U8 Part2 B exercise

 Slumdog Millionaire was expected to win big. And, it did, earning Oscars for its cinematography, film editing, sound mixing, and bringing two of the golden statuettes to composer A. R. Rahman for his score and an original song.
    Steven Spielberg announced the top award of the evening.
    “And, the Oscar goes to Slumdog Millionaire, Christian Colson, producer.”
     The man behind the movie, Danny Boyle, was named best director. 
    Slumdog Millionaire was a collaboration between the British filmmaker, an Indian cast and crew and a Hollywood distributor. Backstage, Boyle said joint efforts like this will become more common.
    “You know, there’s all sorts of people gonna work there. These things are gonna come together. The world’s shrinking a bit in a … in a wonderful way and it will benefit from it because, in … in culture, fusion is a wonderful thing.”
    The film is set in the slums of Mumbai and features two professional actors with a cast of unknown youngsters from the Mumbai slums. Young cast members came to Hollywood for the Oscars.
    The story revolves around a teenager who hopes to win riches on a quiz show. Writer Simon Beaufoy, who won an Oscar for his adapted screenplay, says the story is appropriate in a recession.
    “A film comes out that is ostensibly about being a millionaire, and actually what it’s about is, it’s a film that says there are more important things than money. There’s love and faith and your family, and that struck a chord with people, I think, right now.”