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Slumdog Millionaire
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE in Oscar
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE swept
the Oscars awards on Sunday (February 22) by winning in eight out of ten
categories in which it was nominated. The film won the Best Picture Award,
Best Direction, Best Original Song, Best Original Score, Best Adapted Screenplay,
Best Cinematography, Best Sound Mixing and Best Editing.
The movie set in India,
however, got some tough competition from Hollywood films like The Reader,
The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost and Milk. All the movies came
from top directors and unlike Slumdog had several actors and technical
people already nominated for the top awards.
Based on Vikas Swarup’s novel
Q&A, Slumdog Millionaire, directed by British director, Danny Boyle,
depicts the story of a poor boy, who goes on to win the Indian version
of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. The film, set in Mumbai, managed to rake
in 100 million dollars worldwide though earnings were average in India.
It managed to pip The Reader,
starring Kate Winslet and Ralph Fiennes. The film is about a young boy,
Michael Berg, who has to confront the dark secrets in the life of his love
Hanna, who is in her thirties Another top contender for the best picture
award was The Curious Case of Benjamin Button starring Brad Pitt and Cate
Blanchett. The film is about Benjamin Button, a man born with the body
of an old man but as time passes, he discovers that he is gradually becoming
younger even he is getting wiser. This situation has a transforming affect
on his relationship with his love Daisy.
Frost also was another nominee
for the Best Picture Award and depicts the life of Richard Nixon, who is
induced to participate in a series of interviews by journalist David Frost
for sizable payments. Both see this opportunity to reestablish themselves
in their respective professions, one as a journalist and other as a politician.
One of the strongest contestants
for the best picture award was Milk by Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen. It won
the best actor award for Sean Penn but the momentum built by Slumdog Millionaire
was too much for Milk. The movie is about gay champion Harvey Milk, who
comes out in the open to fight in politics and earns a spot on the San
Francisco Board of Supervisors.
Total Nominations (10)
Achievement in Cinematography
Achievement in Directing
Achievement in Film Editing
Achievement in Music Written
for Motion Pictures (Original Score)
Achievement in Music Written
for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Achievement in Music Written
for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
Best Motion Picture of the
Year
Achievement in Sound Editing
Achievement in Sound Mixing
Adapted Screenplay
Oscars for Slumdog Millionaire
(8)
Best Picture:
The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button
Frost/Nixon
Milk
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
Best Director:
Danny Boyle - Slumdog Millionaire
David Fincher - Benjamin
Button
Ron Howard - Frost/Nixon
Stephen Daldry - The Reader
Gus Van Sant - Milk
Winner: Danny Boyle |
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Best Adapted Screenplay:
The Curious Case of Benjamin
Button
Doubt
Frost/Nixon
The Reader
Slumdog Millionaire
Winner: Simon Beaufoy - Slumdog
Millionaire
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Best Motion Picture of the
Year
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
(2008) - Christian Colson
Best Achievement in Music
Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
(2008) - A.R. Rahman, Sampooran Singh Gulzar("Jai Ho")
Best Achievement in Music
Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
(2008) - A.R. Rahman
Best Achievement in Editing
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
(2008) - Chris Dickens Best
Achievement in Sound
Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
(2008) - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty |
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