There it is, in all it’s glory (and not just a photo of a poster on a wall), you see the full, real version of it. Uh, not a whole hell lot else to say about it, right? It’s kind of underwhelming, frankly, but push the stars we guess.
Well, aside from the fact that New York press screenings for “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button” are allegedly starting soon and we haven’t received our invite yet. Whaaa!!
Seriously, we’re dying. Paramount is also apparently doing screenings for “Revolutionary Road,” this weekend in NY and no, we still haven’t heard back.
Do you want us to cry? Because we might cry.
Oh, something, we suppose. The film, ‘Button’ that is, does feature songs by Louie Armstrong, the Beatles, and “maybe the Platters,” we’re told by a source close to it that has seen it. We’ll have to double check the script, but those sound familiar too. Not sure if they’ll be on the soundtrack though, though note, it did read, “Various artists.” We’ll have to double check that soon as well.
Soundtrack Update: You can actually preview all the songs on the 2-disc, ‘Ben Button’ soundtrack. It’s not just score material by Alexandre Desplat, but includes New Orleans jazz, old-time dixie swing, dialogue from the film, ragtime music and other music appropriate to the eras the film spans (It appears that Disc 1 is all Desplat and Disc 2 is dialogue and songs). Truthfully it’s hard to tell who wrote what because the artist names aren’t listed, but The Platters’ “My Prayer” is definitely included and god, Desplat’s score sounds gorgeous just in these quick little snippets. Give “Love Returns” a quick spin, it has all the melancholy, lovely and autumnal feelings you’d think the score should have.