Slumdog Millionaire 始める，決める for Oscar glory after bagging major Hollywood award


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By BAZ BAMIGBOYE

The rags to riches film Slumdog Millionaire was on its way to Oscar glory last night after collecting a major prize in Hollywood.

As the film was （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Brad Pitt's blockbuster The Curious 事例／患者 of Benjamin Button at the 生産者s Guild of America Awards, it was winning the number one slot in the UK box-office charts.

Slumdog Millionaire, the story of? an 18-year-old? イスラム教徒 tea-boy, born and raised in poverty in Mumbai, took 最高の，を越す honours at a 儀式 on Saturday night? with the film's British 生産者 Christian Coulson 存在 指名するd 生産者 of the year.

Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire's Christian Coulson, who was awarded 生産者 of the year, director Danny Boyle and? 星／主役にするs Freida Pinto and Dev Patel at the 年次の 生産者s Guild of America Awards in Los Angeles on Saturday

受取人s usually go on to 勝利，勝つ the best film トロフィー at the Oscars.

Slumdog Millionaire, starring Dev Patel, an 18-year-old actor from Harrow, North London, was 発射 in Mumbai by British director Danny Boyle and was 支援するd by London-based Film 4, a 分割 of? the Channel 4 television 網状組織.

The film took ten 学院 award 指名／任命s last week, just behind the thirteen 手渡すd to The Curious 事例／患者 of Benjamin Button which 星／主役にするs Brad Pitt and Cate Blanchett.

For a while Slumdog Millionaire was seen as the underdog, but no longer.

It has now become the 前線-走者 to 勝利，勝つ the best picture Oscar at the 学院 Awards 儀式 in Hollywood on February 22.

At the 生産者s Guild of America Awards it （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 powerful movies such as Benjamin Button, the Batman film Dark Knight, Milk and 霜/Nixon.

In the UK Slumdog topped the nation's box-office chart taking £713,588 on Friday night and 増加するd its takings on Saturday by 70 per cent? taking £1.2 million.

As of Saturday night the film had taken a total of? £9,336,183, knocking the number 2 film, Tom 巡航する's 演劇? Valkyrie out of the （犯罪の）一味.

In America Slumdog has so far taken $54 million even though it hasn't yet gone into wide 配当.

A 広報担当者 for Slumdog commented today ,'Who'd have guessed? six months ago that a film 始める，決める in India with no 星／主役にするs would,over its third 週末,outgross? the new Tom 巡航する in Britain and over in America move into 前線 position to 勝利，勝つ the best film Oscar!?'

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