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Slumdog Millionaire [Blu-ray] Blu-ray

R (Restricted) :: Twentieth Century Fox :: Released: 2009-03-31

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Slumdog Millionaire [Blu-ray] Summary Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) is just one question away from winning a fortune on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" But how has this uneducated young man from the slums succeeded in providing correct responses to questions that have stumped countless scholars before him? And will he ultimately win it all or lose everything, including his true love? Running Time: 120 minutes

20th Century Slumdog Millionaire (blu-ray) Accused Of Cheating And Desperate To Prove His Innocence, An Eighteen-year-old Orphan From The Slums Of Mumbai Reflects Back On His Tumultuous Life While Competing Towin 20 Million Rupees On India's Who Wants To Be A Millionaire In Danny Boyle's Inspirational Drama. Jamal Malik (dev Patel) May Not Have A Penny To His Name, But That Could All Change In A Matter Ofhours. He's One Question Away From Taking The Topprize On India's Most Popular Television Game Show, But As With Everything Else In Jamal's Life, Itisn't Going To Be Easy. Arrested By Police Under Suspicion Of Cheating, Jamal Is Interrogated By The Authorities. The Police Simply Can't Believe That A Common "slumdog" Could Possibly Possess The Knowledge To Get This Far In The Game, And In Order To Convince Them Of How He Gained Such Knowledge, Jamal Begins Reflecting Back On His Childhood. As Young Boys, Jamal And His Older Brother, Salim, Lived In Squalor, And Lost Their Mother In A Mob Attack On Muslims. Subsequently Forced To Rely On Their Own Wits To Survive, The Desperate Siblings Fell Back On Petty Crime, Eventually Befriending Adorable Yet Feisty Young Latika As They Sought Out Food And Shelter On The Unforgiving Streets Of Mumbai. Though Life On The Streets Was Never Easy, Jamal's Experiences Ultimately Instilled In Him The Knowledge He Needed To Answer The Tough Questions Posed To Him On Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. And Though Jamal Makes A Convincing Case For Himself, One Question Still Remains: Why Would A Young Man With No Apparent Desire For Wealth Or Fame Be So Determined To Win Big On A National Game Show? Of Course, It Won't Be Long Until Everyone Finds Out The Answer To This Burning Question, Because As Jamal Sits Down To Find Out Whether He Will Be Rich Beyond His Wildest Dreams, 60 Million Viewers Remaintransfixed To Their Televisions Eager To See If He'll Correctly Answer The Final Question.

Danny Boyle (Sunshine) directed this wildly energetic, Dickensian drama about the desultory life and times of an Indian boy whose bleak, formative experiences lead to an appearance on his country's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Jamal (played as a young man by Dev Patel) and his brother are orphaned as children, raising themselves in various slums and crime-ridden neighorhoods and falling in, for a while, with a monstrous gang exploiting children as beggars and prostitutes. Driven by his love for Latika (Freida Pinto), Jamal, while a teen, later goes on a journey to rescue her from the gang's clutches, only to lose her again to another oppressive fate as the lover of a notorious gangster.

Running parallel with this dark yet irresistible adventure, told in flashback vignettes, is the almost inexplicable sight of Jamal winning every challenge on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?," a strong showing that leads to a vicious police interrogation. As Jamal explains how he knows the answer to every question on the show as the result of harsh events in his knockabout life, the chaos of his existence gains shape, perspective and soulfulness. The film's violence is offset by a mesmerizing exotica shot and edited with a great whoosh of vitality. Boyle successfully sells the story's most unlikely elements with nods to literary and cinematic conventions that touch an audience's heart more than its head. --Tom Keogh


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Slumdog Millionaire [Includes Digital... Blu-Ray DVD Techincal Details Cast: Dev Patel, Saurabh Shukla, Anil Kapoor, Rajendranath Zutshi
Director: Danny BoyleArray
Aspect Ratio: 2.35:1
Rated: R (Restricted)
Running Time: 120 mins
UPC: 024543574514
Binding: Blu-ray
Studio: Twentieth Century Fox
Release Date: 2009-03-31
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Specs: AC-3, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, Subtitled, Widescreen

Language & Subtitles English (Original Language), English (Unknown), English (Subtitled), French (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed),
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