Question: who starred in the curious case of benjamin button

title: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button (film)
text: Benjamin learns to walk in 1925 , after which he uses crutches in place of a wheelchair . On Thanksgiving 1930 , Benjamin meets seven - year - old Daisy , whose grandmother lives in the nursing home . He and Daisy become good friends . Later , he accepts work on a tugboat captained by Mike Clark . Benjamin also meets Thomas Button , who does not reveal that he is Benjamin 's father . In Autumn 1936 , Benjamin leaves New Orleans for a long - term work engagement with the tugboat crew ; Daisy later is accepted into a dance company in New York City under choreographer George Balanchine .