Slumdog millionaire [videorecording] / Fox Searchlight Pictures, Warner Bros. Pictures, Celador Films, Film4 present ; directed by Danny Boyle ; co-director, Loveleen Tandan ; screenplay by Simon Beaufoy ; produced by Christian Colson.
Other Titles: Slumdog millionaire (Motion picture).
Q & A.
Publisher: Beverly Hills, CA : 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment, c2009.
Description: 1 videodisc (120 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Subject: Orphans India Bombay Drama.
Television quiz shows India Bombay Drama.
Suspicion India Bombay Drama.
Police India Bombay Drama.
Brothers India Bombay Drama.
Huérfanos India Bombay Teatro. bidex
Televisión Programas India Bombay Teatro. bidex
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
Fiction films.
Credits: Director of photography, Anthony Dod Mantle ; editor, Chris Dickens ; music, A.R. Rahman.
Performers: Dev Patel, Anil Kapoor, Saurabh Shakla, Raj Zutshi, Jeneva Talwar, Freida Pinto, Irrfan Khan.
Target Audience: MPAA rating: R; for some violence, disturbing images and language.
Notes: English with Hindi (Dolby 5.1) or dubbed French (Dolby surround) dialogue with optional English, French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.
Based on the novel: "Q & A" by Vikas Swarup.
DVD release of the 2008 motion picture.
Special features: Commentary by director Danny Boyle and actor Dev Patel; commentary by producer Christian Colson and writer Simon Beaufoy; 12 deleted scenes; "Slumdog dreams: Danny Boyle & the making of Slumdog millionaire" featurette; "Slumdog cutdown" featurette.
Summary: Jamal Malik is an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's version of "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" When the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating. Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up. He describes their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Every chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible questions. When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers watch to find out if he can answer the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
