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The Big Screen
It is ironic that one of F. Scott Fitzgerald's least known short stories has been turned into a 167-minute, super popular major motion picture. Then again, the discrepancy was probably to be expected once screenwriter Eric Roth got the adaptation duties. "The Good Shepherd," "Munich," "Ali" and "The Insider" all run more than 140 minutes. "The Postman" runs 177 minutes but feels at least twice that long. Yet it is not any of these films that shares similarities with "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button."
Roth masters art of telling lifelong tale in 'Button'
Merrick Morton / The Associated Press
A curious life: Brad Pitt shown in a scene from, "The Curious Case of Benjamin Buttom."
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