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- Regarded as a sleeper hit, Slumdog Millionaire was widely acclaimed, praised for its plot, soundtrack, cinematography, editing, direction, and performances (especially Patel's). It was nominated for 10 Academy Awards in 2009 and won 8—the most of any 2008 film—including Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay.
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Mar 6, 2009 · Gilula attributes the global success of "Slumdog Millionaire" to a couple of factors. One is the international nature of the setting, the cast and the Oscar-winning filmmakers — Boyle and...
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup. [6] It narrates the story of 18-year-old Jamal Malik from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. [7]
- It Was Almost Released Straight-To-Dvd.
- They Left A Choreographer’S Name Off The Credits So He Got An Oscar shout-out.
- It Was The First Best Picture Winner Shot Mostly on Digital.
- Coke and Mercedes-Benz Wanted Their Logos Removed from The Film.
- It Shares Award Sweeps and Toilet Scenes in Common with Schindler’s List.
- It Was on The 2007 Black List.
- The Story Emerged from The “Hole in The Wall" Experiments.
- It Was Nominated For 10 Oscars, But None of Them Were For Acting.
- The Opera Jamal and Salim Watch Mirrors The Movie’S Romantic subplot.
Warner Bros. shut down Warner Independent Pictures, the arm set to distribute Slumdog Millionaire, just as the movie was wrapping production, and there was serious considerationabout scrapping a theatrical release in favor of the far cheaper home video purgatory of straight-to-DVD. Fox Searchlight saved it from the bargain bin, and, look at that, i...
If you enjoyed the end credits “Jai Ho” dance performance, you’ve got Longiness Fernandes to thank. You wouldn’t be blamed for not knowing that, though, because his name isn’t in the credits over which his dance routine plays out. To make up for the oversight, Boyle apologized and thanked Fernandes during his Oscar acceptance speechfor Best Directo...
Boyle and cinematographer Anthony Dod Mantle filmed some of the movie on 35mm, but a large portion of it was shot digitally in order to capture the raw immediacy and intimacy of the slums. Mantle and Boyle were both early adopters of digital camera technology, pushing it into the mainstream with zombie film 28 Days Later. It was also the first Best...
Getting permission to use brands in your movie can be a tricky proposition, especially when you’re associating global powerhouses with poverty and abuse. Boyle saidthat Coke refused to give permission for their logo to be used in a scene where a conman is clearly using Coke to lure boys away to lives of exploitation (Coke denies the production ever...
As of 2017, Slumdog Millionaire and Schindler’s Listare the only two movies to ever win Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Screenplay at the Academy Awards, Golden Globes, and BAFTA Awards. They also both include sequences where a child drops into the waste of a pit toilet, so maybe we’ve found the key to dominating awards season.
Unlike the Hollywood Blacklist of the 1940s, the modern-day Black List—curated by Franklin Leonard—highlights the best-loved screenplays among studio and production executives that have yet to be produced. Simon Beaufoy’s script for Slumdog Millionaire was included in the 2007 version of the list alongsideThe Book of Eli, The Wolf of Wall Street, S...
Slumdog Millionaire was adapted from Vikas Swarup’s 2005 novel Q & A, which was inspired by Sugata Mitra’s social experiment involving an internet-connected computer and a group of children living in a slum teaching themselves how to use it. “That got me fascinated, and I realized that there’s an innate ability in everyone to do something extraordi...
The soaring romance and thrilling interrogation drama that relies so heavily on the charisma and connectivity of its cast didn’t get a single acting nomination despite its otherwise dominance of the Oscars. Following An American in Paris, Braveheart, and others, it became the 11th movieto win Best Picture without garnering a single acting nominatio...
Young Jamal and Salim spy a portion of Orfeo ed Euridicefrom under the bleachers at the Taj Mahal. The opera is based on the Greek myth of Orpheus, who journeys into the underworld to save his wife after she dies, propelled by an undying love. Its inclusion is a nod to the script’s similarities regarding Jamal’s (Dev Patel) quest to save Latika (Fr...
Oct 17, 2024 · Slumdog Millionaire, British dramatic film, released in 2008 and directed by Danny Boyle, that won eight Academy Awards, including those for best picture and best director, as well as several BAFTA awards and Golden Globe Awards, including those for best film and best director.
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Nov 12, 2018 · 2008's 'Slumdog Millionaire' was nearly released straight-to-DVD, but instead went on to win 8 Oscars including Best Picture. Here's the Cinderella story of this unlikely success.
- Adam Chitwood
Jul 29, 2021 · Today, she had built a $112 Million empire and is an inspiration to young female entrepreneurs throughout the world. Often, she is described as the original “Slumdog Millionaire”. Her path to success was definitely not an easy one. She has shown the world that if you believe in yourself, anything is possible.
Apr 13, 2012 · Slumdog's centres around orphan Jamal Malik, a contestant on the Hindi version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, played by west London teenager Dev Patel. Before Slumdog's success, Patel starred...
