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Slumdog millionaire [videorecording (DVD)] / A Danny Boyle film.

20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2009.

Street children -- India -- Bombay -- Drama.

Television quiz shows -- India -- Bombay -- Drama.

Academy Award for Best Picture.

Alternate title:

Pouilleux millionnaire [videorecording (DVD)]

[videorecording (DVD)] /

1 videodisc (120 min.) : Dolby digital sd., col. ; 12 cm.

Based on the novel by "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup.

Originally released as a motion picture in 2008.

Special features: Commentary by director Danny Boyle and actor Dev Patel; commentary by producer Christian Colson and writer Simon Beaufoy ; 12 deleted scenes ; "Slumdog dreams: Danny Boyle & the making of Slumdog millionaire" featurette ; "Slumdog cutdown" featurette.

2.35:1 anamorphic widescreen.

Includes English (Dolby 5.1) and French (Dolby surround) language tracks with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles.

Closed-captioned.

Produced by Christian Colson ; screenplay by Simon Beaufoy ; co-director by Loveleen Tandan ; directed by Danny Boyle.

Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shakla, Raj Zutshi, Jeneva Talwar, Freida Pinto and Irrfan Khan.

"Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is just one question away from winning a fortune on India's version of 'Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?' But how has this uneducated young man from the slums succeeded in providing correct responses to questions that have stumped countless scholars before him? And will he ultimately win it all or lose everything, including his true love?"--Container.

Academy Awards: Best Motion Picture of the Year, Best Achievement in Directing (Danny Boyle), Best Writing, Screenplay Based on Material Previously Produced or Published (Simon Beaufoy), Best Achievement in Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), Best Achievement in Editing (Chris Dickens), Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score (A.R. Rahman), Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Song (A.R. Rahman, Sampooran Singh Gulzar for "Jai Ho"), Best Achievement in Sound (Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty), 2008.

BAFTA Film Awards: Best Cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), Best Director (Danny Boyle), Best Editing (Chris Dickens), Best Film (Christian Colson), Best Music (A.R. Rahman), Best Screenplay (Adapted Simon Beaufoy), Best Sound (Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp), 2008.

Golden Globes: Best Director - Motion Picture (Danny Boyle), Best Motion Picture - Drama, Best Original Score - Motion Picture (A.R. Rahman), Best Screenplay - Motion Picture (Simon Beaufoy), 2008.

Films for the hearing impaired.

Swarup, Vikas. Q & A.

Patel, Dev, 1990-

Kapoor, Anil, 1959-

Shukla, Saurabh, 1963-

Pinto, Freida, 1984-

Khan, Irrfan, 1962-

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