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Slumdog Millionaire

2008 film directed by Danny Boyle
Movie film Q125076
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Summary

Slumdog Millionaire is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 0.7% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (28,253 views/month, #659 of 94,065).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], Academy Award for Best Cinematography[6], Academy Award for Best Film Editing[7], Academy Award for Best Writing, Adapted Screenplay[8], Academy Award for Best Original Score[9], Academy Award for Best Sound[10], Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama[11], Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score[12], BAFTA Award for Best Film[13], European Film Award for Best Cinematographer[14], European Film Award – People's Choice Award for Best European Film[15], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[16]
  • Director: Danny Boyle[17], Loveleen Tandan[18]
  • Screenwriter: Simon Beaufoy[19]
  • Composer: A. R. Rahman[20]
  • Genre: romance film[21], drama film[22], coming-of-age film[23], crime film[24]
  • Based on: Q & A[25]
  • Cast member: Dev Patel[26], Freida Pinto[27], Madhur Mittal[28], Anil Kapoor[29], Irrfan Khan[30], Mahesh Manjrekar[31], Tanay Chheda[32], Tanvi Ganesh Lonkar[33], Ashutosh Lobo Gajiwala[34], Ayush Mahesh Khedekar[35], Rubina Ali[36], Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail[37], Saurabh Shukla[38], Anand Tiwari[39]
  • Producer: Christian Colson[40]
  • Production company: CPL Productions[41], Film4 Productions[42], Pathé[43]
  • Director of photography: Anthony Dod Mantle[44]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[45], Hindi[46], French[47]
  • Commons category: Slumdog Millionaire[48]
  • Soundtrack release: Slumdog Millionaire[49]
  • Review score: 8.4/10[50], 92%[51], 84/100[52]
  • Color: color[53]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[54]
  • Publication date: August 30, 2008[55], September 7, 2008[56], January 9, 2009[57], February 19, 2009[58], March 19, 2009[59], March 20, 2009[60], April 18, 2009[61]
  • Characters: Jamal Malik[62]
  • Distributed by: Pathé[63], Fórum Hungary[64]

Why It Matters

Slumdog Millionaire has Wikipedia articles in 30 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[65] It is known by 69 alternative names across languages and contexts.[66]

FAQs

What awards did Slumdog Millionaire receive?

Honors received include Academy Award for Best Picture[3], Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[4], Academy Award for Best Director[5], and Academy Award for Best Cinematography[6].

Related Entities

Anil Kapoor A. R. Rahman Danny Boyle Dev Patel film Freida Pinto Irrfan Khan Mumbai United Kingdom

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Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [65] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [66] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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