The name of what literary swashbuckler is the answer to the final question in the Oscar winning Slumdog Millionaire?
"free. Jamal's final question is the name of the third musketeer in ""The Three Musketeers"", which he never learned. Jamal uses his ""Phone-A-Friend"" lifeline to call Salim's phone, as it is the only phone number he knows. Latika answers the phone, and, while she does not know the answer, tells Jamal that she is safe. Relieved, Jamal arbitrarily picks Aramis, the right answer, and wins the grand prize. Javed hears Latika on the show and realises that Salim has betrayed him. He and his men break down the bathroom door but Salim kills Javed before he is shot, gasping, ""God"
"He gets in and has a philosophical conversation with (a visible) Shroom. Billy tells Shroom ""I love you,"" then returns to the reality of the limo and Bravo Squad members, each of whom responds with ""I love you."" ""Slumdog Millionaire""s Oscar-winning screenwriter, Simon Beaufoy, was in 2014 adapting the novel for the screen, produced by Film4 in collaboration with a U.S. production company, The Ink Factory, and Sony Pictures' TriStar film studio division. Also involved in the production are China's Bona Film Group and Studio 8, which is backed by the Chinese conglomerate Fosun International. Ang Lee would direct the"
"Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel ""Q & A"" (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup, telling the story of Jamal Malik, age 18, from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Patel as Jamal, and filmed in India, the film was directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and produced by Christian Colson, with Loveleen Tandan credited as co-director. As a contestant on the Indian version of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jamal Malik surprises everyone by being able to answer every question correctly. Accused of"
"Sargam, film critic Goher Iqbal Punn termed the soundtrack Rahman's ""magnum opus"" which will acquaint ""the entire world"" with his artistry. Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film that is a loose adaptation of the novel ""Q & A"" (2005) by Indian author Vikas Swarup, telling the story of Jamal Malik, age 18, from the Juhu slums of Mumbai. Starring Dev Patel as Jamal, and filmed in India, the film was directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and produced by Christian Colson, with Loveleen Tandan credited as co-director. As a contestant on the Indian version"
"Millionaire"" ""The Wrestler"" (performed by Bruce Springsteen) – ""The Wrestler"" Simon Beaufoy – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Richard Gere Number of nominations (minimum 2) Number of awards (minimum 2) 14th Critics' Choice Awards The 14th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 8, 2009 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, honoring the finest achievements of 2008 filmmaking. The nominees were announced on December 9, 2008. Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Sean Penn – ""Milk"" Anne Hathaway – ""Rachel Getting Married"" (TIE) Meryl Streep – ""Doubt"" (TIE) Heath Ledger – ""The Dark Knight"" Kate Winslet – ""The Reader"" Dev Patel –"
"Vikas Swarup Vikas Swarup (born 1963) is an Indian writer and diplomat who formerly served as the official spokesperson of the Ministry of External Affairs of India and currently the High Commissioner of India to Canada. He is best known as the author of the novel ""Q & A"", adapted in film as ""Slumdog Millionaire"", the winner of Best Film for the year 2009 at the Academy Awards, Golden Globe Awards and BAFTA Awards. Swarup joined the Indian Foreign Service in 1986 and served in Turkey, the United States, Ethiopia, the United Kingdom, South Africa and Japan in various Indian"
"14th Critics' Choice Awards The 14th Critics' Choice Awards were presented on January 8, 2009 at the Santa Monica Civic Auditorium, honoring the finest achievements of 2008 filmmaking. The nominees were announced on December 9, 2008. Slumdog Millionaire Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Sean Penn – ""Milk"" Anne Hathaway – ""Rachel Getting Married"" (TIE) Meryl Streep – ""Doubt"" (TIE) Heath Ledger – ""The Dark Knight"" Kate Winslet – ""The Reader"" Dev Patel – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Milk The Dark Knight Tropic Thunder WALL-E Man on Wire ""Waltz with Bashir (Vals im Bashir)"" • Israel John Adams A. R. Rahman – ""Slumdog"
"Danny Boyle (Slumdog Millionaire, 127 Hours)<br> 2007 Oliver Stone (Platoon, Wall Street)<br> 2006 Sydney Pollack (Out of Africa, Tootsie) 2015 Chris Cooper (The Bourne Identity), (American Beauty)<br> 2014 Edward Zwick (Glory), (Legends of the Fall)<br> 2013 Susan Sarandon (Dead Man Walking), (Atlantic City), (Thelma & Louise)<br> 2011 Johnny Depp (Edward Scissorhands, Alice In Wonderland, Pirates of the Caribbean) 2013 Barry Josephson (Columbia Pictures), (Enchanted), (Bones) Since 1994, Austin Film Festival has been recognizing the work of the writer through the Screenplay and Teleplay Competitions. With representatives from agencies and production companies participating in the judging process, advancing writers and their"
"Controversial issues surrounding Slumdog Millionaire The film ""Slumdog Millionaire"", which won eight Academy Awards in 2009, has been subjected to a number of criticisms, notably regarding how it portrays Indian society and alleged exploitation of some of the actors. One of the first celebrities to discuss the film was Bollywood superstar Amitabh Bachchan, from whom young Jamal eagerly seeks an autograph shortly after the beginning of the film and who was the original presenter for ""Kaun Banega Crorepati"", the Indian version of ""Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?"" On 13 January 2009 Bachchan wrote that in another part of his"
"The Joker (posthumous) Marisa Tomei - ""The Wrestler"" as Cassidy/Pam San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2008 The 13th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 15, 2008. Mickey Rourke - ""The Wrestler"" as Randy ""The Ram"" Robinson Kate Winslet - ""The Reader"" as Hanna Schmitz WALL-E Frost/Nixon ""Slumdog Millionaire"" - Anthony Dod Mantle Danny Boyle - ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Man on Wire Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ""Slumdog Millionaire"" - A. R. Rahman ""Slumdog Millionaire"" - Simon Beaufoy ""The Visitor"""
"San Diego Film Critics Society Awards 2008 The 13th San Diego Film Critics Society Awards were announced on December 15, 2008. Mickey Rourke - ""The Wrestler"" as Randy ""The Ram"" Robinson Kate Winslet - ""The Reader"" as Hanna Schmitz WALL-E Frost/Nixon ""Slumdog Millionaire"" - Anthony Dod Mantle Danny Boyle - ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Man on Wire Slumdog Millionaire Slumdog Millionaire Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in) • Sweden The Curious Case of Benjamin Button ""Slumdog Millionaire"" - A. R. Rahman ""Slumdog Millionaire"" - Simon Beaufoy ""The Visitor"" - Tom McCarthy Heath Ledger - ""The Dark Knight"" as"
"London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 The 29th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2008, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 4 February 2009. The Wrestler Slumdog Millionaire ""Waltz with Bashir"" • Israel David Fincher - ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" Danny Boyle - ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Simon Beaufoy - ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Steve McQueen - ""Hunger"" Mickey Rourke - ""The Wrestler"" Kate Winslet - ""The Reader"" and ""Revolutionary Road"" Michael Fassbender - ""Hunger"" Kristin Scott Thomas - ""I've Loved You So Long"" Eddie Marsan - ""Happy-Go-Lucky"" Tilda Swinton - ""The Curious Case"
"of Benjamin Button"" Thomas Turgoose - ""Somers Town and Eden Lake"" London Film Critics Circle Awards 2008 The 29th London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2008, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 4 February 2009. The Wrestler Slumdog Millionaire ""Waltz with Bashir"" • Israel David Fincher - ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" Danny Boyle - ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Simon Beaufoy - ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Steve McQueen - ""Hunger"" Mickey Rourke - ""The Wrestler"" Kate Winslet - ""The Reader"" and ""Revolutionary Road"" Michael Fassbender - ""Hunger"" Kristin Scott Thomas - ""I've Loved You So"
"telecast garnered almost 37 million viewers in the United States. The nominees for the 81st Academy Awards were announced on January 22, 2009, at 5:38 p.m. PST (13:38 UTC) at the Samuel Goldwyn Theater in Beverly Hills, California, by Sid Ganis, president of the Academy, and the actor Forest Whitaker. ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" received the most nominations with thirteen (the ninth film to garner that many nominations); ""Slumdog Millionaire"" came in second with ten. The winners were announced during the awards ceremony on February 22, 2009. ""Slumdog Millionaire"" was the eleventh film, and last to date, to"
"Agency in 2003, notable for having discovered and represented Vikas Swarup, author of Q & A, which was filmed as Slumdog Millionaire, and also being the agent for the estate of prolific historical fiction writer Georgette Heyer. Peter Buckman Peter Buckman is an English writer and literary agent. He has been involved in the publishing industry for many years; he was on the editorial board of Penguin Books, and a commissioning editor for the New American Library in New York City. He has published novels, non fiction, a biography and short stories, and has also written for television and film,"
"13th Satellite Awards The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008. Auteur Award – Baz Luhrmann Mary Pickford Award – Louis Gossett Jr. Nikola Tesla Award – Rick Baker Outstanding New Talent – Brandon Walters Richard Jenkins – ""The Visitor"" Ricky Gervais – ""Ghost Town"" Angelina Jolie – ""Changeling"" Sally Hawkins – ""Happy-Go-Lucky"" WALL-E Australia Australia The Duchess Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" "" (TIE) Man on Wire"" (TIE) Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire Happy-Go-Lucky ""Gomorrah (Gomorra)"" • Italy ""Slumdog Millionaire"" – A. R. Rahman ""Another Way to Die"" –"
"to overcome. The book is about destiny vs luck, and personal dedication. In 2008, the book was loosely adapted into the multiple Oscar-winning movie ""Slumdog Millionaire,"" which features a new main character named Jamal and his brother Salim. The movie is a comment on how poverty and corruption poison the human spirit, and how to retain one's true self in the face of adversity. The idea behind the story line was triggered by a report in a local newspaper about children living in the Indian slums using mobile phones and the internet - an indication that class barriers were breaking"
"show for the first time. Two weeks earlier in a ceremony at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel in Beverly Hills, California held on February 7, the Academy Awards for Technical Achievement were presented by host Jessica Biel. ""Slumdog Millionaire"" won eight awards, the most of the evening, including Best Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle. Other winners were ""The Curious Case of Benjamin Button"" with three awards, ""The Dark Knight"" and ""Milk"" with two awards, and ""Departures"", ""The Duchess"", ""La Maison en Petits Cubes"", ""Man on Wire"", ""The Reader"", ""Smile Pinki"", ""Toyland"", ""Vicky Cristina Barcelona"", and ""WALL-E"" with one. The"
"Award-winning film ""Slumdog Millionaire"" which mimics his game show. Tarrant responded by saying: ""I can't relate to it. He's a sleazy host with an earring. The game show is the cornerstone to my life and I just can't relate to the movie."" Tarrant then attempted to promote his new show ""The Colour of Money"". D'Arcy asked him to explain the format of the show, saying: ""The key to a good format is you can explain it in one or two sentences. Like ""Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?"" is, in effect, 'you answer 15 questions and you win a million'."
"Best Picture and Best Director. From ""The NY Times"" report: ""[T]hough it had no actors nominated for prizes, [it also] swept many awards other than those on the top line, including prizes for cinematography, sound mixing, score and film editing. ""Slumdog""'s eight Oscars was the largest total won by a single film since """" won 11 in 2004."" The film was released in the UK on 9 January 2009 and in India on 23 January with William Losch. Swarup's second novel ""Six Suspects"", published by Transworld, was released on 28 July 2008 and has been translated into more than 30"
"of Goo NHL 09 ""WarGames"" Winners: Losers: Winners: Losers: 13th Satellite Awards The 13th Satellite Awards, honoring the best in film and television of 2008, were given on December 14, 2008. Auteur Award – Baz Luhrmann Mary Pickford Award – Louis Gossett Jr. Nikola Tesla Award – Rick Baker Outstanding New Talent – Brandon Walters Richard Jenkins – ""The Visitor"" Ricky Gervais – ""Ghost Town"" Angelina Jolie – ""Changeling"" Sally Hawkins – ""Happy-Go-Lucky"" WALL-E Australia Australia The Duchess Danny Boyle – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" "" (TIE) Man on Wire"" (TIE) Iron Man Slumdog Millionaire Happy-Go-Lucky ""Gomorrah (Gomorra)"" • Italy ""Slumdog Millionaire"""
"dreams big; and an ambitious politician prepared to stoop low. Swarup unravels the lives and motives of the six suspects. Six Suspects website Six Suspects related info Vikas Swarup Six Suspects (novel) Six Suspects is the second novel by Vikas Swarup, an Indian diplomat and author of ""The New York Times"" bestseller ""Q&A"". It was published by Transworld in 2016 and in the US by Minotaur Books and has been optioned for a film by Starfield Productions and the BBC. In 2005, Swarup's first novel, ""Q&A"", was published and was later turned into an Oscar Award-winning film, ""Slumdog Millionaire"" in"
"2009 and won eightthe most for any 2008 filmincluding Best Picture, Best Director, and Best Adapted Screenplay. It won seven BAFTA Awards including Best Film, five Critics' Choice Awards and four Golden Globes. However it was also the subject of controversy, especially in India, due to its portrayal of Indian society, the use of the word ""slumdog"" in the title and perceived exploitation of some of the younger actors. 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"
"The West loves to see us as a wasteland, filled with horror stories of exploitation and degradation. But is that all there is to our beautiful city of Mumbai?"" Filmmaker Aadesh Shrivastava claimed that its release in the United States led to the word ""slumdog"" being used as a slur against Indian Americans, criticizing the positive reaction by some Indians towards what he regarded as a film that directly attacks and insults India. Author and critic Salman Rushdie has responded negatively to both the film ""Slumdog Millionaire"" and the novel on which it is based, ""Q & A"". In his"
"den rätte komma in)"", Sweden ""WALL-E"" – Thomas Newman ""Slumdog Millionaire"" – Simon Beaufoy ""WALL-E"" – Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon Heath Ledger – ""The Dark Knight"" (posthumously) Kate Winslet – ""The Reader"" Tomas Alfredson – ""Let the Right One In (Låt den rätte komma in)"" Dev Patel – ""Slumdog Millionaire"" Chicago Film Critics Association Awards 2008 The 21st Chicago Film Critics Association Awards, given by the CFCA on December 18, 2008, honored the best in film for 2008. Disney/Pixar's ""WALL-E"" became the most successful film in this year's ceremony, won four awards, including Best Film, out of five nominations."
"a purported list of winners was posted online. The list, which bore a purported signature from Academy president Sid Ganis, stated that Mickey Rourke won for Best Actor, Kate Winslet won for Best Actress, Amy Adams won for Best Supporting Actress, Heath Ledger won for Best Supporting Actor, and ""Slumdog Millionaire"" won for Best Picture. AMPAS spokeswoman Leslie Unger later revealed that the list was ""a complete fraud"", and that PricewaterhouseCoopers had just begun to count the ballots. The show received a mixed reception from media publications. Some media outlets received the broadcast more positively. Television critic Robert Bianco of"
"and resulted in two wins. Puzo's novel ""The Godfather"" resulted in wins in 1972 and 1974. The other is E. M. Forster, whose novels ""A Room with a View"" and ""Howards End"" resulted in wins for Ruth Prawer Jhabvala. Larry McMurtry is the only person who has won (for ""Brokeback Mountain"") for adapting someone else's work and whose work has been adapted by someone else resulting in a win, ""Terms of Endearment"". Emma Thompson is the only winner who has also won for acting. Winners Billy Bob Thornton and John Huston have only received nominations (not wins) in the acting"
"is great"". Soon thereafter, Jamal and Latika meet on the platform at the railway station and they kiss. Screenwriter Simon Beaufoy wrote ""Slumdog Millionaire"" based on the Boeke Prize-winning and Commonwealth Writers' Prize-nominated novel ""Q & A"" by Vikas Swarup. To hone the script, Beaufoy made three research trips to India and interviewed street children, finding himself impressed with their attitudes. The screenwriter said of his goal for the script: ""I wanted to get (across) the sense of this huge amount of fun, laughter, chat, and sense of community that is in these slums. What you pick up on is"
"Two films led the pack with just two wins each: ""Slumdog Millionaire"" took top honors in the Best Picture and Best Director (Danny Boyle) categories while ""The Dark Knight"" took Best Supporting Actor (Heath Ledger) and Best Cinematography (Wally Pfister). Along with the 11 ""best of"" category awards, the group also presented the Russell Smith Award to ""Wendy and Lucy"" as the ""best low-budget or cutting-edge independent film"" of the year. The award is named in honor of late ""Dallas Morning News"" film critic Russell Smith. Winners are listed first and highlighted with boldface. Other films ranked by the annual"
"well as the Prix Grand Public at the 2007 Paris Book Fair. It was voted winner of the Best Travel Read (Fiction) at the Heathrow Travel Product Award 2009. A BBC radio play based on the book won the Gold Award for Best Drama at the 2008 Sony Radio Academy Awards and the 2008 IVCA Clarion Award. Harper Collins brought out the audio book, read by Kerry Shale, which won the Audie for best fiction audio book of the year. Film4 of the UK had optioned the movie rights and the movie titled ""Slumdog Millionaire"", directed by Danny Boyle, was"
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"Reactions from India and the Indian diaspora to Slumdog Millionaire The 2008 film Slumdog Millionaire has been a subject of discussion among a variety of people in India and the Indian diaspora. Some film critics have responded positively to the film. At the same time, others objected to issues such as Jamal's use of British English or the fact that similar films by Indian filmmakers have not received equal recognition. A few notable filmmakers such as Aamir Khan and Priyadarshan have been critical of the film. Author and critic Salman Rushdie argues that it has ""a patently ridiculous conceit."" The"
"worked again with Wright on ""Hot Fuzz"" (2007). Dickens' editing of ""Slumdog Millionaire"" has been discussed by several critics. Peter Caranicas wrote, ""'Slumdog' has a complex structure that interweaves three story strands into a single braid, yielding a rich, almost fugal narrative."" In May 2017, after over three months of shooting, Dickens was replaced as the editor of the film """", which was released in May 2018. Chris Dickens Chris Dickens is a British film and television editor. His work on ""Slumdog Millionaire"" (2008), directed by Danny Boyle, won the Academy Award for Best Film Editing, BAFTA Award for Best"