‘Slumdog Millionaire’ sweeps 2009 Oscars including Best Picture
By Behind The Scenes TV on Feb 23, 2009 in Awards
“Slumdog Millionaire” — a love story that combines artistic ambition with broad commercial appeal — won a leading eight Oscars on Sunday night, including the best picture trophy.
While the film’s triumphs at the 81st annual Academy Awards marked an amazing outcome for a movie filled with subtitles, scenes of torture and a Bollywood dance sequence, the wins also cemented the reputation of distributor Fox Searchlight, which has become Hollywood’s top advocate of the kind of daring works that movie studios have all but abandoned.
Director Danny Boyle’s fictional account of a Mumbai orphan’s surprising winning streak on India’s version of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” also won Oscars for direction, adapted screenplay, cinematography, editing, original score, original song and sound mixing.
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Investment in Property | Oct 9, 2009 | Reply
Slumdog is a very good film, great to see stuff that is different, and all so real. A very good watch for any move fan.