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They worked together on Slumdog Millionaire and 127 Hours which were both great movies (the later more than the former) and the idea of Boyle putting moving pictures to Beaufoy «s words makes me tinkle a little bit.
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Stephen Daldry, working from Richard Curtis's exploitative script, opts for a full - on Slumdog Millionaire imitation.
Along with Franco, the music of A. R. Rahman and the cinematography of Anthony Dod Mantle, who both worked on Slumdog Millionaire with Boyle, anchor the film.
Not exact matches
What I loved most about «Slumdog» was its remarkably spot - on depiction of the country.
April 3rd Dinner & A Movie: Slumdog Millionaire Dine on a movie themed, three - course dinner before heading over to Gasoline Alley Museum to enjoy one of our classic movie selections
See the world as a slumdog, come back on an H - B1 visa...
THE NEWSROOM: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON welcomes back familiar faces in the news team including: Margaret Jordan (Alison Pill; Scott Pilgrim vs the World), Sloan Sabbith (Olivia Munn; Iron Man 2, Magic Mike), Neal Sampat (Dev Patel; Slumdog Millionaire), news - division boss Charlie Skinner (Sam Waterston; Law & Order) and formidable Leona Lansing as the CEO of Atlantic World Media, (played by Jane Fonda; The Butler), as they set out on a long journey to change the network's attitude to news.
It's based on Suzanne Collins» best - selling novel and is written by Slumdog Millionaire's Simon Beaufoy and Michael deBruyn (a pseudonym for Little Miss Sunshine writer Michael Arndt).
Kevin's picks on DVD this week: Marley & Me, Slumdog Millionaire, TimeCrimes, Jim Gaffigan: King Baby and Schoolhouse Rock: Earth.
It's notable because (as TIFF reminded us with tags in front of every film) in past years Slumdog Millionaire and The King's Speech were winners of the «Audience Award», later going on to also win Best Picture as well as the hearts of the entire world.
Boyle — director of «Slumdog Millionaire,» «Trainspotting,» and «127 Hours» — brought together Susan Sarandon, James McAvoy, Audra McDonald, Jessica Chastain, Anne Hathaway, Jason Alexander, Andrew Garfield, Daveed Diggs, Common, Esperanza Spaulding, Cynthia Erivo, Daniel Kaluuya, Gugu Mbatha Raw, Sebastian Stan, Catherine Zeta - Jones, and on and and on.
It's nice if they can spare more funds to their actors, but its kind of just sentimentality that makes people focus on just saving these few kids and ignoring not just everyone else in India, but the dozens of other minor characters in Slumdog.
Slumdog Millionaire and Return of the King (no other acting noms) are probably the least nominated film to film to win ensemble there but they were winning everything anyway and their winning the SAG was a good bet that those films would go on to sweep the Oscars, having the actors on board.
In the same period, only twice has the NBR winner gone on to win Best Picture: No Country for Old Men and Slumdog Millionaire — both films ended up sweeping nearly everything.
On the human side, Matthew Rhys (TV's The Americans) is Lockwood; Freida Pinto (Slumdog Millionaire) is Messua; and young actor Rohan Chand (The Hundred - Foot Journey, Bad Words) will play Mowgli, the boy raised by wolves.
Boyle, the visionary behind Trainspotting, 28 Days Later and his Oscar - winning Slumdog Millionaire, pumps every frame of 127 Hours with cinematic adrenaline that declares war on the dull gravity of docudrama.
All of these films went on to be nominated for Best Picture, with «12 Years A Slave» and «Slumdog Millionaire» proving victorious.
No movie has won Best Film here and gone on to win Best Picture at the Oscars since 2008's Slumdog Millionaire.
In the last decade, the NBR and the Oscars have only agreed on the year's best movie twice, with «No Country for Old Men» in 2007 and «Slumdog Millionaire» in 2008.
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Five TIFF audience winners have gone on to win the Oscar for Best Picture: «12 Years a Slave» in 2013, «The King's Speech» in 2010, «Slumdog Millionaire» in 2008, «American Beauty» in 1999 and «Chariots of Fire» in 1981.
Best Film Editing «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» «The Dark Knight» «Frost / Nixon» «Man on Wire» «Slumdog Millionaire»
Based on the part drama - part comedy - part satiric novel of the same name by Ben Fountain and adapted by Oscar - winner Simon Beaufoy (Slumdog Millionaire) and Jean - Christophe Castelli, Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk tells the story of young infantryman Billy Lynn (played by newcomer Joe Alwyn) cutting back and forth between his time in Iraq as a soldier to an elaborate halftime show appearance, part of a «victory tour,» where he and his Bravo Team are celebrated as heroes before being shipped out back to Iraq again.
Khan, a giant star in his native India, has carved out a nice Hollywood career, appearing in such films as «Slumdog Millionaire» and on the HBO series «In Treatment.»
Films like «Slumdog Millionaire,» «The King's Speech,» «The Artist» and even «Silver Linings Playbook» weren't necessarily on the radars of awards - watchers until they bowed on the festival circuit, going on to be early front - runners.
They have not had an Oscar match since 2008's «Slumdog Millionaire» but they also have not seen their Best Film miss out on a nomination since they chose «Quills» in 2000.
Additionally, the winners of the various awards at TIFF were announced, including an important win for Tom Hooper's The King's Speech, which took home the coveted Audience Award (the same that Slumdog Millionaire won before it went on to nab Best Picture at the Oscars).
This year's Cinderella story,» Slumdog Millionaire», a «rag to riches film based on the life of a young slumdweller of Mumbai, has won the best cinematography award from the National Society of Film Critics, US.
Best Pictures «Argo» is better than The Broadway Melody, Cimarron, Cavalcade, The Great Ziegfeld, Gentleman's Agreement, The Greatest Show on Earth, Around the World in 80 Days, The Sound of Music, The Sting, Rocky, Gandhi, Driving Miss Daisy, Braveheart, A Beautiful Mind, Chicago, Slumdog Millionaire
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Since BIFA began in 1998, two winners have gone on to win the Best Picture Oscar, «Slumdog Millionaire» in 2008 and «The King's Speech» in 2010, but for the most part the honor has been given to a film not on the U.S. awards radar.
«Simon Beaufoy [his co-writer on this film and Slumdog] and I were talking about this the other day,» he says.
While I loved Slumdog, I wouldn't put it so high on the list.
Slumdog Millionaire director's new film, based on ordeal of mountaineer Aron Ralston, selected as festival closing picture
Mahershala Ali — ««The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 and 2),» «The Curious Case of Benjamin Button» Anthony Anderson — «The Departed,» «Hustle & Flow» Adam Beach — «The Departed,» «Hustle & Flow» Kate Beckinsale --- «Love & Friendship,» «The Aviator» Chadwick Boseman --- «Captain America: Civil War,» «Get on Up» John Boyega — «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» «Attack the Block» Betty Buckley --- «Wyatt Earp,» «Carrie» Rose Byrne — «X-Men: First Class,» «Bridesmaids» Julie Carmen — «The Milagro Beanfield War,» «Gloria» Enrique Castillo — «Déjà Vu,» «Bound by Honor» Morris Chestnut — «G.I. Jane,» «Boyz N the Hood» Cliff Curtis — «Live Free or Die Hard,» «Training Day» Idris Elba — «Beasts of No Nation,» «Pacific Rim America Ferrera — «Cesar Chavez,» «End of Watch» Vivica A. Fox — «Kill Bill,» «Independence Day» Andrew Garfield — «99 Homes,» «The Amazing Spider - Man» Greta Gerwig — «Frances Ha,» «To Rome with Love» Jesse D. Goins — «The Ugly Truth,» «Patriot Games» Bruce Greenwood — «Flight,» «Star Trek» Carla Gugino — «Watchmen,» «Night at the Museum» Luis Guzmán — «Punch - Drunk Love,» «Carlito's Way» Dennis Haysbert — «Dear White People,» «Wreck - It Ralph» Tom Hiddleston — «Crimson Peak,» «Marvel's The Avengers» James Hong — «Safe,» «Mulan» Oscar Isaac — «Ex Machina,» «A Most Violent Year» O'Shea «Ice Cube» Jackson * — «Ride Along,» «Friday» Dakota Johnson — «Black Mass,» «Fifty Shades of Grey» Cherry Jones — «Whiskey Tango Foxtrot,» «Signs» Michael B. Jordan — «Creed,» «Fruitvale Station» Daniel Dae Kim — «The Divergent Series: Insurgent,» «Crash» Regina King — «Ray,» «Jerry Maguire Brie Larson — «Room,» «Trainwreck» Byung - Hun Lee — «Terminator Genisys,» «G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra» Nia Long — «Keanu,» «Boyz N the Hood» Sal Lopez — «The Astronaut Farmer,» «Full Metal Jacket» Ignacio López Tarso — «Under the Volcano,» «Nazarin» Patti LuPone — «Parker,» «Driving Miss Daisy» Peter Mackenzie — «Trumbo,» «42» Rachel McAdams — «Spotlight,» «Midnight in Paris» Eva Mendes — «The Place beyond the Pines,» «Hitch» Tatsuya Nakadai — «Ran,» «Kagemusha» Adepero Oduye — «The Big Short,» «12 Years a Slave» Marisa Paredes — «The Skin I Live In,» «All about My Mother» Nate Parker — «Beyond the Lights,» «Red Tails» Harold Perrineau — «Zero Dark Thirty,» «28 Weeks Later» Jorge Perugorría — «Che,» «Strawberry and Chocolate» Silvia Pinal — «Vintage Model,» «The Exterminating Angel» Freida Pinto — «Immortals,» «Slumdog Millionaire» Michelle Rodriguez — «Avatar,» «Girlfight» Anika Noni Rose — «For Colored Girls,» «Dreamgirls» Cecilia Roth — «Lucia Lucia,» «All About My Mother» Mark Rylance — «Bridge of Spies,» «The Other Boleyn Girl» Pepe Serna — «The Black Dahlia,» «The Ballad of Gregorio Cortez» Martin Starr — «I'll See You in My Dreams,» «Adventureland» Elizabeth Sung — «Memoirs of a Geisha,» «The Joy Luck Club» Sharmila Tagore — «Dhadkan,» «The World of Apu» Tessa Thompson — «Creed,» «Dear White People» Lorraine Toussaint — «Selma,» «Middle of Nowhere» Glynn Turman — «Super 8,» «Men of Honor» Gabrielle Union — «Top Five,» «Bad Boys II» Jacob Vargas — «The 33,» «Jarhead» Alicia Vikander — «The Danish Girl,» «Ex Machina» Emma Watson — «The Bling Ring,» «The Perks of Being a Wallflower» Damon Wayans, Jr. — «Big Hero 6,» «Let's Be Cops» Marlon Wayans — «The Heat,» «Requiem for a Dream» Rita Wilson — «It's Complicated,» «Runaway Bride» Daphne Zuniga — «Staying Together,» «Spaceballs»
Bollywood actor Anil Kapoor on why Slumdog Millionaire is a feelgood movie with a difference and why the future belongs to India
Picture: Slumdog Millionaire Directing: Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire Actor: Sean Penn, Milk Actress: Kate Winslet, The Reader Actor in a Supporting Role: Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight Actress in a Supporting Role: Penélope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona Original Screenplay: Milk Adapted Screenplay: Slumdog Millionaire Foreign Language Film: The Class Documentary Feature: Man on Wire Animated Feature Film: WALL - E Documentary Short: Smile Pinki Animated Short: La Maison en Petits Cubes Live Action Short: Toyland Film Editing: Slumdog Millionaire Art Direction: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button Cinematography: Slumdog Millionaire Costume Design: The Duchess Makeup: Hellboy II: The Golden Army Score: Slumdog Millionaire Song: «Jai Ho,» Slumdog Millionaire Sound Editing: Slumdog Millionaire Sound Mixing: Slumdog Millionaire Visual Effects: The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Sort of interesting to see a consensus develop on these films (though I think with more time, the «magic» of Slumdog will fade), especially The Lives of Others, which I feared would be unjustly known as «the movie that stole Pan's Labyrinth's Oscar.»
Best Picture: «WALL - E» Best Director: Christopher Nolan, «The Dark Knight» Best Actor: Mickey Rourke, «The Wrestler» Best Actress: Michelle Williams, «Wendy and Lucy» Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, «The Dark Knight» Best Supporting Actress: Marisa Tomei, «The Wrestler» Best Original Screenplay: Andrew Stanton and Jim Reardon, «WALL - E» Best Adapted Screenplay: John Ajvide, «Let the Right One In» Best Foreign Language Film: «Let the Right One In» Best Animated Film: «WALL - E» Best Documentary Feature: «Man on Wire» Best Cinematography: Wally Pfister, «The Dark Knight» Best Film Editing: Chris Dickens, «Slumdog Millionaire» Best Original Score: Hans Zimmer and James Newton Howard, «The Dark Knight» Best Breakthrough Filmmaker: Tomas Alfredson, «Let the Right One In» Best Breakthrough Performance: Lina Leandersson, «Let the Right One In»
«Slumdog Millionaire» which had the same effect on many critics, including myself, aged very poorly and looking back, not necessarily the best film of the year.
Matt Craven — «X-Men: First Class,» «A Few Good Men» Terry Crews — «The Expendables» series, «Draft Day» Warwick Davis — «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» «Harry Potter» series Colman Domingo — «The Birth of a Nation,» «Selma» Adam Driver — «Silence,» «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» Joel Edgerton — «It Comes at Night,» «Loving» Chris Evans — «Captain America» series, «Snowpiercer» Luke Evans — «Beauty and the Beast,» «The Girl on the Train» Fan Bingbing — «I Am Not Madame Bovary,» «Cell Phone» Elle Fanning — «The Beguiled,» «20th Century Women» Golshifteh Farahani — «Paterson,» «AboutElly» Anna Faris — «Scary Movie» series, «Brokeback Mountain» Tom Felton — «A United Kingdom,» «Harry Potter» series Rebecca Ferguson — «The Girl on the Train,» «Mission: Impossible — Rogue Nation» Lou Ferrigno — «The Incredible Hulk,» «Hercules» Gal Gadot — «Wonder Woman,» «Fast & Furious» series Charlotte Gainsbourg — «Norman: The Moderate Rise and Tragic Fall of a New York Fixer,» «Melancholia» Jeff Garlin — «Safety Not Guaranteed,» «WALL - E» Spencer Garrett — «Public Enemies,» «Thank You for Smoking» Domhnall Gleeson — «Star Wars: The Force Awakens,» «Ex Machina» Sharon Gless — «The Star Chamber,» «Airport 1975» Donald Glover — «The Martian,» «Magic Mike XXL» Judy Greer — «Jurassic World,» «13 Going on 30» Rupert Grint — «Moonwalkers,» «Harry Potter» series Noel Gugliemi — «Lowriders,» «The Fast and the Furious» Jon Hamm — «Baby Driver,» «The Town» Armie Hammer — «The Birth of a Nation,» «The Social Network» Naomie Harris — «Moonlight,» «Skyfall» Leila Hatami — «A Separation,» «Leila» Anne Heche — «Rampart,» «DonnieBrasco» Lucas Hedges — «Manchester by the Sea,» «Moonrise Kingdom» Chris Hemsworth — «Thor» series, «Rush» Ciarán Hinds — «Silence,» «Munich» Aldis Hodge — «Hidden Figures,» «Straight Outta Compton» Bryce Dallas Howard — «Jurassic World,» «The Help» Bonnie Hunt — «The Green Mile,» «Jerry Maguire» Jiang Wen — «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» «Let the Bullets Fly» Dwayne Johnson — «Moana,» «Central Intelligence» Leslie Jones — «Ghostbusters,» «Masterminds» Keegan - Michael Key — «Don't Think Twice,» «Keanu» Aamir Khan — «3 Idiots,» «Lagaan» Irrfan Khan — «Life of Pi,» «Slumdog Millionaire» Salman Khan — «Sultan,» «Bajrangi Bhaijaan» Rinko Kikuchi — «Pacific Rim,» «Babel» Zoë Kravitz — «Divergent» series, «Mad Max: Fury Road» Sanaa Lathan — «Out of Time,» «Love and Basketball» Carina Lau — «Infernal Affairs 2,» «Days of Being Wild» Tony Leung — «The Grandmaster,» «Lust, Caution» Rami Malek — «Short Term 12,» «The Master» Leslie Mann — «Funny People,» «Knocked Up» Kate McKinnon — «Ghostbusters,» «Office Christmas Party» Sienna Miller — «The Lost City of Z,» «American Sniper» Janelle Monáe — «Hidden Figures,» «Moonlight» Michelle Monaghan — «Patriots Day,» «Gone Baby Gone» Viggo Mortensen — «Captain Fantastic,» «The Lord of the Rings» series Ruth Negga — «Loving,» «Warcraft» Franco Nero — «The Lost City of Z,» «Django» Elizabeth Olsen — «Avengers: Age of Ultron,» «Martha Marcy May Marlene» Deepika Padukone — «xXx: Return of Xander Cage,» «Piku» Sarah Paulson — «Blue Jay,» «12 Years a Slave» Robert Picardo — «Hail, Caesar!
Dodd — «The Fate of the Furious,» «Jurassic World» Amrit Pritam Dutta — «Kochadaiiyaan,» «Slumdog Millionaire» Ezra Dweck — «Black Mass,» «Metallica Through the Never» William Files — «Deadpool,» «Star Wars: The Force Awakens» Bernard Gariépy Strobl — «Arrival,» «War Witch» Mariusz Glabinski — «The Wall,» «The Fifth Estate» Peter Grace — «Hacksaw Ridge,» «The Square» Gu Changning — «Monk Comes Down the Mountain,» «Caught in the Web» Robert Hein — «Café Society,» «Blue Jasmine» Douglas Jackson — «Logan,» «Schindler's List» Jonathan Klein — «Live by Night,» «Argo» Claude La Haye — «Arrival,» «The Red Violin» Robert Mackenzie — «Hacksaw Ridge,» «The Grandmaster» Tony Martinez — «Carol,» «Revolutionary Road» Steve A. Morrow — «La La Land,» «Up in the Air» Jean - Paul Mugel — «Jackie,» «Paris, Texas» Cheryl Nardi — «Captain America: Civil War,» «Brave» Al Nelson — «Alice through the Looking Glass,» «Jurassic World» Marc Orts — «A Monster Calls,» «Che» Daniel Pagan — «All Eyez on Me,» «Frost / Nixon» Geoffrey Patterson — «Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen,» «Twister» Margit Pfeiffer — «Batman v Superman: Dawn of Justice,» «Warrior» Becki Ponting — «Philomena,» «Atonement» Andy Potvin — «The Hunger Games: Catching Fire,» «Life of Pi» Richard Quinn — «Rogue One: A Star Wars Story,» «Gone Girl» Jacob Ribicoff — «Manchester by the Sea,» «The Wrestler» Robert L. Sephton — «Smurfs: The Lost Village,» «Remember the Titans» Guntis Sics — «Kong: Skull Island,» «Moulin Rouge» Jane Tattersall — «Barney's Version,» «American Psycho» Steven Ticknor — «Spider - Man: Homecoming,» «The Lincoln Lawyer» Derek Vanderhorst — «Hidden Figures,» «The Ides of March» Bryon E. Williams — «Kubo and the Two Strings,» «The Hunger Games: Mockingjay (Parts 1 & 2)» Katy Wood — «Guardians of the Galaxy Vol.
«Julie is Telluride, she is synonymous with Telluride,» said Fox Searchlight president Nancy Utley, whose best - picture winners Birdman, 12 Years a Slave, and Slumdog Millionaire all premiered on Huntsinger's watch.
by Kam Williams Headline: Slumdog Continues to Shine in Oscar Tune - Up Slumdog Millionaire continued its impressive march towards the Oscars by landing the equivalent of the Best Picture honor at the Screen Actors Guild Awards on Sunday.
Still, Mantle has found a way to let his background influence his work with filmmakers like Boyle and Kevin Macdonald in the most pleasantly surprising of ways, and such was the case on «Slumdog Millionaire,» perhaps the most visually dynamic piece of cinema to be released in 2008.
Roy finds himself looking into the window of a flat across from his, where on display is the lovely Dia, who, as she is played by Freida Pinto from «Slumdog Millionaire,» makes it hard for us to blame him.
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Last year's best drama winner at the Globes, «Slumdog Millionaire,» went on to win best picture and dominate at the Oscars.
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