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: B00280GDFQ (Rental) and B001UEBHYS (Purchase)
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Slumdog Millionaire DVD ~ Dev Patel

3.8 out of 5 stars (391) $7.78
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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27 of 30 people found the following review helpful
Love over gold July 20, 2009
Format: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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10 of 11 people found the following review helpful
Bogus special features October 4, 2010
By Anna
Format: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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10 of 12 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
I have read a few reviews that bashed Slumdog, and though I see a point to them, I LOVE this film. I have lived in Faridabad ( just outside of Deli), and have firsthand seen some of the things the film touched on. In the spirit of Mira Nair, Boyle opens ones eyes to this incredible country, but he doesn't sugar coat things like most Bollywood films ( which are basically musicals, some with depth others that are laughable but enjoyable nonetheless).
Slumdog divulges what real India is like: a fight for survival, but one that has moments of beauty in it as well. Again, MOMENTS. The amount of children MUTILATED and forced by parents and others to work is disgusting. It is beyond belief. I was in the Deli area, and that has nothing on Calcutta or some of the bad areas of Mumbai.
And despite this, one can see a beauty in these people that simply does not exist in the West. One brief scene ( SPOILER) in the movie when Dev is about to play the last round of Millionare, a woman on the street taps on his window and says 'go and win it all'. THIS type of genuine 'I'm happy for you', aka namaste, aka respect exists amongst the dire poverty.
And then Slumdog dives into the Muslim-Hindu tension. In the kashmir region, fighting is horrendous. This type of confusion, dislike, and sometimes hatred exists between these two religions, and now with the recent terrorist attacks, things aren't looking too good.
Slumdog Millionaire shows how hard working, diligent, determined, and driven many ( most) Indians are in their fight to survive and feed themselves/their families. The main character has to do this from when he was born, which is a sad reality for many infants/kids there.
THE FILM IS ARTISTIC, FAST PACED AND TYPICAL BOYLE STYLE, WITH A GREAT SOUNDTRACK.
Please watch it, and then DO something about what you have seen. Go and visit the country. It will change your life.
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Fun Movie
Movie is fun with an interesting plot. The vendor is reliable. the first DVD was defective, but was replaced within two days after my call to the vendor.
Published 1 day ago by rob
Very Good Movie in Spite of All the Hype
OK, it's a good movie. Maybe not quite as fabulously great as the hype about it, but it's good.

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Almost a perfect film.
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Too graphic for me
I had high hopes after seeing the wonderful reviews. But, I couldn't get even a third of the way through the movie. The scenes of his early life were too brutal, too graphic. Read more
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Incorrect Description
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Great Movie
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Like the classic novel "Oliver Twist"
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Good, good
It was offered at a good price and it is a great movie. The movie was sent quickly and as described.
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