"Slumdog Millionaire" (2008)
"Slumdog Millionaire" (2008)
Production Co: Celador Films, Film4
A Mumbai teen reflects on his upbringing in the slums when he is accused of cheating on the Indian Version of "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?" 18-year-old Jamal Malik, an Indian Muslim from the Dharavi slum, is a contestant on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and is one question away from the grand prize. However, before the ₹20 (rupee) million question, he is detained and tortured by the police, who suspect him of cheating because of the impossibility of a simple "slumdog" with very little education knowing all the answers. Jamal recounts, through flashbacks, the incidents in his life which provided him with each answer.
Release dates: 30 August 2008 (Telluride Film Festival), 9 January 2009 (UK), 22 January 2009 (India), 23 January 2009 (US)
Genre': Drama, Romance
Directed by: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan (co-director)
Screenplay by: Simon Beaufoy (Based on "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup)
Music by: A. R. Rahman
Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle
Edited by: Chris Dickens
Distributed by: Fox Searchlight Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Pathé
Cast: Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan
Awards
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay
- Best Achievement in Cinematography
- Best Achievement in Film Editing
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
- Best Motion Picture - Drama
- Best Director - Motion Picture
- Best Screenplay - Motion Picture
- Best Original Score - Motion Picture
- Best Film
- Best Director
- Best Screenplay - Adapted
- Best Cinematography
- Best Editing
- Best Sound
- Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music
Official Website: http://www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire/
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