Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British romantic drama film directed by Danny Boyle and written by Simon Beaufoy. It stars Dev Patel, Freida Pinto, Madhur Mittal, Anil Kapoor, and Irrfan Khan. Based on Vikas Swarup's 2005 novel Q & A, the film focuses on an 18-year old game show contestant named Jamal Malik (Patel). After being accused of cheating on Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, he recounts to the police how events in his life story enabled him to answer every question correctly. A. R. Rahman composed the film's musical score, while Anthony Dod Mantle and Chris Dickens were the cinematographer and film editor, respectively.
The film premiered on 30 August 2008 at the Telluride Film Festival in Colorado. It was then shown at the 2008 Toronto International Film Festival where it won the Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award. Fox Searchlight gave the film a limited release in ten cinemas in the United States on 12 November 2008. The film was given a wide release in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2009 and the United States on 23 January. The film earned a worldwide box office total of more than $378 million. Rotten Tomatoes, a review aggregator, surveyed 289 reviews and judged 91% to be positive.
The film garnered several awards and nominations with particular praise for Boyle's direction, Beaufoy's screenplay, Rahman's score, Mantle's cinematography, and Dicken's editing. The film garnered ten nominations at the 81st Academy Awards, and went on to win eight awards, including Best Picture, Best Director (Boyle), and Best Adapted Screenplay (Beaufoy). At the 62nd British Academy Film Awards, the film earned eleven nominations and won eight awards, including Best Film, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. The film won all four categories it was nominated in at the 66th Golden Globe Awards, including Best Motion Picture – Drama and Best Director.
At the 20th Producers Guild of America Awards, Slumdog Millionaire won for Best Theatrical Motion Picture. Boyle won Outstanding Directing – Feature Film at the 61st Directors Guild of America Awards, and Beaufoy won Best Adapted Screenplay at the 61st Writers Guild of America Awards. At the 15th Screen Actors Guild Awards, the film's cast won the award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture. The film received six nominations at the 14th Critics' Choice Awards and won five awards including Best Picture. In addition, the National Board of Review named it the Best Film of 2008.
Accolades + List of accolades received by Slumdog Millionaire Award Date of ceremony Category Recipients Result AARP Movies for Grownups Awards Best Director Academy Awards Best Picture Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Film Editing Best Original Score Best Original Song Best Sound Editing and Tom Sayers Best Sound Mixing Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, and Ian Tapp Alliance of Women Film Journalists Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Unforgettable Moment Award Cultural Crossover Award Slumdog Millionaire American Cinema Editors Best Edited Feature Film – Dramatic American Society of Cinematographers Outstanding Cinematography in a Theatrical Release Art Directors Guild Excellence in Production Design for a Contemporary Film Austin Film Festival Audience Award: Out of Competition Film and Danny Boyle Austin Film Critics Association Top 10 Films Slumdog Millionaire Black Reel Awards Best Actor Best Soundtrack Best Ensemble Slumdog Millionaire Breakthrough Performance Boston Society of Film Critics Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire Best Film Editing British Academy Film Awards Best Film Best Director Best British Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Adapted Screenplay Best Actor in a Leading Role Best Actress in a Supporting Role Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Production Design and Mark Digby Best Film Music Best Sound , Resul Pookutty, Richard Pryke, Tom Sayers and Ian Tapp British Independent Film Awards Best British Independent Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Screenplay Best Technical Achievement in Cinematography Most Promising Newcomer Camerimage Best Cinematography César Awards Best Foreign Film Chicago Film Critics Association Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Most Promising Performer Best Cinematography Best Original Score Cinema Audio Society Outstanding Achievement in Sound Mixing for a Motion Picture – Live Action , Richard Pryke, and Ian Tapp Costume Designers Guild Excellence in Contemporary Film Critics' Choice Awards Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Young Actor/Actress Best Writer Best Composer Best Song Dallas–Fort Worth Film Critics Association Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Screenplay David di Donatello Best Foreign Film Slumdog Millionaire Detroit Film Critics Society Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Newcomer Directors Guild of America Outstanding Directing in a Feature Film European Film Awards Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Screenwriter Best Actor Best Cinematographer Audience Award Evening Standard British Film Awards Best Director Best Technical Achievement Most Promising Newcomer Florida Film Critics Circle Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Golden Eagle Award Best Foreign Language Film Slumdog Millionaire Golden Globe Awards Best Drama Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Screenplay Best Original Score Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing in a Foreign Feature Film , Niv Adiri, Peter Burgis, Ricky Butt, Gillian Dodders, Lee Herrick, Tom Sayers, and Jack Stew Outstanding Achievement in Sound Editing – Feature Underscore Goya Awards Best European Film Grammy Awards Best Soundtrack for a Motion Picture Slumdog Millionaire: Music from the Motion Picture (A. R. Rahman, producer; Vivianne Chaix, P. A. Deepak, and H. Sridhar) Best Song Written for a Motion Picture Houston Film Critics Society Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Original Song Humanitas Prize Feature Film London Film Critics' Circle British or Irish Film Of The Year Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Of The Year British Director Of The Year Screenwriter Of The Year British Actor Of The Year Young British Performer Of The Year Los Angeles Film Critics Association Best Director Best Music Best Cinematography MTV Movie Awards Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Song From a Movie Best Kiss and Freida Pinto Best WTF Moment Female Breakthrough Performance Male Breakthrough Performance NAACP Image Awards Outstanding Independent Motion Picture Slumdog Millionaire Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture National Board of Review Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Breakthrough Performance, Male Best Adapted Screenplay National Society of Film Critics Best Cinematography New York Film Critics Circle Awards Best Cinematographer Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director New York Film Critics Online Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire Best Director with Loveleen Tandan Best Cinematography Best Screenplay Best Music Score Online Film Critics Society Awards Best Picture Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Editing Best Cinematography Best Original Score Best Breakthrough Performance Palm Springs International Film Festival Breakthrough Performance Award Producers Guild of America Best Theatrical Picture Rotterdam International Film Festival Audience Award Slumdog Millionaire MovieZone Award Slumdog Millionaire San Diego Film Critics Society Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Cinematography Best Editing Best Music Score Santa Barbara International Film Festival Outstanding Director of the Year Satellite Awards Best Drama Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Adapted Screenplay Best Editing Best Original Score Best Original Song Screen Actors Guild Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Supporting Role Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture , Tanay Hemant Chheda, Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Anil Kapoor, Irrfan Khan, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar, Madhur Mittal, Dev Patel, Freida Pinto St. Louis Gateway Film Critics Association Best Picture Slumdog Millionaire Best Foreign Language Film Slumdog Millionaire Most Original, Creative or Innovative Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Screenplay Best Cinematography St. Louis International Film Festival Best International Feature Slumdog Millionaire Teen Choice Awards Choice Movie - Drama Slumdog Millionaire Choice Movie Actor – Drama Choice Movie Actress – Drama Choice Movie – Female Fresh Face Choice Movie – Male Fresh Face Choice Movie Liplock and Freida Pinto Toronto International Film Festival People's Choice Award USC Scripter Award Best Screenplay Vancouver Film Critics Circle Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association Best Film Slumdog Millionaire Best Director Best Breakthrough Performance Best Adapted Screenplay World Soundtrack Awards Best Original Song Written for a Film Best Original Score of the Year Writers Guild of America Best Adapted Screenplay Young Artist Award Outstanding International Feature Film Ensemble Slumdog Millionaire
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