.

Tug Irish, they called him.

Turn around. You look like you've been born again.

Until just before daybreak.

Very kind of you to come all this way to see that I was all right.

Wait.

Waited for one of her friends who had broken a shoelace.

Wake up.

Walk on. Yes.

Walk.

Was there just company?

Wasted time.

We always said you were different. But I think you really are.

We always used the same room.

We are all children in the eyes of God!

We are almost the same age.

We are gonna get you out of that chair.

We are not friends anymore.

We are not little children anymore, Benjamin.

We ate when we felt like it. Stayed up all night when we wanted.

We best leave that for the police.

We bought ourselves a duplex.

We buried her beside her beloved Mr. Weathers.

We can make the best or the worst of it.

We could go hear some music.

We didn't have a stick of furniture.

We employed 1 0 times the number of people.

We got to put some life into these old sticks for you.

We lived four blocks from a public pool.

We lived on that mattress.

We saw each other every night.

We sold my father's house on Esplanade.

We stayed in a small hotel with a grand name, The Winter Palace.

We went around Florida and up the Atlantic seaboard.

We went from making 40,000 to nearly half a million buttons a day.

We were a crew of seven now. Captain Mike and me.

We were first to arrive at the scene.

We were operating around the clock.

We were the only sound.

We won the war!

We would have picnics in the living room.

We would just tow crippled ships, scraps of metal, really.

We're expecting flash flooding after the levee break.

We're gonna have us a visitor

We're ready for you and your friend.

Welcome home, my friend.

Welcome. We've been expecting you.

Well, all right, long as she stays from up underfoot.

Well, Benjamin.

Well, Captain,

Well, goodbye.

Well, I got back a few weeks ago.

Well, I heard Mama and Tizzy whispering.

Well, I turned myself into an artist.

Well, I was born with some form of disease.

Well, I was the only American

Well, I'd feel sorry for you,

Well, if he's leaving, who's gonna cook?

Well, if you're asking,

Well, it sure is a beautiful service.

Well, it was very nice to meet you.

Well, it's an experience.

Well, like what, sugar?

Well, married women don't customarily sit around

Well, she sang Wagner.

Well, she's old as the hills. She's almost blind.

Well, that's awfully kind of you, sir.

Well, that's good enough for me.

Well, then, by Jesus, you are coming with me.

Well, where I’m from, people just want it to be hot.

Well, you learn anything worth repeating?

Well, you're drunk every night.

Well. . .

Went up, alone, to bed.

What about you? Where have you been?

What about your friend, the tall lady?

What an idiot, I’m standing here in this fur. How thoughtless of me.

What are you doing under there?

What are you gonna do?

What are you looking at, Caroline?

What are you looking at?

What are you talking about?

What are you waiting for?

What are you, Dick Tracy or something? I’ve got to rest.

What can I do for you, sister?

What comes next?

What did you do next?

What did you expect? What, you want me to drop everything?

What did your father do?

What do you have there?

What does a girl know about love?

What does she mean, answered her prayers?

What elixir have you been drinking?

What if I told you that I wasn't getting older,

What kind of disease?

What line of work you in, Mr. Button?

What mistakes?

What the hell do you think you can do?

What the hell?

What was up the street? Or around the next corner?

What?

What?

What?

What's it like living in a cage?

What's Madjembe?

What's the matter? Did you get Madjembe?

What's the matter? Did you get Madjembe?

What's your secret?

What’ll it be, sir?

When he had got his beautiful hind legs.

When I couldn't go any further,

When I had left, she was a girl. And a woman had taken her place.

When I was 1 9,

When I was a boy, I’d love to wake up before anyone else,

When I’m afraid of what's under the stairs?

When I’m dead, I’m gonna send him my arm.

When I’m not playing with the monkeys, they want me to run to the bars

When she had gotten her coat, the phone had rung.

When that baby came, things were different.

When the package was wrapped, the woman, who was back in the cab,

When their son was old enough, he joined the army.

When was the last time you had a woman?

When you spell America. . .

When you're different like us, it's gonna be that way.

Where are we going?

Where have you been?

Where he would be with them when their time came.

Where my father had the wisdom to make our own buttons.

Where nothing can harm them.

Where?

Where'd he come from?

Whether it's by accident or by design, there's not a thing we can do about it.

Which hadn't been wrapped yet,

Which I think is, again, so unfair.

While Daisy, the last to be dressed,

While everybody else was aging, I was getting younger, all alone.

While the taxi was stopped, waiting for a traffic light,

While the woman was on the phone,

While we're giving thanks for God's blessings.

White people, they're just as alone as we are.

Who got along fine at sea but, for some reason,

Who had left for work five minutes later than he normally did

Who I hadn't seen for a very long time.

Who said that? Come on, little man.

Who's that?

Why did you come back?

Why didn't you just telic me?

Why do you say that?

Will you still love me when I have acne? When I wet the bed?

Will you still love me when my skin grows old and saggy?

With Moran Brothers Tug and Salvage.

With the Orleans Parish Department of Child Welfare Services.

Work,

Worms.

Would you gentlemen like anything else?

Would you like to have dinner?

Would you like to stop somewhere and have a drink?

Would you mind if I sit with you? I would love to hear you play.

Would you mind if, time to time, I stopped by and said hello?

Would you telic a blind man he couldn't have children?

Wow.

Write me a postcard from everywhere.

Y'all have fun.

Yeah, that's what I want to hear. Look at you.

Yeah, well, I never took you to be the selfish type.

Yeah, well, it's only one or two of them left now.

Yeah.

Year after year after year.

Yes, Captain!

Yes, ma'am.

Yes.

Yesterday, December 7th, 1 941 ,

You always knew when someone left us.

You are a different child.

You are as ugly as an old pot

You can be as mad as a mad dog at the way things went.

You can be mad as a mad dog at the way things went.

You can change or stay the same. There are no rules to this thing.

You can find your own way home, can't you?

You can see everything, sweetheart.

You can see that it is 5:00,

You can stay.

You can swear and curse the Fates.

You can't help putting yourself in the music.

You come down and I’ll telic you all about him.

You come right out here and get back up to bed!

You couldn't disappoint me.

You do drink a lot.

You don't have to do that. This is my fault.

You don't want to spend the rest of your life on a tugboat.

You got your sea legs about you, old man?

You gotta do what you're meant to do.

You gotta keep it a secret, so get dressed. I’ll meet you out back.

You grew as the doctor had promised, normal and healthy.

You have no idea what you're talking about.

You have such a lovely voice.

You have to let go.

You have to let go.

You have to skin me alive to take my art away from me now.

You haven't been with many women, have you?

You just fooling everybody.

You just want to avoid any undue stimulation.

You knew him when you were just a baby.

You know, ail that straight up and down stuff.

You know, I swear the nurse slipped and said it was a boy.

You know, in a rehearsal once, a dancer fell.

You know, one in every eight boats never returns.

You know, you might've got a few more years out of it,

You look so handsome and so distinguished.

You look very handsome tonight, Miss Queenie.

You lucky bastard.

You make me feel years younger, too.

You mean to say you've been on this earth however many years

You never know what's coming for you.

You never know what's coming for you.

You never talked about your dancing.

You play beautifully.

You ready yet?

You realize what's changed is you.

You seem trustworthy.

You should be with your friends.

You still visiting the house on Bourbon Street?

You still visiting the house on Bourbon Street?

You stopped writing.

You sure have done well for yourself.

You thought I was plain ignorant, didn't you?

You want me to skip some?

You want to go with me to the drugstore?

You were all alone?

You were born the night the Great War ended.

You were breathtaking.

You were no bigger than a bollard with one foot in the grave,

You were right.

You wrote that you met somebody. Did it work out?

You'd still be right here where you are now.

You're a desirable woman.

You're all fucking liars!

You're already here longer than you're supposed to.

You're free to make your way home any way you can, Mr. Mayes.

You're going back to New York in the morning.

You're gonna have to find a real father for her.

You're my mother.

You're never to look at me during the day.

You're not supposed to go joyriding with civilians.

You're on your own road, Benjamin.

You're so bad.

You're too big to be rooming with anybody else.

You're too young to be wandering around in the night on your own.

You're wasting your time, baby. She's stone deaf.

You're welcome to come with us. I’ll get changed. All right?

You’ll be all right, Captain.

You’ll be messing yourself soon enough.

You’ll be messing yourself soon enough.

Younger than the springtime.

Your heart is strong.

Your mama gone away And your daddy gonna stay

Your mother died giving birth to you.

Your mother's name was Caroline Murphy.

Your turn.

1 981 , 1 3.

22 minutes and 1 4 seconds.

A baby. . . You said he don't have long.

according to their conscience? Keep it down, would you, Chief?

All right? Yes. Thank you.

All right. Belief in his soul!

Am I supposed to do something? Arrangements are being made

Amen! Amen!

Amen! Amen! Amen! Amen!

Amen. Amen.

and a filthy diaper. Good night, Mama.

and all those other people. I want you to come down!

and how to talk. What's my name?

And we're gonna have you walk. Amen.

Are you cold? I’m freezing.

Benjamin! I can see everything!

Benjamin. Hi.

Bye, Benjamin. Goodbye.

Can you swim? I can do anything you can do.

Child, it's your brother, Benjamin. I didn't know he was my brother.

Come on with it, son. Come on. Come on.

Come on, Queenie. Now, Mr. Weathers!

Come on. You have to see the master suite.

Come on. Just take some time. Stop all this foolishness.

Daisy! Come on! Let's go. Be right there.

Darling. Oh, thank you, my darling.

Did he? Did he what?

Did you take your pills today? No, ma'am.

Did you telic him about this Benjamin? He knew enough, darling.

Do you remember me? Well, sure I do, Mr. Button.

Does she dance? Not very well.

Does that upset you? Which part?

Excuse me, I’m a friend of Daisy's. Right this way.

Go, son! Now walk.

Good God. We were supposed to go to Peking

Good night, Daisy. Good night, Benjamin.

Good night, Daisy. He said that?

Good night, Mama. Good night, baby.

Good night, Miss Daisy. Oh, good night, sweetheart.

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

Hallelujah! Hallelujah!

He's been a terrific father. Good.

Hello, my lovelies! Hey, Captain.

Hi, Captain. Hi.

Hi. Hi.

Hi. Hi.

Hi. I’m moving in today.

How are you? Hey, man.

How do you do? A pleasure.

How's her breathing? It’s shallow.

I can see the big river! That's right,

I know you're afraid. I’m not hiding it.

I sure saw some things. Oh, you seen some pain.

I wanted to. . . It’s okay.

I wish I’d known him. Now you do.

I’ll be right there, Miss Jameson! Now, Queenie, now come on.

I’ll go get you a drink. All right. Thanks.

I’ll have whatever he's having. Sazerac for the both of us.

I’m Benjamin. Benjamin.

I’m Daisy Fuller. I’m David Hernandez,

I’m not dressed. Oh, you look splendid, just as you are.

I’m sorry to hear that, Mr. Button. No. . .

I’m sorry. No need to be.

Is Dr. Rose still here? I don't know.

Is it me? Of course not.

Is that a girl? Close friend.

Is that what you're telling me? You can't raise the both of us.

Isn't that right, darling? Whatever you say, darling.

It’s a night for firsts. How's that?

It’s a pleasure to meet you, sir. My pleasure, ma'am.

Just a minute. Please have a seat. Sure.

Keep it. ...having made the swim in 34 hours,

Key, darling. Oh, yes.

Let me look at you. Who's that, Mama?

Letter for Mr. Benjamin Button? That'd be me.

Like my grandma. I’m not.

Mama, I’m so sorry. Don't you worry about that, baby.

May l? Okay.

Never. Never?

No! No!

Now, you're a seaman. A sailor.

Oh, I’m sorry, I thought you were done. Oh, this is a friend of my family's.

Oh, that's great. I’ll stay under the blankets with Mother.

or, in my case, too early. . . ...or, in my case, too early,

Out, Beelzebub! Yes!

Out, Zebuchar! Yes!

Queenie? Yes?

She seems like a sweet woman. Yeah.

So soon. Wish I could stay.

Somebody's been stealing my jewelry. They're right here, Mrs. Hollister. See?

Thank you, ma'am. Grandma! Look at me!

Thank you. No, thank you. You have a nice night.

That's terrible. I have something to telic y'all

The baby's coming! 271 4 Napoleon.

This is Benjamin. Who?

To children. To mothers.

to start all over again. . . .start all over again.

True enough. Your drinks.

Twice as cold. My goodness.

We could lay down your jacket. I don't know, Daisy.

We need the wardrobe. Is somebody looking for me?

We were so, so worried about you. Oh, I’m okay.

We're meeting in the middle. We finally caught up with each other.

We’ll be in the car, darling. All right.

Well. . . His books were banned.

What are you doing here? Thought I’d come visit.

What are you thinking? Well, I was thinking how nothing lasts.

What happened to you? Darn foot. Got infected, so. . .

What if I could fly? I knew a man who could fly.

What in God's name? What's this?

What's your worst fear? Baby born like me.

When did you meet Dad? Some time after that.

Where you going? To sea.

Where's Tizzy? Oh, baby.

Who told you? Your friend wired me.

Why do you say that? I was so young.

Will you be all right? Yeah.

Will you be here tomorrow? Every night but Sunday.

Would you want to come? Someone told me about a restaurant

Yeah, I’m okay reading. I shouldn't be more than an hour.

Yeah. You're very kind.

Yes! Hallelujah!

Yes! Yes!

Yes. Come on.

Yes. Hey, Ben!

You are so much younger. Only on the outside.

You can just throw them out. No. Thank you, they're lovely.

You couldn't have known. I was 23. l. . . I just didn't care.

You haven't said two words. I don't want to ruin it.

You ready? Thank you very much.

You remember Grandma Fuller? Why, sure I do.

You want to know where I’ve been? No.

You're only young once. Oh, I’m old enough.

. . . blue eyes.

. . .with three others by the Baschiele tribe.

...and I'll tell you what, the storm system's still moving west.

...because all the ingredients are there for a major storm,

...for me.

...so few people even know

...to Poverty Point to watch the boats go up and down the river.

'cause he didn't breathe right.

'cause I’ve been on them every night asking the Lord,

'cause they're really completely ordinary,

'Kay, come on.