Curious Case Of Benjamin Button The

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00:00:37 ...and l'll tell you what,
00:00:39 What are you looking at, Caroline?
00:00:43 The wind, Mom.
00:00:47 They say the hurricane is coming.
00:00:52 l'm on a boat.
00:00:55 l'm drifting.
00:00:59 Can l do anything for you, Mom?
00:01:03 Make anything easier?
00:01:06 Oh, sugar...
00:01:08 There's nothing left to do.
00:01:11 ls what it is.
00:01:14 Finding it harder to keep my eyes open.
00:01:19 My mouth's full of cotton.
00:01:22 There, there, Miss Daisy.
00:01:25 You gonna scratch yourself to ribbons.
00:01:32 Do you want any more
00:01:36 Doctor said you could have
00:01:39 No need for anybody to suffer.
00:01:56 A friend told me
00:01:59 to say goodbye to her mother.
00:02:05 -l wanted to...
00:02:07 l wanted to tell you
00:02:11 Mom.
00:02:14 Oh, Caroline.
00:02:22 Are you afraid?
00:02:24 l'm curious.
00:02:27 What comes next?
00:02:34 They built the train station in 1918.
00:02:40 My father was there the day it opened.
00:02:45 He said they had
00:02:49 a tuba band playing.
00:02:55 They had the finest clockmaker
00:03:00 to build that glorious clock.
00:03:05 His name was...
00:03:08 Mr. Gateau.
00:03:14 Mr. Cake.
00:03:18 He was married to a Creole
00:03:22 and they had a son.
00:03:26 Mr. Gateau was, from birth,
00:03:34 When their son was old enough,
00:03:39 And they prayed God would
00:03:46 For months,
00:03:55 One day,
00:03:58 a letter came.
00:04:05 And Mr. Gateau, done for the night,
00:04:09 went up, alone, to bed.
00:04:15 And their son came home.
00:04:23 They buried him in the family plot,
00:04:25 where he would be with them
00:04:31 Mr. Cake worked on his clock,
00:04:37 laboring to finish.
00:04:43 lt was a morning to remember.
00:04:47 Papa said
00:04:52 Even Teddy Roosevelt came.
00:05:12 lt's running backwards!
00:05:16 l made it that way
00:05:19 so that perhaps the boys
00:05:21 might stand and come home again.
00:05:27 Home to farm,
00:05:30 work,
00:05:33 have children.
00:05:38 To live long, full lives.
00:05:43 Perhaps my own son
00:05:55 l'm sorry if l've offended anybody.
00:05:59 l hope you enjoy my clock.
00:06:02 Mr. Cake was never seen again.
00:06:10 Some say he died of a broken heart.
00:06:16 Some say he went to sea.
00:06:24 Excuse me.
00:06:25 Do you mind if l make a call?
00:06:28 Sure.
00:06:39 l hope l haven't disappointed you.
00:06:42 You couldn't disappoint me.
00:06:46 Well, l know l don't have much
00:06:54 Find my dark suitcase.
00:07:00 There's a diary.
00:07:06 This?
00:07:09 Could you read it to me?
00:07:13 ls this what you want to do?
00:07:15 l tried to read it
00:07:20 Mom, it's not exactly...
00:07:22 lt's just the sound of your voice, darling.
00:07:26 Okay.
00:07:30 lt's dated April 4th, 1985.
00:07:35 And it says New Orleans.
00:07:37 ''This is my last will and testament.
00:07:40 ''l don't have much to leave,
00:07:44 ''l will go out of this world the same way
00:07:50 ''All l have is my story,
00:07:52 ''and l'm writing it now
00:07:57 ''My name is Benjamin.
00:08:00 And l was born under
00:08:04 The First World War had ended,
00:08:07 and l've been told it was
00:08:13 Thank God it's over!
00:08:15 We won the war!
00:08:32 The Great War is over!
00:08:46 What are you doing here?
00:08:47 Thomas,
00:08:49 l'm afraid she's going to die.
00:08:51 What?
00:08:53 That's enough.
00:09:00 l came as quickly as l could.
00:09:03 Thomas.
00:09:05 Promise me he has a place.
00:09:10 Yeah.
00:09:13 She gave her life for me.
00:09:16 And for that, l am forever grateful.
00:09:28 Mr. Button.
00:09:45 Thomas!
00:09:46 Thomas.
00:09:49 Thomas? Where are you going?
00:10:20 Hey! What are you doing there?
00:10:24 What do you have there?
00:11:23 -Come on, Queenie.
00:11:26 Come on, now, you know l ain't got
00:11:29 -Come on. Just take some time.
00:11:35 The air is sweet.
00:11:41 You look very handsome tonight,
00:11:45 Handsome as l've ever seen.
00:11:49 The brown matches your eyes.
00:11:51 Oh, hush!
00:11:54 Let's see here.
00:12:07 Hambert's back in town.
00:12:09 He came home legless, but he's home.
00:12:14 l know you were sweet on him one time.
00:12:17 Sweeter than l should've been.
00:12:19 Miss Simone messed herself.
00:12:21 Oh, sweet Jesus.
00:12:22 She got to stop doing that
00:12:25 -l'll be right there, Miss Jameson!
00:12:27 Okay, Queenie'll be right there.
00:12:29 lt's awful nice out here.
00:12:31 Come on out back for a moment.
00:12:34 You're so bad.
00:12:35 -What in God's name?
00:12:48 Oh, the Lord done something here.
00:12:50 Hope l didn't hurt it none
00:12:54 We best leave that for the police.
00:12:56 Poor baby.
00:12:58 l'll go.
00:13:00 lt's for sure nobody wanted to keep it.
00:13:06 Queenie? Where are you, Queenie?
00:13:09 Hold your water! You go deal with it.
00:13:11 Okay. No, go, l'll be back.
00:13:14 Queenie, Apple, she went and messed
00:13:17 Jane Childress, start her a bath!
00:13:19 And mind your own business,
00:13:21 You'll be messing yourself
00:13:23 Somebody stole my necklace.
00:13:25 Okay. All right, Mrs. Hollister,
00:13:28 Go on back upstairs, hear?
00:13:37 You are as ugly as an old pot
00:13:39 but you're still a child of God.
00:13:41 Queenie, Apple,
00:13:43 Mercy.
00:13:45 l'll be right there!
00:13:50 Okay. You just wait right here
00:13:56 My sister gave me those pearls.
00:14:01 -Somebody's been stealing my jewelry.
00:14:05 Right around your pretty white neck.
00:14:08 -ls Dr. Rose still here?
00:14:14 Your heart is strong.
00:14:15 You just want to avoid
00:14:19 l trust you ladies
00:14:22 l have something.
00:14:29 Never seen anything like it.
00:14:33 l'm not sure if he can hear.
00:14:37 His skin has lost all elasticity,
00:14:42 He shows all the deterioration,
00:14:47 but of a man well in his 80s
00:14:49 He's dying?
00:14:50 His body is failing him
00:14:56 Where'd he come from?
00:14:58 My sister's child. From Lafayette.
00:15:02 The poor child, he got the worst of it.
00:15:09 There are places for unwanted babies
00:15:14 No room for another mouth to feed here.
00:15:17 The Nolan Foundation,
00:15:20 thinks this place is
00:15:23 -A baby...
00:15:23 -A baby...
00:15:25 Queenie, some creatures
00:15:33 No, this baby, he is a miracle.
00:15:37 Just not the kind of miracle
00:15:43 Y'all listen. Y'all listen up here.
00:15:46 We're gonna have us a visitor
00:15:47 that's gonna be staying with us
00:15:50 My sister had a child
00:15:56 He's known as...
00:16:01 Benjamin.
00:16:03 Benjamin.
00:16:05 He's not a well child, so we're gonna
00:16:08 l had 10 children.
00:16:10 There's not a baby l can't care for.
00:16:15 God in Heaven.
00:16:20 Look, he's prematurely old.
00:16:23 Dr. Rose said he ain't got much more
00:16:27 Join the club.
00:16:33 He's smiling!
00:16:41 Hambert sends his
00:16:54 Are you right out of your mind?
00:16:57 l know you ain't got all the parts
00:17:01 but this ain't yours to keep.
00:17:02 lt may not even be humankind.
00:17:13 Mr. Weathers, come back here.
00:17:18 Please.
00:17:36 You never know what's coming for you.
00:17:48 lt seemed l had found a home.
00:17:54 ls any of this true?
00:17:55 You have such a lovely voice.
00:17:59 Mom, it's an ancient streetcar token.
00:18:05 That clock just kept going,
00:18:10 year after year after year.
00:18:18 But l didn't know l was a child.
00:18:20 Same old crap every day.
00:18:23 l thought l was like everyone else there.
00:18:27 An old man in the twilight of his life.
00:18:29 Could you make him stop that?
00:18:33 Stop banging that fork.
00:18:36 And use your napkin, please,
00:18:41 Queenie!
00:18:55 Hey, boy.
00:19:03 Always had a healthy curiosity.
00:19:07 What was up the street?
00:19:12 Go get him!
00:19:13 Benjamin! That is dangerous.
00:19:18 Stay put, child.
00:19:22 l loved her very much.
00:19:25 She was my mother.
00:19:26 Mama.
00:19:28 Mama.
00:19:30 Some days l feel different
00:19:35 Everybody feels different about
00:19:40 But we're all going the same way.
00:19:44 Just taking different roads to get there,
00:19:48 You're on your own road, Benjamin.
00:19:53 Mama? How much longer l got?
00:19:56 Just be thankful
00:20:00 You're already here longer
00:20:06 Some nights, l'd have to sleep alone.
00:20:17 l didn't mind.
00:20:20 l would listen to the house breathing.
00:20:24 All those people sleeping.
00:20:27 l felt safe.
00:20:50 lt was a place of great routine.
00:20:53 Every morning at 5:30,
00:20:56 General Winslow, U.S. Army, Retired,
00:21:03 Mrs. Sybil Wagner,
00:21:07 well, she sang Wagner.
00:21:22 All right, baby, come on.
00:21:23 We got to put some life
00:21:27 Get you walking so you can help me out
00:21:32 No matter the season,
00:21:36 Molasses.
00:21:39 Molasses.
00:21:41 Molasses.
00:21:44 l learned to read when l was five.
00:21:47 My grandfather was a dresser
00:21:51 He brung home every play
00:21:56 ''Kind keepers of my weak decaying age,
00:22:00 ''Let dying Mortimer here rest himself.
00:22:05 ''Even like a man
00:22:08 ''So fare my limbs
00:22:11 ''And these gray locks,
00:22:15 ''Argue the end of Edmund Mortimer.''
00:22:22 You thought l was plain ignorant,
00:22:25 You thought l was plain ignorant,
00:22:25 The actor my grandfather worked for
00:22:31 He killed Abraham Lincoln.
00:22:35 You never know what's coming for you.
00:22:38 On Saturday nights,
00:22:46 Benjamin!
00:22:58 -Amen! Amen!
00:23:02 What can l do for you, sister?
00:23:14 Her parts are all twisted up inside
00:23:23 Lord, if you could see clear
00:23:27 so she can bear the fruit of the womb.
00:23:29 Out, damnable affliction!
00:23:32 -Praise God!
00:23:34 Hallelujah!
00:23:36 -Hallelujah!
00:23:39 And what's this old man's irrediction?
00:23:43 He's got the Devil on his back,
00:23:45 trying to ride him into the grave
00:23:52 -Out, Zebuchar!
00:23:53 -Out, Beelzebub!
00:23:57 How old are you?
00:23:59 Seven. But l look a lot older.
00:24:02 God bless you.
00:24:04 He's seven.
00:24:09 Now, this is a man
00:24:13 -All right.
00:24:14 -Yes!
00:24:16 We are all children in the eyes of God!
00:24:17 -Yes!
00:24:19 We are gonna get you out of that chair.
00:24:22 -And we're gonna have you walk.
00:24:25 lt's all right.
00:24:27 ln the name of God's glory...
00:24:30 Rise up!
00:24:33 Come on.
00:24:36 Come on. Walk.
00:24:38 Come on, son. Come on.
00:24:40 -Come on with it, son. Come on.
00:24:43 Now God is gonna see you
00:24:46 He's gonna see this little old man walk
00:24:51 He's gonna see that you walk
00:24:53 -Hallelujah!
00:24:56 -Yes.
00:24:57 -Go, son!
00:24:59 -Yes.
00:25:02 Don't touch him.
00:25:06 Rise up, old man.
00:25:09 Rise up like Lazarus.
00:25:12 l said, rise up!
00:25:14 Hallelujah!
00:25:18 Yes.
00:25:20 Come on.
00:25:21 Say hallelujah.
00:25:22 -Hallelujah!
00:25:25 Walk.
00:25:27 Walk on. Yes.
00:25:33 That's right, Benjamin.
00:25:34 Now when l look back on it,
00:25:38 But you know the saying, the Lord
00:25:42 Glory in the highest!
00:25:48 Sweet Jesus!
00:25:49 -No!
00:25:53 There were so many birthdays.
00:25:54 For he's a jolly good fellow
00:25:58 So we wouldn't run out,
00:26:00 Queenie, you know l don't like birthdays
00:26:05 And death was a common visitor.
00:26:11 You always knew
00:26:13 There was a silence in the house.
00:26:30 lt was a wonderful place to grow up.
00:26:32 l was with people who had shed
00:26:38 Left wondering about the weather,
00:26:43 the light at the end of a day.
00:26:50 For everyone that died, someone would
00:26:55 l've been married five times.
00:26:57 My fifth wife and l are captured
00:27:01 Oh, goodness gracious.
00:27:02 We escaped across the river.
00:27:04 My wife, she can't swim,
00:27:07 Oh, my God.
00:27:09 My second wife steps on cobra
00:27:12 lt was very bad luck
00:27:15 That's Mr. Oti. He's an acquaintance
00:27:18 -The next summer l'm captured...
00:27:20 ...with three others
00:27:22 They trade us for pigs, shoes, and beer
00:27:46 l hear you're not so old
00:27:49 You just fooling everybody.
00:27:52 What's the matter?
00:27:55 What's Madjembe?
00:27:56 Worms.
00:27:58 l don't think l have worms.
00:28:01 This is just how l am.
00:28:03 -Did you take your pills today?
00:28:05 Come. Let's get a cold root beer.
00:28:08 l found the medication
00:28:10 l'm not supposed to. lt's dangerous.
00:28:13 Who said that? Come on, little man.
00:28:17 Hello, children.
00:28:30 Hold, please.
00:28:35 Then l'm in the monkey house
00:28:40 Three thousand people
00:28:45 Look.
00:28:47 What's it like living in a cage?
00:28:49 lt stinks.
00:28:52 But the monkeys.
00:28:55 They do some tricks there.
00:28:57 l throw a spear, wrestle with Kowali.
00:29:00 She is orangutan.
00:29:03 When l'm not playing with the monkeys,
00:29:06 in my cage, with my teeth.
00:29:18 So then what'd you do?
00:29:20 Then l leave zoo, go here, go there.
00:29:27 You were all alone?
00:29:28 Plenty of time you'll be alone.
00:29:30 When you're different like us,
00:29:37 But l'll tell you a little secret.
00:29:39 Fat people, skinny people, tall people,
00:29:42 white people,
00:29:46 But they're scared shitless.
00:29:54 l think about the river l grew up on.
00:29:57 lt would be nice to sit by my river again.
00:30:02 Come, l have an appointment.
00:30:07 There's my little man.
00:30:10 Always ready. Always ready.
00:30:14 Filamena, Mr. Benjamin.
00:30:17 -lt's a pleasure to meet you, sir.
00:30:20 You can find your own way home,
00:30:22 Take the St. Charles line to Napoleon.
00:30:31 Hey! Hey!
00:30:53 Where in God's name have you been?
00:30:58 l mean, you take my breath away,
00:31:02 Oh, Lord, l was so worried about you.
00:31:08 lt had been the best day of my life.
00:31:11 -How's her breathing?
00:31:14 They say it'll reach us in a few hours,
00:31:16 so l gotta get my baby
00:31:19 They say there's nothing to worry about
00:31:21 Nurses'll be right here if you need them.
00:31:24 -Yeah, l'm okay reading.
00:31:29 Was there just company?
00:31:32 lt was just Dorothy leaving.
00:31:37 Go on, Caroline.
00:31:38 ''On Sundays, the families would come
00:31:42 lt was Thanksgiving, 1930.
00:31:45 l met the person
00:32:00 Well, Benjamin.
00:32:03 Might l say you are looking
00:32:06 Good day, Mrs. Fuller.
00:32:08 A single cane,
00:32:11 What elixir have you been drinking?
00:32:14 -Thank you, ma'am.
00:32:20 That was really something.
00:32:22 Come on over here, you.
00:32:24 Now, this is my granddaughter, Daisy.
00:32:28 This is Mr...
00:32:30 l'm afraid, Benjamin,
00:32:34 Benjamin's fine.
00:32:36 l never forgot her blue eyes.
00:32:39 Good people, supper is served.
00:32:41 Health and food, for love and friends.
00:32:48 Amen.
00:32:49 -Amen!
00:32:54 Did you know turkeys aren't really birds?
00:32:57 Why do you say that?
00:32:58 They're in the pheasant family,
00:33:01 lt's sad, don't you think?
00:33:04 l love birds that can't fly.
00:33:06 They are so delicious.
00:33:09 -That's terrible.
00:33:12 while we're giving thanks
00:33:15 l had a miracle happen.
00:33:17 The Lord saw fit to answer my prayers.
00:33:24 What does she mean,
00:33:26 Thanks. Thank you.
00:33:28 She's gonna have a baby, silly.
00:33:31 That's what my mama said
00:33:34 but he didn't live long,
00:33:38 'cause he didn't breathe right.
00:33:43 ''ln the afternoon, when he had got
00:33:47 ''just as Big God Nqong had promised.
00:33:52 ''You can see that it is 5:00,
00:33:54 ''because Big God Nqong's
00:33:58 lsn't that something?
00:34:00 Again, read it again.
00:34:02 Oh, read it again, please.
00:34:04 All right.
00:34:08 l promise.
00:34:11 ''Old Man Kangaroo.''
00:34:17 Are you sleeping?
00:34:21 Who's that?
00:34:22 lt's me, Daisy.
00:34:25 Oh, hi!
00:34:27 'Kay, come on.
00:34:40 Where are we going?
00:34:42 Come on. Under here.
00:34:55 Here, you light it.
00:34:56 l'm not supposed to play with matches.
00:34:59 Don't be a chicken. Light it.
00:35:12 l'll tell you a secret if you'll tell me one.
00:35:15 Okay.
00:35:16 l saw my mama kissing another man.
00:35:20 Her face was red from it.
00:35:25 Your turn.
00:35:29 l'm not as old as l look.
00:35:32 l thought so.
00:35:35 You don't seem like an old person.
00:35:38 -Like my grandma.
00:35:42 Are you sick?
00:35:44 Well, l heard Mama
00:35:48 They said l was gonna die soon,
00:35:54 You're odd.
00:35:56 You're different
00:36:03 -May l?
00:36:12 What are you doing under there?
00:36:14 You come right out here
00:36:18 lt's after midnight!
00:36:20 You are not to be playing together.
00:36:22 Yes, ma'am.
00:36:24 Now you get back to bed, little lady.
00:36:26 You're too young to be wandering
00:36:33 And you ought
00:36:52 You are a different child.
00:36:55 A man-child.
00:36:56 And, baby, people aren't gonna
00:37:07 What's wrong with me, Mama?
00:37:10 Come here.
00:37:14 God hasn't said yet, baby.
00:37:20 Now go on to bed, hear?
00:37:25 Go on. Say your prayers, hear?
00:37:39 Did l ever tell you l've been struck
00:37:46 Once when l was repairing
00:37:53 Once l was just crossing
00:38:12 l never forgot her...
00:38:14 ''...blue eyes.''
00:38:17 Mom?
00:38:18 Did you get that this Benjamin loved you
00:38:24 Not many people experience that.
00:38:28 Want me to go on?
00:38:32 He crosses something out.
00:38:34 When that baby came,
00:38:37 Your mama gone away
00:38:41 Didn't leave nobody but the baby
00:38:46 Babies were born, people died.
00:38:50 A lot of folks been through
00:38:54 l've come to say goodbye.
00:38:58 Going?
00:39:00 Where?
00:39:01 l haven't figured that out yet,
00:39:03 but l'll send you a postcard
00:39:05 What about your friend, the tall lady?
00:39:08 We are not friends anymore.
00:39:10 That's what happens
00:39:13 Well, goodbye.
00:39:35 Spent a lot of time by myself that year.
00:39:39 Hello?
00:39:42 -Hi.
00:39:44 Welcome. We've been expecting you.
00:39:47 Can you please show her up
00:39:50 l'm sorry, but we usually
00:39:54 Well, she's old as the hills.
00:39:57 She won't be a bother much longer.
00:40:00 Well, all right,
00:40:04 Right this way, ma'am.
00:40:05 As hard as l try,
00:40:08 Mrs. Lawson, or Mrs. Hartford.
00:40:12 Maybe it was Maple.
00:40:14 lt's funny how sometimes
00:40:17 make the greatest impression on us.
00:40:20 l do remember she wore diamonds.
00:40:22 And she always dressed in fine
00:40:26 Although she never did
00:40:32 She taught me to play the piano.
00:40:39 lt's not about how well you play.
00:40:43 lt's how you feel
00:40:46 Try this.
00:41:03 You can't help putting yourself
00:41:15 There were many changes.
00:41:17 Some you could see,
00:41:21 Hair had started growing
00:41:24 along with other things.
00:41:27 l felt pretty good, considering.
00:41:31 Darling, the pain.
00:41:34 All right, Mom, l'll get the nurse.
00:41:39 Look at this eye.
00:41:42 a slow hurricane,
00:41:45 Not doing too good?
00:41:48 Nobody seems to know
00:41:51 l'm gonna ride it out.
00:41:53 There.
00:42:00 Have you had a chance
00:42:03 My father waited four hours for
00:42:07 Couldn't go without him.
00:42:09 -She seems like a sweet woman.
00:42:13 l haven't had as much time with her
00:42:14 -You busy? l could use your help.
00:42:16 Sure.
00:42:36 ''Queenie would let me go
00:42:38 ...to Poverty Point to watch the boats
00:42:42 These were hard times.
00:42:47 Did l ever tell you l was struck
00:42:51 Once when l was in the field,
00:43:01 My fourth hand didn't show up.
00:43:06 Anybody want to make $2
00:43:11 What's the matter?
00:43:13 Nobody wants to do an honest
00:43:16 He never pays.
00:43:19 -Nobody wants a job?
00:43:23 You got your sea legs about you,
00:43:27 l think.
00:43:32 Well, that's good enough for me.
00:43:35 Get your ass on board.
00:43:44 l was as happy as l could be.
00:43:45 l need a volunteer!
00:43:47 l would do anything.
00:43:48 Yes, Captain!
00:43:50 Scrape off all this bird shit!
00:43:53 Right away, sir.
00:43:55 And l was actually gonna be paid
00:44:01 His name was Captain Mike Clark.
00:44:05 He'd been on a tugboat
00:44:09 Get moving, then.
00:44:11 Come here.
00:44:15 Can you still get it up?
00:44:19 l do every morning.
00:44:22 The old pole, huh? The high, hard one?
00:44:26 l guess.
00:44:30 When was the last time
00:44:35 -Never.
00:44:38 Not that l know of, sir.
00:44:40 Wait a minute, now.
00:44:43 You mean to say you've been
00:44:47 and you've never had a woman?
00:44:55 Damn, that's the saddest thing
00:44:59 Never?
00:45:01 No.
00:45:05 Well, then, by Jesus,
00:45:20 What did your father do?
00:45:22 l never met my father.
00:45:24 You lucky bastard.
00:45:27 All fathers want to do is hold you down.
00:45:32 Out on my father's boat,
00:45:36 this little, fat bastard.
00:45:39 ''Tug lrish,'' they called him.
00:45:40 Anyway, l finally work up the nerve
00:45:45 ''l don't want to spend the rest of my life
00:45:48 You know what l'm saying?
00:45:51 You don't want to spend
00:45:54 Absolutely! Damn right!
00:45:59 So you know
00:46:02 He says,
00:46:07 ''What the hell do you think you can do?''
00:46:10 So l tell him.
00:46:12 ''Well, if you're asking,
00:46:17 ''l want to be an artist.''
00:46:20 He laughs.
00:46:22 ''An artist? God meant for you
00:46:27 ''And that's exactly
00:46:30 Well, l turned myself into an artist.
00:46:36 A tattoo artist!
00:46:40 l put on every one of these myself.
00:46:45 You have to skin me alive
00:46:50 When l'm dead,
00:46:55 That one.
00:46:59 Don't let anyone tell you different.
00:47:01 You gotta do what you're meant to do.
00:47:04 And l happen to be a goddamned artist.
00:47:08 But you're a tugboat captain.
00:47:11 Captain Mike?
00:47:12 We're ready for you and your friend.
00:47:17 Let's go, old timer, eh?
00:47:21 -Hello, my lovelies!
00:47:24 -Hi, Captain.
00:47:27 -Hi.
00:47:28 He gives me the willies.
00:47:33 How are you tonight, grandpa?
00:47:36 lt was a night to remember.
00:47:44 What are you, Dick Tracy or something?
00:47:49 Again.
00:47:51 -Thank you.
00:47:54 -Will you be here tomorrow?
00:47:56 lt sure made me understand
00:48:00 Good night, sweetie. Come back now.
00:48:02 Things money can buy you.
00:48:22 lt's nasty out.
00:48:24 Can l offer you a ride somewhere?
00:48:29 Well, that's awfully kind of you, sir.
00:48:41 My name is Thomas, Thomas Button.
00:48:44 -l'm Benjamin.
00:48:47 lt's a pleasure to know you.
00:48:51 Would you like to stop somewhere
00:48:54 All right.
00:48:57 Evening, Mr. Button.
00:49:04 What'll it be, sir?
00:49:06 -l'll have whatever he's having.
00:49:10 With whiskey, not brandy.
00:49:12 You don't drink, do you?
00:49:14 -lt's a night for firsts.
00:49:16 l've never been to a brothel, either.
00:49:18 Well, it's an experience.
00:49:21 lt certainly is.
00:49:25 -True enough.
00:49:29 l don't mean to be rude, but your hands.
00:49:34 Well, l was born
00:49:37 What kind of disease?
00:49:39 l was born old.
00:49:42 -l'm sorry.
00:49:44 There's nothing wrong with old age.
00:49:55 My wife passed away many years ago.
00:50:00 l'm so, so sorry.
00:50:03 She died in childbirth.
00:50:08 -To children.
00:50:16 What line of work you in, Mr. Button?
00:50:18 Buttons. Button's Buttons.
00:50:24 Our biggest competition
00:50:27 and his infernal zippers.
00:50:29 Would you gentlemen like
00:50:31 One for the road, Benjamin?
00:50:34 Only if you let me pay for it, Mr. Button.
00:50:38 So, what line of work do you do?
00:50:42 l'm a tugboat man.
00:50:50 l enjoyed talking to you.
00:50:53 l enjoyed drinking with you.
00:50:58 Benjamin?
00:51:00 Would you mind if, time to time,
00:51:04 Anytime. Good night, Mr. Button.
00:51:07 Good night, Benjamin.
00:51:10 Drive on.
00:51:17 Where have you been?
00:51:18 Nothing. l met some people
00:51:26 Oh, sweet Jesus, boy!
00:51:29 Growing up's a funny thing.
00:51:33 One person is there, then suddenly
00:51:38 She wasn't all elbows
00:51:40 Benjamin! Come on!
00:51:42 Okay.
00:51:45 l loved those weekends
00:51:47 and spend the night
00:51:57 Daisy. Daisy.
00:52:01 You want to see something?
00:52:04 You gotta keep it a secret,
00:52:15 Come on.
00:52:18 -Can you swim?
00:52:21 Here, put this on. We gotta hurry.
00:52:37 ls he okay?
00:52:38 Captain?
00:52:41 Captain Mike?
00:52:47 Morning, Captain. Can you take us out?
00:52:50 Do you know what day it is?
00:52:53 Sunday?
00:52:54 Do you know what that means?
00:52:58 Means l was very drunk last night.
00:53:01 Well, you're drunk every night.
00:53:05 -ls that a girl?
00:53:08 l want to show her the river.
00:53:10 You're not supposed to go joyriding
00:53:14 l could lose my license.
00:53:26 What are you waiting for?
00:53:58 Pulled in for repair a wounded duck.
00:54:02 She's flying now, huh?
00:54:05 Ahoy, sailor!
00:54:11 l wish we could go with them.
00:54:19 Did you say something, Mom?
00:54:30 lt's getting really bad.
00:54:34 Can you hear me, Mom?
00:54:38 Time just seeped out of me.
00:54:47 ''Things were changing quickly.''
00:54:49 l don't know how it's possible,
00:54:55 What if l told you
00:54:58 but l was getting younger
00:55:01 Well, l'd feel sorry for you,
00:55:05 to have to see everybody you love
00:55:08 lt's an awful responsibility.
00:55:10 l'd never thought about life or death
00:55:16 Benjamin, we're meant
00:55:20 How else would we know
00:55:27 And one fall day, a familiar visitor
00:55:33 You want to go with me
00:55:46 She taught me how to play the piano.
00:55:48 -Amen.
00:55:50 And she taught me
00:55:57 Let's go.
00:56:00 l had gone to a brothel.
00:56:02 l'd had my first drink.
00:56:04 Said goodbye to one friend
00:56:08 ln 1936, when l was coming to the end
00:56:13 l packed my bag, said goodbye.
00:56:16 -Bye, Benjamin.
00:56:19 l knew, life being what it was,
00:56:25 Bye, Mr. Benjamin.
00:56:27 -Good luck to you, son.
00:56:34 -l love you, Mama.
00:56:38 l want you to say your prayers
00:56:46 Be safe, hear?
00:57:00 Benjamin!
00:57:04 -Where you going?
00:57:08 l'll send you a postcard.
00:57:12 From everywhere.
00:57:14 Write me a postcard from everywhere.
00:57:31 Can you imagine?
00:57:35 He sent me a postcard
00:57:43 Every place he worked.
00:57:46 Newfoundland. Baffin Bay.
00:57:50 Glasgow. Liverpool. Narvik.
00:57:54 He had gone with that Captain Mike.
00:58:01 Captain Mike had contracted
00:58:03 with Moran Brothers Tug and Salvage.
00:58:05 The old ship had been refitted with
00:58:09 We went around Florida
00:58:12 We were a crew of seven now.
00:58:16 Cookie, Prentiss Mayes
00:58:19 The Brody twins, Rick and Vic,
00:58:22 who got along fine at sea
00:58:24 once they were on dry land
00:58:27 You know, one in every
00:58:31 There was John Grimm,
00:58:33 All hands lost at sea.
00:58:35 From Belvedere, South Dakota.
00:58:39 And Pleasant Curtis
00:58:42 Never said a word to anyone,
00:58:47 l wrote him constantly.
00:58:47 l wrote him constantly.
00:58:52 l told him l had been invited to
00:58:57 for the School of American Ballet.
00:59:00 Please stay.
00:59:01 Thank you. Thank you.
00:59:06 You can stay.
00:59:09 But l was relegated to the corps.
00:59:13 Another dancing gypsy.
00:59:19 Benjamin!
00:59:22 How is it when you showed up
00:59:24 you were no bigger than a bollard
00:59:28 but now, either l drink a hell
00:59:34 or you sprouted?
00:59:36 What's your secret?
00:59:39 Well, Captain,
00:59:43 you do drink a lot.
00:59:49 We stayed in a small hotel
00:59:54 You have no idea
00:59:57 The hummingbird
01:00:01 lts heart rate's 1 ,200 beats per minute.
01:00:06 lts wings beat 80 times a second.
01:00:11 lf you was to stop their wings
01:00:15 it would be dead
01:00:18 This is no ordinary bird.
01:00:22 This is a frickin' miracle.
01:00:27 They slowed down their wings
01:00:32 and you know what they saw?
01:00:34 Their wingtips are doing that.
01:00:41 You know what the figure eight
01:00:48 lnfinity.
01:00:50 lnfinity!
01:00:54 Everybody, no matter
01:00:57 the languages, the color of their skin,
01:01:02 They were drunk every single night.
01:01:05 Three, please.
01:01:06 Could you hold, dear, for us, please?
01:01:08 Thank you very much. Good evening.
01:01:11 Her name was Elizabeth Abbott.
01:01:13 She was not beautiful.
01:01:17 But she was pretty as any picture to me.
01:01:21 What are you looking at?
01:01:25 lf you must know,
01:01:28 never to go to bed sober.
01:01:29 -lsn't that right, darling?
01:01:32 Her husband was Walter Abbott.
01:01:34 He was Chief Minister of
01:01:38 and he was a spy.
01:01:40 -Darling.
01:01:43 -Key, darling.
01:01:49 l broke my heel off one of my shoes.
01:01:52 l'm not in the habit of walking about
01:02:00 They were long days there.
01:02:10 And even longer nights.
01:02:14 One particular night,
01:02:19 l'm sorry.
01:02:23 l couldn't sleep.
01:02:37 l was gonna make some tea.
01:02:42 Oh, no. Thank you.
01:03:21 Milk? Honey?
01:03:23 A bit of honey, please.
01:03:26 l hope you like flies in your honey.
01:03:28 Oh, perhaps not.
01:03:44 Oh, maybe better to let it steep a little.
01:03:50 Steep?
01:03:51 Soak.
01:03:52 l don't know, l mean,
01:03:56 Well, where l'm from,
01:04:00 Well, quite right.
01:04:11 -Now, you're a seaman.
01:04:13 l hope you won't think me impolite,
01:04:16 aren't you a little old
01:04:18 There's no age limit,
01:04:32 And you have trouble sleeping?
01:04:35 l didn't think l did.
01:04:39 Something's been keeping me up.
01:04:43 My father, in his 80s,
01:04:44 he was so convinced
01:04:48 he limited himself
01:04:52 He was so determined
01:04:56 -Did he?
01:04:58 Die in his sleep?
01:05:01 He died sitting in his favorite chair
01:05:04 listening to his favorite program
01:05:06 He must have known something.
01:05:15 My husband's the British Trade Minister,
01:05:20 -Good God.
01:05:23 but it never seemed to work out.
01:05:28 Have you been in the Far East?
01:05:30 No. l've never been anywhere, really.
01:05:32 l mean, outside of harbors.
01:05:35 And where is it that you're from?
01:05:37 New Orleans. Louisiana.
01:05:41 l didn't know there was another.
01:05:45 And she told me about all the places
01:05:52 And we talked till just before the dawn.
01:05:56 l'm just a lush, myself.
01:05:57 And we went back to our rooms,
01:06:08 But every night,
01:06:16 A hotel in the middle of the night
01:06:23 A mouse running, and stopping.
01:06:27 A radiator hissing.
01:06:31 A curtain blowing.
01:06:36 There's something peaceful,
01:06:40 knowing that the people you love
01:06:43 where nothing can harm them.
01:06:48 Elizabeth and l would lose track
01:06:52 until just before daybreak.
01:06:57 l think l may have given you
01:06:59 Beg pardon?
01:07:01 Well, married women don't customarily
01:07:05 in the middle of the night
01:07:07 l wouldn't know what a married woman
01:07:16 Good night.
01:07:20 Murmansk.
01:07:24 ''l've met somebody,
01:07:27 Mom?
01:07:32 That was over 60 years ago.
01:07:36 Did you love him, Mother?
01:07:37 What does a girl know about love?
01:08:14 Well...
01:08:17 -l'm not dressed.
01:08:23 Don't waste any time bothering about
01:08:27 'cause they're really
01:08:30 but the caviar and the vodka
01:08:35 are sublime and plentiful.
01:08:43 So.
01:08:50 Savor it.
01:08:53 And don't eat it all at once,
01:08:55 because that way,
01:09:00 And now, take a little swallow of vodka
01:09:19 You haven't been with many women,
01:09:23 Not on Sundays.
01:09:27 And you've never had caviar before,
01:09:29 No, ma'am.
01:09:36 When l was 19,
01:09:39 l attempted to become the first woman
01:09:46 Really?
01:09:48 But the current that day
01:09:52 for every stroke l took,
01:09:55 l was in the water for 32 hours.
01:09:59 And when l was two miles from Calais,
01:10:04 it started to rain.
01:10:06 That's it! Steady on!
01:10:09 When l couldn't go any further,
01:10:13 l stopped.
01:10:16 l just stopped.
01:10:18 And everybody asked me,
01:10:24 For why wouldn't l?
01:10:28 But l never did.
01:10:32 As a matter of fact, l've never done
01:10:40 Your hands are so coarse.
01:10:52 l can feel the wind in your cheek.
01:11:02 l'm afraid it's the witching hour.
01:11:10 lt was the first time
01:11:14 lt's something you never forget.
01:11:27 l think you make me feel younger.
01:11:29 You make me feel years younger, too.
01:11:32 l wish l was.
01:11:34 So many things l'd change.
01:11:37 l'd undo all my mistakes.
01:11:39 What mistakes?
01:11:44 l kept waiting, you know?
01:11:47 Thinking that l'd do something
01:11:53 Do something.
01:11:56 Such an awful waste.
01:12:00 Wasted time.
01:12:08 lf we're going to have an affair,
01:12:11 you're never to look at me
01:12:14 And we're always to part before sunrise.
01:12:18 And we will never say ''l love you.''
01:12:22 Those are the rules.
01:12:27 -Are you cold?
01:12:29 Oh, you! You're frozen.
01:12:31 What an idiot, l'm standing here
01:13:08 She was the first woman
01:13:14 You want me to skip some?
01:13:15 No, l'm glad he had somebody
01:13:24 ''l couldn't wait to see her again.''
01:13:40 We saw each other every night.
01:13:43 We always used the same room.
01:13:47 But each time seemed new
01:13:52 Come here.
01:14:01 Elizabeth.
01:14:03 Good night.
01:14:07 Until one night.
01:14:46 Yesterday, December 7th, 1941,
01:14:52 a date which will live in infamy...
01:14:55 lt's a meeting, a policy meeting
01:15:00 possibly beyond.
01:15:03 There's been a change of plan, lads.
01:15:06 As you may or may not know,
01:15:09 the Japs bombed
01:15:12 Frank D. Roosevelt's asked
01:15:16 The Chelsea's been commissioned
01:15:20 To repair, to salvage, and to rescue.
01:15:25 Anybody doesn't want to go to war,
01:15:30 Once you set foot on that boat,
01:15:37 Yeah, l've been meaning
01:15:40 My wife's doing poorly.
01:15:42 l'd like to maybe see her one more time.
01:15:47 You're free to make your way home
01:15:56 Well, if he's leaving, who's gonna cook?
01:15:58 Food poisoning's one of the leading
01:16:02 Right after
01:16:05 l can cook, Captain.
01:16:07 l don't know.
01:16:12 What the hell?
01:16:14 l'll take any man wants to kick the shite
01:16:20 That's it, pack your gear.
01:16:30 She had left a note.
01:16:34 She wrote,
01:16:37 And that was it.
01:16:42 lt wasn't the war any of us expected.
01:16:45 We would just tow crippled ships,
01:16:49 lf there was a war, we didn't see it.
01:16:54 There was a man assigned to us.
01:16:58 But most of all, he loved America.
01:17:01 There is no other country in the world.
01:17:04 When you spell America...
01:17:05 His name was Dennis Smith,
01:17:09 His family had been Americans
01:17:12 These pacifists.
01:17:17 Now, where would be
01:17:21 -according to their conscience?
01:17:41 Hey. l've been watching you.
01:17:45 You seem trustworthy.
01:17:49 lf something happens to me,
01:17:55 could you see that this gets to my wife?
01:17:58 He'd given me all of his pay.
01:18:04 l want my family to know
01:18:12 All hands on deck!
01:18:41 The war had finally found us.
01:18:46 All stop!
01:18:50 Pleasant, man that light.
01:19:00 A transport carrying 1,300 men
01:19:06 We were first to arrive at the scene.
01:19:09 -Cut the engines!
01:19:17 We were the only sound.
01:19:33 Fellas!
01:19:45 Sub!
01:19:50 We sure as hell
01:19:55 Battle stations!
01:20:07 Thank you, Chief.
01:20:10 What?
01:20:25 ls that the last one?
01:21:48 Captain!
01:22:05 They shot the hell out of my painting!
01:22:09 Give me your other hand.
01:22:16 You'll be all right, Captain.
01:22:17 They got a nice spot in Heaven
01:22:23 You can be as mad as a mad dog
01:22:29 You could swear, curse the Fates.
01:22:35 But when it comes to the end,
01:22:39 you have to let go.
01:22:48 Captain?
01:23:10 Thirteen hundred and twenty eight men
01:23:16 l said my goodbyes to the Cherokee,
01:23:20 John Grimm, who was right,
01:23:25 l sent Pleasant Curtis' wife his money.
01:23:28 l said goodbye to the twin, Vic Brody,
01:23:31 and to Mike Clark,
01:23:38 l said goodbye to all the other men
01:23:43 all the men
01:23:46 or doctors or lawyers or lndian chiefs.
01:23:50 This don't get fixed.
01:23:54 Out here, death didn't seem natural.
01:24:14 l'd never seen a hummingbird
01:24:18 Before or since.
01:24:26 And in May of 1945,
01:24:32 l came home.
01:24:34 l'm ready! l'm ready!
01:24:37 l'm coming!
01:24:39 -l'm ready!
01:24:43 -Queenie?
01:24:50 Sweet Jesus! Oh, you're home!
01:24:57 -Let me look at you.
01:24:59 -Child, it's your brother, Benjamin.
01:25:03 There's a shitload of things
01:25:04 Get on out there and finish sweeping.
01:25:06 Come here, wash your hands,
01:25:08 Turn around.
01:25:12 Younger than the springtime.
01:25:14 l think that preacher laid hands on you
01:25:18 l knew it that moment l saw you,
01:25:22 l tell you what, my knees are sore,
01:25:24 'cause l've been on them every night
01:25:26 l said,
01:25:30 Remember what l told you?
01:25:33 ''You never know
01:25:35 That's right. Sit down.
01:25:38 Well, you learn anything
01:25:44 -l sure saw some things.
01:25:50 -Some joy, too?
01:25:53 Yeah, that's what l want to hear.
01:25:57 -Where's Tizzy?
01:26:03 Mr. Weathers died in his sleep
01:26:07 -Mama, l'm so sorry.
01:26:12 Yeah, well, it's only
01:26:15 They all just about new.
01:26:16 Guess they're waiting their turn
01:26:20 l'm so glad you're back home with me!
01:26:23 Now, we're gonna have to find you
01:26:26 Come on in here,
01:26:32 Benjamin.
01:26:33 You're wasting your time, baby.
01:26:36 Oh, and you'll be staying in
01:26:41 You're too big to be rooming
01:26:48 lt's a funny thing about coming home.
01:26:51 Looks the same,
01:26:57 Did l ever tell you l've been struck
01:27:03 Once when l was sitting in my truck,
01:27:12 You realize what's changed is you.
01:27:18 And late one morning,
01:27:23 Thank you.
01:27:46 Hey.
01:27:52 -Excuse me, is Queenie here?
01:27:59 -lt's me, Benjamin.
01:28:07 Oh, my God!
01:28:10 Of course it's you! Benjamin!
01:28:16 How are you?
01:28:19 There's so much l want to know.
01:28:22 Well, l got back a few weeks ago.
01:28:23 l spoke to Queenie, she said you were
01:28:27 -We were so, so worried about you.
01:28:31 Well, look at you. You're so lovely.
01:28:37 You stopped writing.
01:28:41 ''When l had left, she was a girl.
01:28:46 ''She was the most beautiful woman
01:28:50 Beautiful.
01:28:53 ''The most beautiful.''
01:28:57 -You remember Grandma Fuller?
01:28:59 -She passed.
01:29:02 l just can't believe we're both here.
01:29:06 No, no, what do they call it?
01:29:08 Kismet.
01:29:10 Do you know about Edgar Cayce,
01:29:12 l don't believe l...
01:29:13 He says
01:29:16 but l like to think of it as fate.
01:29:23 l'm not sure how it works,
01:29:26 Have you been to Manhattan?
01:29:30 Now, l can see
01:29:32 if l stand on my bed.
01:29:34 What about you?
01:29:36 Tell me everything. Last time you wrote,
01:29:40 l've always wanted to go to Russia.
01:29:44 -Twice as cold.
01:29:47 We always said you were different.
01:29:54 You wrote that you met somebody.
01:29:58 lt ran its course.
01:30:01 Hey, do you remember this?
01:30:14 ''This is the picture
01:30:17 ''at 5:00 in the afternoon.''
01:30:21 Would you like to have dinner?
01:30:30 Did l tell you
01:30:34 Oh, he's a famous choreographer.
01:30:40 You know, in a rehearsal once,
01:30:45 And he just...
01:30:48 l mean, can you imagine that?
01:30:51 You know, a dancer,
01:30:55 There's a whole new word
01:30:59 No, he's not the only one, though.
01:31:00 There's Lincoln Kirstein
01:31:04 Oh, there's Agnes de Mille.
01:31:07 She's just torn up all those conventions,
01:31:09 you know,
01:31:11 lt's not about the formality of the dance,
01:31:14 As she told me
01:31:17 names that didn't mean a thing to me,
01:31:19 l didn't really hear very much
01:31:22 lt's new and it's modern
01:31:24 They understand our vigor
01:31:27 Oh, my God.
01:31:30 No, no, l've enjoyed listening.
01:31:34 l'm old enough.
01:31:39 l'm old enough for a lot of things.
01:31:44 ln New York, we stay up all night,
01:31:48 watch the sun come up
01:31:53 There's always something to do.
01:32:13 l have to go back tomorrow.
01:32:17 -So soon.
01:32:23 Dancers don't need costumes
01:32:27 l can imagine
01:32:32 Have you read D.H. Lawrence?
01:32:34 -Well...
01:32:36 The words are like making love.
01:33:24 ln our company,
01:33:34 Sex is a part of it.
01:33:42 You know,
01:33:47 There was one woman
01:33:58 -Does that upset you?
01:34:02 Somebody wanting to sleep with me.
01:34:05 You're a desirable woman.
01:34:06 l would think most of them
01:34:10 Let's go back to the house.
01:34:13 Or we could get a room somewhere.
01:34:18 -We could lay down your jacket.
01:34:22 lt's not that l wouldn't like to or anything.
01:34:28 Oh, Benjamin, l've been with older men.
01:34:32 You're going back to New York
01:34:34 You should be with your friends.
01:34:37 -You're only young once.
01:34:40 Daisy, just not tonight, is all.
01:34:56 We could go hear some music.
01:35:00 Our lives are defined by opportunities.
01:35:04 Even the ones we miss.
01:35:07 You look so handsome
01:35:11 They're saying the hurricane's
01:35:13 -Oh, that's great.
01:35:18 She says nothing... Benjamin?
01:35:24 ''Things were becoming different...''
01:35:25 ...for me.
01:35:26 My hair had very little gray
01:35:30 My sense of smell was keener.
01:35:34 l could walk further and faster.
01:35:36 While everybody else was aging,
01:35:45 Come in.
01:35:48 Benjamin.
01:35:50 -Do you remember me?
01:35:54 -What happened to you?
01:35:59 Welcome home, my friend.
01:36:03 l see you're still drinking
01:36:06 Creature of habit.
01:36:08 You still visiting the house
01:36:10 Not for a long time.
01:36:13 lnteresting times, though.
01:36:15 We went from making 40,000
01:36:20 We employed 10 times
01:36:22 We were operating around the clock.
01:36:29 Damn shame.
01:36:32 The war has been kind
01:36:37 You know,
01:36:41 l'm sick.
01:36:44 -l'm sorry to hear that, Mr. Button.
01:36:49 l don't have any people.
01:36:54 l hope you don't mind,
01:36:57 l'd enjoy your company.
01:36:59 l'll certainly do what l can.
01:37:05 Benjamin, do you know anything
01:37:12 Now, Button's Buttons has been
01:37:17 My grandfather was a tailor,
01:37:22 After the Civil War,
01:37:24 where my father had the wisdom
01:37:29 So, with his help,
01:37:35 And today, l can't sew a stitch.
01:37:42 That's very, very interesting.
01:37:48 You sure have done well for yourself.
01:37:51 So, what can l do for you, Mr. Button?
01:37:58 Benjamin? You're my son.
01:38:08 l'm so sorry l never told you before.
01:38:13 You were born
01:38:18 Your mother died giving birth to you.
01:38:23 l thought you were a monster.
01:38:29 l promised your mother
01:38:39 l should never have abandoned you.
01:38:46 My mother?
01:38:48 At the summer house
01:38:51 When l was a boy,
01:38:55 run down to that lake
01:38:59 lt was as if l was the only one alive.
01:39:04 l fell in love the first time l saw her.
01:39:07 Your mother's name
01:39:11 She worked
01:39:17 She's from Dublin.
01:39:19 ln 1903, Caroline and all her brothers
01:39:23 in New Orleans.
01:39:27 l'd find excuses
01:39:31 just so l could look at her.
01:39:39 April 25th, 1918.
01:39:44 The day l married your mother.
01:39:48 Why didn't you just tell me?
01:39:51 l plan on leaving everything l have
01:39:55 -l have to go.
01:39:59 Home.
01:40:01 And what does he think, anyway?
01:40:02 He thinks he can just show up
01:40:04 and everything's
01:40:06 Everybody's just supposed to be friends.
01:40:08 Well, he got another thing coming,
01:40:11 God be my witness,
01:40:15 He left us $18 that night you was found.
01:40:18 Eighteen ratty dollars
01:40:20 -and a filthy diaper.
01:40:23 Good night, baby.
01:40:37 Did l ever tell you
01:40:44 Once, l was walking my dog
01:40:51 l'm blind in the one eye,
01:40:56 get twitches and shakes out of nowhere,
01:41:02 But you know what?
01:41:04 God keeps reminding me
01:41:13 Storm's coming.
01:41:42 May l help you, sir?
01:41:45 Thank you.
01:42:02 Wake up.
01:42:06 Let's get you dressed.
01:42:35 Now that's something.
01:42:40 Thank you.
01:43:41 You can be mad as a mad dog
01:43:45 You can swear and curse the Fates.
01:43:49 But when it comes to the end,
01:43:53 you have to let go.
01:44:17 Well, it sure is a beautiful service.
01:44:21 He'll be buried
01:44:25 You're my mother.
01:44:31 My baby.
01:44:37 Now, l'd never seen New York.
01:46:07 -Excuse me, l'm a friend of Daisy's.
01:46:11 -Daisy has company. Daisy! Daisy!
01:46:17 -We need the wardrobe.
01:46:23 -Benjamin.
01:46:24 -Benjamin.
01:46:26 -What are you doing here?
01:46:30 Spend some time with you, if l could.
01:46:34 Oh, well, l wish you would've called.
01:46:41 -You can just throw them out.
01:46:46 l couldn't take my eyes off of you.
01:46:53 Thank you.
01:47:01 l better get changed.
01:47:03 -Would you want to come?
01:47:06 l thought you might enjoy.
01:47:08 l made a reservation, just in case.
01:47:10 Just, all the dancers go out
01:47:13 You're welcome to come with us.
01:47:24 She choreographs
01:47:26 She's divine.
01:47:28 You were breathtaking.
01:47:35 Sweetie.
01:47:38 This is David.
01:47:42 -This is Benjamin.
01:47:44 -l told you about him.
01:47:47 -l'll go get you a drink.
01:47:58 So, you were a friend
01:48:02 Or something like that?
01:48:05 Something like that.
01:48:07 Hey, excuse me.
01:48:31 Come on.
01:48:53 Hey!
01:48:55 Now, l had no idea you were coming.
01:48:59 Lord, Benjamin.
01:49:03 What did you expect?
01:49:07 Now, this is my life.
01:49:09 Babe! You going downtown?
01:49:16 Come on. You'll have a good time.
01:49:20 There's lots of musicians,
01:49:22 You don't have to do that.
01:49:26 l should've called.
01:49:28 l thought l'd come here
01:49:30 and sweep you off your feet
01:49:35 -Daisy! Come on! Let's go.
01:49:41 Seems nice.
01:49:44 Do you love him?
01:49:48 l think so.
01:49:52 l'm happy for you.
01:49:56 Maybe l'll see you at home.
01:50:00 Okay.
01:50:03 l enjoyed the show!
01:50:13 He came to tell me his father had died.
01:50:19 -You couldn't have known.
01:50:28 What did you do next?
01:50:29 Some photographs, l think,
01:50:38 l was as good a dancer
01:50:44 For five years, l...
01:50:49 l danced everywhere.
01:50:52 London, Vienna, Prague.
01:50:56 l've never seen these.
01:51:01 Mom.
01:51:04 You never talked about your dancing.
01:51:06 Well, l was the only American
01:51:09 to be invited to dance
01:51:15 lt was glorious.
01:51:22 But Benjamin was never far
01:51:29 And l'd find myself saying...
01:51:32 Good night, Benjamin.
01:51:36 -''Good night, Daisy.''
01:51:42 ''Life wasn't all that complicated.
01:51:44 "lf you want, you might say
01:51:56 Benjamin?
01:52:06 -Letter for Mr. Benjamin Button?
01:52:12 Thank you.
01:52:40 Miss Daisy Fuller.
01:52:42 -Just a minute. Please have a seat.
01:52:52 Sometimes we're on a collision course
01:52:57 Whether it's by accident or by design,
01:53:04 A woman in Paris was on her way
01:53:09 But she had forgotten her coat,
01:53:13 When she had gotten her coat,
01:53:15 So she had stopped to answer it
01:53:20 While the woman was on the phone,
01:53:21 Daisy was rehearsing for a performance
01:53:26 And while she was rehearsing,
01:53:29 had gone outside to get a taxi.
01:53:35 Now, a taxi driver had
01:53:38 and had stopped to get a cup of coffee.
01:53:41 And all the while, Daisy was rehearsing.
01:53:48 And this cab driver,
01:53:48 And this cab driver,
01:53:50 and had stopped
01:53:52 he picked up the lady
01:53:54 and had missed getting the earlier cab.
01:53:58 The taxi had to stop
01:54:00 who had left for work five minutes later
01:54:03 because he forgot to set his alarm.
01:54:07 While that man, late for work,
01:54:10 Daisy had finished rehearsing
01:54:14 And while Daisy was showering,
01:54:15 the taxi was waiting outside a boutique
01:54:19 which hadn't been wrapped yet,
01:54:20 because the girl
01:54:22 had broken up with her boyfriend
01:54:26 When the package was wrapped,
01:54:30 was blocked by a delivery truck.
01:54:31 All the while,
01:54:36 The delivery truck pulled away,
01:54:39 while Daisy, the last to be dressed,
01:54:41 waited for one of her friends
01:54:45 While the taxi was stopped,
01:54:48 Daisy and her friend
01:54:52 And if only one thing
01:54:56 if that shoelace hadn't broken
01:54:58 or that delivery truck
01:55:01 or that package
01:55:03 because the girl hadn't broken up
01:55:05 or that man had set his alarm
01:55:09 or that taxi driver hadn't stopped
01:55:12 or that woman had remembered
01:55:17 Daisy and her friend
01:55:20 and the taxi would have driven by.
01:55:33 But, life being what it is,
01:55:35 a series of intersecting lives
01:55:38 out of anyone's control,
01:55:41 that taxi did not go by,
01:55:44 and that driver was
01:55:48 Daisy!
01:55:49 And that taxi hit Daisy.
01:55:50 Daisy! Help!
01:55:55 And her leg was crushed.
01:56:04 Daisy?
01:56:10 -Who told you?
01:56:13 Very kind of you to come all this way
01:56:19 You'd do the same for me.
01:56:23 My God.
01:56:26 Look at you. You're perfect.
01:56:33 l wish you hadn't come here.
01:56:44 Her leg had been broken in five places.
01:56:46 And with therapy and time,
01:56:51 But she'd never dance.
01:56:54 l'm gonna take you home with me.
01:56:57 -l want to look after you.
01:57:00 Then l'll stay here in Paris.
01:57:02 Don't you understand?
01:57:06 l know l'm feeling sorry for myself,
01:57:11 Tried to tell you that in New York.
01:57:16 You might change your mind.
01:57:18 We are not little children
01:57:23 Just stay out of my life.
01:57:49 l was awfully cruel.
01:57:54 He didn't understand.
01:58:02 ''l didn't leave right away.
01:58:06 "l stayed in Paris for a while
01:58:13 l never knew that.
01:58:18 Oh, darling, could you get the nurse?
01:58:26 l taught myself to walk again.
01:58:34 l took the train to Lourdes.
01:58:38 Let's take a look. That's normal.
01:58:43 She is gonna struggle to breathe.
01:58:45 -Will you be all right?
01:59:01 All right, he says, ''l went back home.''
01:59:07 ''l listened to the sound of the house.''
01:59:12 He...
01:59:14 He spilt something on it,
01:59:18 Something about sailing,
01:59:21 l learned to sail an old boat
01:59:34 l can't lie.
01:59:36 l did enjoy the company
01:59:47 Or maybe three.
02:00:25 Don't know why you bother, Sam,
02:00:34 Mama.
02:00:40 And in the spring of 1962,
02:00:46 she came back.
02:01:07 -You want to know where l've been?
02:01:13 How come you didn't write or nothing?
02:01:18 lt was something l needed to do
02:01:21 Yeah, well, l never took you
02:01:24 l sure hope l'm not wrong.
02:01:28 l'm usually not wrong about people.
02:01:30 -Good night, Mama.
02:01:34 Y'all have fun.
02:01:38 -You haven't said two words.
02:02:13 -Sleep with me?
02:02:53 l asked her to come away with me.
02:02:57 We sailed into the Gulf
02:03:42 l am so glad we didn't find one another
02:03:46 -Why do you say that?
02:03:51 And you were so old.
02:03:53 lt happened
02:03:56 l will enjoy each and every moment
02:04:04 l bet l can stay out here longer than you.
02:04:07 l bet you can't.
02:04:11 Barely a line or a crease.
02:04:14 Every day l have more wrinkles.
02:04:19 l love your wrinkles. Both of them.
02:04:29 What's it like growing younger?
02:04:33 l can't really say.
02:04:43 Will you still love me
02:04:47 Will you still love me when l have acne?
02:04:53 When l'm afraid
02:05:03 What?
02:05:10 -What are you thinking?
02:05:17 And what a shame that is.
02:05:22 Some things last.
02:05:25 -Good night, Daisy.
02:05:46 Mom?
02:05:49 -When did you meet Dad?
02:05:57 -Did you tell him about this Benjamin?
02:06:21 Mama?
02:06:30 Queenie?
02:06:34 Hello?
02:06:36 Oh, hi, Mrs. Carter, it's Benjamin.
02:06:40 Oh, Benjamin. Queenie died.
02:07:13 l'm so sorry for your loss.
02:07:17 Our deepest condolences.
02:07:24 We buried her
02:07:34 And so we might have memories
02:07:37 we sold my father's house
02:07:40 lt is a wonderful old place, darling.
02:07:43 l think we are going to be
02:07:46 Oh, what a long family history you have.
02:07:49 They come with the house.
02:07:53 -Come on.
02:07:58 We bought ourselves a duplex.
02:08:02 l loved that house.
02:08:07 lt smelled like firewood.
02:08:10 Don't... Don't stop, darling.
02:08:13 ''lt was one of the happiest times
02:08:16 We didn't have a stick of furniture.
02:08:20 We would have picnics
02:08:26 We ate when we felt like it.
02:08:31 We vowed never to fall into routine,
02:08:33 to go to bed or wake up
02:08:36 We lived on that mattress.
02:09:14 Our neighbor, a Mrs. Van Dam,
02:09:19 We lived four blocks from a public pool.
02:10:00 You know, you might've got
02:10:03 but you chose to do
02:10:09 that there was only
02:10:14 So, even if nothing ever happened,
02:10:17 you'd still be right here
02:10:20 l just don't like getting old.
02:10:24 They put too much chlorine in here.
02:11:08 l promise you l'll never lose myself
02:11:16 And l think right there and then
02:11:19 she realized
02:11:27 She found peace.
02:11:31 She opened a studio
02:11:34 And tendu.
02:11:37 Come back the other way.
02:11:44 -Good night, Miss Daisy.
02:12:11 You certainly are beautiful to watch.
02:12:16 Dancing's all about the line.
02:12:21 The line of your body.
02:12:24 Sooner or later, you lose that line,
02:12:34 l figure, you were born in 1918,
02:12:40 l'm 43.
02:12:44 We are almost the same age.
02:12:50 -We're meeting in the middle.
02:12:55 Wait.
02:12:57 l want to remember us
02:13:11 l'm pregnant.
02:13:30 You know, l swear the nurse slipped
02:13:49 But l think it's a girl.
02:13:56 -l know you're afraid.
02:14:00 Okay.
02:14:08 -What's your worst fear?
02:14:09 -What's your worst fear?
02:14:11 Then l will love it all the more.
02:14:15 Okay. How can l be a father
02:14:21 lt's not fair to a child.
02:14:24 Sugar, we all end up in diapers.
02:14:29 l am gonna make this work.
02:14:33 l want this, and l want it with you.
02:14:36 l want you to have everything you want,
02:14:40 l'm just not sure how to reconcile this.
02:14:43 Would you tell a blind man
02:14:45 Here you go.
02:14:47 You'll be a father for as long as you can.
02:14:51 l know the consequences.
02:14:54 Loving you is worth everything to me.
02:15:01 l have to go pee.
02:15:16 The oldest woman
02:15:19 arrived here today in Calais...
02:15:21 -Keep it.
02:15:23 22 minutes and 1 4 seconds.
02:15:25 The 68-year-old Elizabeth Abbott
02:15:30 exhausted but happy.
02:15:32 Miss Abbott, how would you sum up,
02:15:36 l suppose...
02:15:39 Anything's possible.
02:15:45 -All right?
02:15:46 -You ready?
02:15:47 Thank you. Thank you all.
02:15:49 -Yeah.
02:15:58 ln the spring, on a day like any other...
02:16:03 l'll be back in an hour!
02:16:10 Honey?
02:16:13 Go and call an ambulance!
02:16:18 The baby's coming.
02:16:21 Operator, l need an ambulance.
02:16:22 -The baby's coming!
02:16:31 There you go. Keep breathing.
02:16:35 Deep breaths. Push.
02:16:47 There we go.
02:17:05 Everyone's fine.
02:17:15 Honey?
02:17:18 She gave birth to a five pound,
02:17:38 Did you count the toes?
02:17:45 She's perfect.
02:17:46 ''And we named her
02:17:53 This Benjamin was my father?
02:17:57 And this is how you tell me?
02:18:05 Excuse me.
02:18:17 ...because all the ingredients are there
02:18:20 possibly even up to a Category 5.
02:18:29 Hey, l know it's hard.
02:18:36 Nobody can tell you exactly
02:18:38 but we have to go with the guidance
02:18:40 incorporate that information
02:18:51 ''You grew as the doctor had promised,
02:19:04 You're gonna have to find a real father
02:19:10 What are you talking about?
02:19:12 She's gonna need someone
02:19:16 She'll learn to accept
02:19:19 Honey, she needs a father,
02:19:26 -ls it me?
02:19:27 -ls my age beginning to bother you?
02:19:29 -ls that what you're telling me?
02:19:42 lt was your first birthday.
02:19:47 The house was filled with children.
02:19:49 -How are you?
02:19:51 Before you turn around,
02:20:27 l sold the summer house
02:20:32 l sold Button's Buttons,
02:20:34 l sold my father's sailboat,
02:20:41 And so that you
02:20:46 l left,
02:21:39 ''l left with just the clothes on my back.''
02:21:43 l don't want to read this now.
02:21:49 l don't really know.
02:22:02 lt's for me. 1970. l was two.
02:22:10 ''l wish
02:22:18 They're all for me.
02:22:21 Five. ''l wish l could have taken you
02:22:30 Six. ''l wish l could have been there
02:22:40 1981 , 13.
02:22:43 ''l wish l could have told you
02:22:47 ''l wish l could have held you
02:22:52 ''l wish l could have been your father.
02:23:06 l guess he went to lndia.
02:23:08 ''For what it's worth, it's never too late,
02:23:11 -''or, in my case, too early...''
02:23:14 to be whoever you want to be.
02:23:20 There's no time limit.
02:23:26 You can change or stay the same.
02:23:33 We can make the best or the worst of it.
02:23:36 And l hope you make the best of it.
02:23:42 l hope you see things that startle you.
02:23:47 l hope you feel things
02:23:52 l hope you meet people
02:23:57 l hope you live a life you're proud of.
02:24:03 And if you find that you're not,
02:24:08 -to start all over again.
02:24:13 He had been gone a long time.
02:24:18 l'll see you next Thursday.
02:24:23 -Good night, Miss Daisy.
02:24:45 l'm sorry, we're closing.
02:24:50 Can l help you?
02:24:53 Are you here to pick somebody up?
02:25:05 Why did you come back?
02:25:09 Mom?
02:25:11 Mom?
02:25:14 You ready yet?
02:25:18 Mom, what's wrong?
02:25:19 l was just hearing a very sad story
02:25:23 who l hadn't seen for a very long time.
02:25:27 Caroline, this is Benjamin.
02:25:30 You knew him
02:25:35 -Hi.
02:25:38 Hey.
02:25:42 -Oh, l'm sorry, l thought you were done.
02:25:47 Benjamin Button,
02:25:52 -How do you do?
02:26:02 Well, it was very nice to meet you.
02:26:06 -We'll be in the car, darling.
02:26:07 Bye.
02:26:09 l'm just locking up.
02:26:16 Wow.
02:26:19 She's beautiful. Like her mother.
02:26:24 -Does she dance?
02:26:27 l guess that'd be
02:26:29 She's a dear, sweet girl.
02:26:32 She seems a little lost.
02:26:36 A lot of her reminds me of you.
02:26:41 My husband, he's a widower, or was...
02:26:46 He's an incredibly kind, just bright,
02:26:53 -He's been a terrific father.
02:27:00 -You are so much younger.
02:27:06 You were right.
02:27:10 l couldn't have been raising both of you.
02:27:13 l'm not that strong.
02:27:19 So, where are you staying?
02:27:24 What are you gonna do?
02:27:25 l'm staying at the Pontchartrain Hotel
02:27:29 l don't know what l'm gonna do.
02:27:32 But...
02:27:40 They're waiting.
02:28:24 l remember that. That was him?
02:28:30 The hurricane has changed directions.
02:28:31 lt's going to make landfall
02:28:33 -Am l supposed to do something?
02:28:35 to move people, but it's up to you.
02:28:36 No. No, we're... We're staying.
02:28:38 l'll let you know if anything changes.
02:28:43 ''That night, while l was sitting
02:28:47 ''there was a knock at the door.''
02:28:53 Come in.
02:29:09 Are you all right?
02:29:13 l'm sorry,
02:29:27 Nothing lasts.
02:29:32 l have never stopped loving you.
02:29:40 Oh, but, Benjamin,
02:29:53 Some things you never forget.
02:30:16 ...so few people even know
02:30:17 that you were ever in jail
02:30:19 l'll tell you, l am sick about it, too,
02:30:21 because, please,
02:30:24 like "Man of the Year,"
02:30:26 is stop having you listed
02:30:29 which l think is, again, so unfair.
02:30:44 Good night, Benjamin.
02:30:47 Good night, Daisy.
02:30:52 And as l knew l would,
02:30:59 That's the last thing he wrote.
02:31:03 Sometime after your father passed,
02:31:07 there was a call.
02:31:13 Hello.
02:31:15 Yes, speaking.
02:31:20 l'm sorry, l don't understand.
02:31:33 lt's the corner house.
02:31:57 Come on in.
02:32:04 -l'm Daisy Fuller.
02:32:06 with the Orleans Parish Department
02:32:10 He was living in a condemned building.
02:32:14 The police found this with him.
02:32:16 This address.
02:32:21 He's in very poor health.
02:32:23 He doesn't seem to know who
02:32:27 l was telling Mr. Hernandez
02:32:31 lf he needs a place to stay,
02:33:04 Benjamin?
02:33:10 You play beautifully.
02:33:15 He doesn't seem to like to be touched.
02:33:17 He goes in and out
02:33:19 The doctors say,
02:33:20 he has the beginnings of dementia.
02:33:24 Do you remember me?
02:33:29 l'm Daisy.
02:33:33 l'm Benjamin.
02:33:41 lt's nice to meet you, Benjamin.
02:33:45 Would you mind if l sit with you?
02:33:54 Do l know you?
02:34:01 -l want some breakfast.
02:34:02 l would stop by to make sure
02:34:06 -No, l didn't.
02:34:09 Don't think l don't know
02:34:12 You're all fucking liars!
02:34:14 He doesn't believe
02:34:17 He doesn't believe
02:34:19 Now, why don't we see
02:34:22 if we can't find something else
02:34:26 l have a feeling
02:34:29 Well, like what, sugar?
02:34:32 lt's like there's this whole life l had,
02:34:38 and l can't remember what it was.
02:34:43 lt's okay.
02:34:46 lt's okay to forget things.
02:34:48 Many times, he would simply forget
02:34:54 There he is, he's up there on the roof.
02:34:56 lt wasn't easy.
02:34:58 -Benjamin!
02:35:00 -l can see the big river!
02:35:02 you can see everything, sweetheart.
02:35:04 l can see the graveyard
02:35:06 -and all those other people.
02:35:09 -What if l could fly?
02:35:14 You come down
02:35:21 Somebody go up there.
02:35:29 He was five when l moved in.
02:35:32 Nearly the same age l was
02:35:42 ''This is the picture
02:35:46 ''at 5:00 in the afternoon
02:35:49 ''when he had got
02:35:54 The days passed.
02:35:55 And l watched as he forgot how to walk
02:36:04 -and how to talk.
02:36:07 l'm Daisy.
02:36:10 Can you say ''Daisy''?
02:36:13 ln 2002, they put up a new clock
02:36:25 And in the spring of 2003,
02:36:33 he looked at me
02:36:38 and l knew that he knew who l was.
02:36:46 And then he closed his eyes
02:37:25 -l wish l'd known him.
02:37:33 Mom, l think l should go see
02:37:44 Good night, Benjamin.
02:38:09 We're expecting flash flooding
02:38:11 lt occurred in the Ninth Ward.
02:38:16 Some people are born to sit by a river.
02:38:21 Some get struck by lightning.
02:38:24 Some have an ear for music.
02:38:28 Some are artists.
02:38:31 Some swim.
02:38:34 Some know buttons.
02:38:37 Some know Shakespeare.
02:38:40 Some are mothers.
02:38:44 And some people dance.