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Slumdog Millionaire Wins 8 Oscars Including Best Picture
February 23 2009 06:00 PST
By: Vin Funaro
The 81st Academy or should I say the 'Slumdog Millionaire' Awards did not stop paying homage to the film that's arguably dominated most of our headlines this past year.
With ten Oscar nominations and winning eight of them 'Slumdog Millionaire' solidifies itself as not only a cross over masterpiece, but one that transcends cultures to bring not only a great script, but music by Bollywood legend A.R. Rahman and the wonderful city of Mumbai, which was constantly praised by those who made the film, to the forefront of the world of entertainment.
Simon Beaufoy who accepted the award for Best Adapted screen play felt this film was destiny after uttering words that inspired him by those who wrote the story. "This is yours, take it to India." And musical genius A.R. Rahman made a valuable decision throughout his life which led him to this film. "All my life I had a choice of hate and love, and I chose love and I'm here, God Bless!"
Aside from blazing the stage with a performance of the songs 'Jai Ho' and 'O Saya,' A.R. Rahman took home two awards for Best Original Score, and Best Original Song for 'Jai Ho' with Gulzar.
The victory speech doesn't stop there, along with those wins, 'Slumdog Millionaire' also dominated the night by taking home 5 other awards including Best Cinematography thanks to Mumbai, Sound Editing, Sound Mixing, Film Editing and the most coveted awards of them all, Best Director and Best Picture.
Director Danny Boyle revealed the strange inspiration behind his success. "I told my kids I would receive this award in the spirit of tigger." Interesting choice of words Mr. Boyle. And Producer Christian Colson who accepted the award for Best Picture also had a confession for success. "We had passion and we had belief and if you have those two things truly anything is possible."
Other notable moments at The Academy Awards include actor Sean Penn winning the Best Actor award for his portrayal of gay activist Harvey Milk in the film so smoothly named 'Milk', and actor Mickey Rourke losing to him after reviving his acting career playing washed up wrestler Randy 'The Ram' Robinson in a film with another super slick name called 'The Wrestler'.
Other than that it's all about 'Slumdog Millionaire' in 2009. As if you haven't got enough of this film already. So what's next for India crossing over. Tell me what you guys think of 'Slumdog Millionaire' dominating the Academy Awards with eight wins.
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"omg" comes on the desi website to diss us, haha wow get a life. This is off the topic but i noticed a lot of white people hating against slumdogg millionaire for all there wins. ughh gets me mad therer just jealous
all the bollywood radio shows? I miss my bollywood!!!!!! Slumdogg deserved all the wins! Why do people, desi's hate sooooooooo much! Get a life people! Indians from India are NOT english, american, etc. Of course they will sound, look and dress different!!!!!!!!!
omg is LOOSER!!!
GO GIRL!!! fully agree w/ you diksha! some dumbass people will never stop letting others down when they are the real failures in their own lives go slumdog millionaire! go a. r. rahman! GOOOOO INDIAAAA!!!!
to omg!: your typing is actually much funnier and also very hypocritical because I am pretty sure "lmaoo" is not part of the English dictionary so I'm pretty sure you might need to give those English lessons a try before you start recommending lessons to Oscar winners(yes those outfits you are dissing were worn by Oscar winners, designed by fashion designers, of which you will becomes neither with that attitude). Just a thought :) p.s. it's laughing, not "laoghing"
YESS!!!! we r takin ovaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!
indians have the funniest accent! LMAOO Asia if funny! last night i was laoghing like hell..lmaoo japanese, chinese and india have the funniest accent in the world..god they need some english lessons and what in the world they were wearing??
yeah..and the kids can't remove the funds till their 18. Thats another good thing. One of the Kid's father wants him to continue beleive that slum are his life. How is that fair for kids? Sometimes you need to correct the root cause! Also, on the radio i heard that these wins were strategic b/c hollywood wants to start profiting from Bollywood. Although the John legend and A.R Rahman now thats something! WTF With americans saying his name like he's a terrorist? AKMAN? Fukin pisses me off!!
Let me correct a couple things that jai ho said below me. The filmmaker did not underpay the children they acutally paid them more then an actor would usually getfor there role. Your source is wikipedia, exactly why its wrong. (Anyone can write anything on wikipedia) The film has just broke the 100 million mark acutally and was a 15mil. budget. Thanks
Kudos to A.R. Rahman! But considering the controversies and protests going on, I was surprised by Boyle's choice of words during his speech... I was expecting him to say some words on the epidemic of poverty. What was the underlying message of the film? What does he wish to accomplish by getting this message out? What's sad is that the poor were exploited for profits (read more on Wikipedia). The film has grossed close to $160 million worldwide, and will continue to make profits. Considerable amount of money needs to be donated to trust funds to eliminate the poverty in India.
Congrats! They all deserve it! I especially loved seeing the child actors there too :)