Slumdog Millionaire

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When a penniless, eighteen year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai comes within one question of winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, a police investigation reveals his amazing story.
  • Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor
  • Directed by: Danny Boyle
  • Runtime: 2 hours 1 minute
  • Release year: 2009
  • Studio: 20th Century Fox
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Synopsis: When a penniless, eighteen year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai comes within one question of winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, a police investigation reveals his amazing story.
Starring: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor
Supporting actors: Saurabh Shukla, Rajendranath Zutshi, Jeneva Talwar, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan, Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, Ayush Mahesh Khedekar, Sunil Kumar Agrawal, Jira Banjara, Sheikh Wali, Mahesh Manjrekar, Sanchita Choudhary, Himanshu Tyagi, Sharib Hashmi, Virendra Chatterjee, Feroz Abbas Khan, Virender Kumar, Devesh Rawal, Rubiana Ali, Ankur Vikal
Directed by: Danny Boyle, Loveleen Tandan
Genre: Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Runtime: 2 hours 1 minute
Release year: 2009
Studio: 20th Century Fox
MPAA Rating: Rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language
ASIN: B001UEBHYS
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Slumdog Millionaire DVD ~ Dev Patel

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Theatrical Release Information
  • US Theatrical Release Date: January 23, 2009
  • MPAA: Rated R for some violence, disturbing images and language
  • Production Company: Celador Films, Film4, Pathé Pictures International
  • Filming Locations: Agra, Uttar Pradesh, India | Juhu, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | Mumbai, Maharashtra, India | ND Studios, Karjat, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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24 of 27 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Love over gold, July 20, 2009
This review is from: Slumdog Millionaire (DVD)
I saw this movie back in the Christmas season last year with some reluctance. Were it not for a good friend edging me on I probably would not have bothered. I incorrectly sensed that it was just another drippy foreign film about drippy people living on the edge and getting lucky.

Boy was I wrong.

This is such a smart, cleverly woven story with a classic twist--reminding me of Dickens--and all the stuff we love about life, but what's really striking--and I just watched this twice on DVD--is the precious love that is expressed here.

Lump in throat anyone?

Goosey bumps, too?

I just lap it up. Call me a sucker--but I had to re-play the last two minutes over and over again--where our hero brushes his sweetie's scarred cheek...and you either already know or will know the rest. It just kills me every time.The quintessential message is: LOVE OVER $$, GOLD, whatever, ANY DAY!

Amen.
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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars Bogus special features, October 4, 2010
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This review is from: Slumdog Millionaire (DVD)
Do not buy this DVD if you are interested in the special features listed on the box and at the Amazon site. This DVD does not contain the making of, the deleted scenes or the audio commentary. The special features contain only trailers for 4 other movies. The movie is great, but the main reason I bought the DVD was to watch the making of. This false advertisement was a complete disappointment.
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3 of 3 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Hard to watch, Horrifying, But Totally Worth It, January 1, 2011
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This review is from: Slumdog Millionaire [Blu-ray] (Blu-ray)
Most of the people that have criticized this movie have complained of the horrors that our hero faces. Quite frankly, they have a valid point. The gritty nature of this movie is probably a shock to the system for most. I know it was for me. But if you sit down to watch this movie, you realize that so much of our knowledge isn't learned in school. It's learned every day as we face reality, even if that reality is a cruel one (as in Jamal's case).

Jamal's back story (and the reason he knows the answers to India's version of, "Who Wants to be a Millionaire") is startling and charming and important, all at the same time. If you really want to understand everything good about this movie, take it in and let yourself be affected by the tragedy portrayed. No doubt, there are many "slumdogs" out there who face loss and human cruelty far worse than Jamal did in this film. Can you imagine? Because of the lessons I learned and because this movie didn't shy away from teaching me them, it deserves every accolade.
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