Slumdog Millionaire was filmed in 2008. We can attribute this movie to the genre:
| Actors: |
Tatsuya Gashuin Ryûnosuke Kamiki Yumi Tamai Yô Ôizumi Koba Hayashi Tsunehiko Kamijô Takehiko Ono Bunta Sugawara Shiro Saito James Cameron William Wisher Jr. Arnold Schwarzenegger Linda Hamilton Robert Patrick Bobby Harwell |
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| Director(s): |
Miyu Irino Mari Natsuki |
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| IMDB Rating: | 8.3 out of 10 (210427 votes) | |
Plot Summary:
The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains...
Danny Boyle
This movie needs no endorsement from me. It is one of the best movies I've seen in a very long time: engrossing, moving, unflinching, rhythmic, disturbing. ...
Good story, but didn't like all the flashbacks - it made the film very disjointed. There were also a lot of things left unexplained, which was quite ...
Finally got round to seeing this and, to be honest, it didn't quite live up to the hype. Maybe I was expecting something more, I don't know.
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Danny Boyle
This movie needs no endorsement from me. It is one of the best movies I've seen in a very long time: engrossing, moving, unflinching, rhythmic, disturbing. ...
Good story, but didn't like all the flashbacks - it made the film very disjointed. There were also a lot of things left unexplained, which was quite ...
Finally got round to seeing this and, to be honest, it didn't quite live up to the hype. Maybe I was expecting something more, I don't know.
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