Oscar 2009 Winners – Exclusive Stills

Oscar 2009 Winners – Esclusive Stills

Slumdog Millionaire sweeps Academy awards

It’s Slumdog Millionaire all the way. After shining at the Golden Globes and BAFTA, the Mumbai-based film swept the 81st Academy awards winning eight Oscars, making the same fairytale journey that its hero had done in the movie. Directed by Briton Danny Boyle, based on Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup’s novel Q & A, the film had received 10 Oscar nominations, including three for Indian music maestro A R Rahman and one for Resul Pookutty for sound mixing. The film managed to rake in over $100 million from collections across the globe, thougn in India it has grossed only Rs.215 million so far. Set and filmed in Mumbai, Slumdog… narrates the story of an 18-year-old tea boy Jamal Malik, who appears on a quiz show Kaun Banega Crorepati, the Indian version of British reality show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and ends up being a winner, arousing suspicion from the show host as well as the law enforcement officials. The film starred British-born Indian actor Dev Patel, Freida Pinto besides well-known Bollywood actors Anil Kapoor and Irrfan Khan apart from others. The screenplay has been written by British writer Simon Beaufoy and co-directed by India-based Loveleen Tandon, who was also the casting director for the film. List of Oscars won by Slumdog Millionaire: 1. Best Picture 2. Best director – Danny Boyle 3. Best original song- A.R. Rahman and Gulzar 4. Best original score – A.R. Rahman 5. Best adapted screenplay – Simon Beaufoy 6. Best cinematography – Anthony Dod Mantle 7. Best sound mixing – Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke, Resul Pookutty 8. Best editing – Chris Dickens Earlier, Slumdog Millionaire had created ripples across the international film industry by winning seven BAFTA and four Golden Globe awards. The film won seven BAFTAs for best film, best director, best original music score, best cinematography, best editing, best sound and best adapted screenplay. At Golden Globes it bagged awards for best original music score, best motion picture-drama, best director and best writer. At the 14th Annual Critics’ Choice Awards, the film bagged five trophies – best composer, best picture, best director, best writer and best young actor/actress for Dev Patel.

Slumdong Milionaire won the Oscar 2009

BEST FILM Slumdog Millionaire
FILM SYNOPSIS

An eighteen-year-old from the slums of Mumbai finds himself competing on the game show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire,” where the questions he must answer offer a look back at his earlier life. The show’s host, however, insists that he must be cheating and takes steps to force young Jamal to admit that a boy from such an impoverished background could not possibly possess the knowledge necessary to win the show’s top prize.

Actor In a Leading Role : Sean Penn
for MILK

Sean Penn plays Harvey Milk, the camera store owner whose decision to campaign for a place on San Francisco’s Board of Supervisors becomes a landmark event within the gay rights movement.

 

ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY

This is the fifth Academy Award nomination for Sean Penn. He was previously nominated for:

• MYSTIC RIVER (2003) Winner, Actor in a Leading Role
• I AM SAM (2001) Nominee, Actor in a Leading Role
• SWEET AND LOWDOWN (1999) Nominee, Actor in a Leading Role
• DEAD MAN WALKING (1995) Nominee, Actor in a Leading Role

Actress In Leading Role Kate Winslet
THE READER

NOMINATED ROLE
Kate Winslet plays Hanna Schmitz, a German woman in her thirties whose teenage lover is unaware of the dark secret in her past.
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the sixth Academy Award nomination for Kate Winslet. She was previously nominated for:
* LITTLE CHILDREN (2006) — Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
* ETERNAL SUNSHINE OF THE SPOTLESS MIND (2004) — Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
* IRIS (2001) — Nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role
* TITANIC (1997) — Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role
* SENSE AND SENSIBILITY (1995) — Nominee, Actress in a Supporting Role

Direction – Danny Boyle (SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE)

Danny Boyle
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the first Academy Award nomination for Danny Boyle.

Foreign Language Film – Departures
Departures
Japan
Directed by Yojiro Takita
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the twelfth Academy Award nomination for Japan. Previous nominations were:

Best Music (Song) : A R Rehman, “Slumdog Millionaire”

SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
“Jai Ho”
Music by A.R. Rahman; Lyric by Gulzar
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the first Academy Award nomination for Gulzar.
Including his two other nominations this year for Original Score and Original Song for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, this is the third Academy Award nomination for A.R. Rahman.
Best Music (Score) : A R Rehman,“Slumdog Millionaire”
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
A.R. Rahman
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
Including his two nominations this year for Original Song for SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE, this is the third Academy Award nomination for A.R. Rahman.
Best Film Editing : Chris Dickens, “Slumdog Millionaire”
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Chris Dickens
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the first Academy Award nomination for Chris Dickens
Best Sound Mixing : Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty, “Slumdog Millionaire”
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
These are the first Academy Award nominations for Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty.

Best Sound Editing : Richard King, “The Dark Knight”

THE DARK KNIGHT
Richard King
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the third Academy Award nomination for Richard King. He was previously nominated for:

* WAR OF THE WORLDS (2005) — Nominee, Sound Editing
* MASTER AND COMMANDER: THE FAR SIDE OF THE WORLD (2003) — Winner, Sound Editing

Best Visual Effects : Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron “THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON“
THE CURIOUS CASE OF BENJAMIN BUTTON
Eric Barba, Steve Preeg, Burt Dalton and Craig Barron
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
These are the first Academy Award nominations for Eric Barba, Steve Preeg and Burt Dalton.
This is the second Academy Award nomination for Craig Barron. He was previously nominated for:
* BATMAN RETURNS (1992) — Nominee, Visual Effects
Best Supporting Actor: Heath Ledger, “The Dark Knight”
Heath Ledger
THE DARK KNIGHT
NOMINATED ROLE
Heath Ledger portrays the Joker, a psychopathic criminal mastermind who will stop at nothing in his scheme to outwit and humiliate Batman.
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the second Academy Award nomination for Heath Ledger. He was previously nominated for:
* BROKEBACK MOUNTAIN (2005) Nominee, Actor in a Leading Role
Best Supporting Actress: Penelope Cruz, “Vicky Cristina Barcelona”
Penelope Cruz
VICKY CRISTINA BARCELONA
NOMINATED ROLE
Penelope Cruz portrays the fiery Maria Elena, a divorced woman still locked in a complex relationship with her ex-husband.
ACADEMY AWARDS HISTORY
This is the second Academy Award nomination for Penelope Cruz. She was previously nominated for:
* VOLVER (2006) — Nominee, Actress in a Leading Role

Best Documentary Feature : Man on Wire
Best Documentary Short : Smile Pinki
Best Cinematography: Anthony Dod Mantle, “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Makeup and Hair: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”
Best Costume Design: Michael O’Connor, “The Duchess”
Best Adapted Screenplay : Simon Beaufoy “Slumdog Millionaire”
Best Animated Short Film : La Maison en Petits Cubes
Best Animated Feature Film of the Year : WALL-E
Best Original Screenplay : MILK
Bset Live Action Short Film : Spielzeugland ( Toyland )

Oscars 2009: Red carpet gallery, stills, images

Oscars 2009: Red carpet gallery

The rest of the young cast of Slumdog Millionaire
were also out in force on the red carpet.

Actors Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick
pose at the 81st Academy Awards in Hollywood.

ickey Rourke and Sean Penn

US actress and singer Miley Ray Cyrus poses on the red carpet.

Kate Winslet in Yves Saint Laurent by Stefano Pilati

High School Musical’s Vanessa Hudgens in a black
‘mermaid’ gown with tulle flowers on the bodice, by Marchesa.

Heidi Klum, who arrived with Seal, chose the crimson silk taffeta “Breton” gown, slashed to the thigh, by London-based Roland Mouret, creator of the ‘Galaxy’ Dress.

British heritage label, Burberry, made three custom-made, three-piece tuxedo suits for Hugh Jackman and also dressed “Slumdog Millionaire” star, Dev Patel, Dominic Cooper and Ryan Seacrest.Freida Pinto, followed the “cold shoulder” trend in an exotic, one-sleeved, beaded gown by John Galliano .

Melissa Leo, Beyonce and Natalie Portman in “orchid” gown by Rodarte

Amy Adams, looked stunning a a strapless Carolina Herrera, crimson silk, bustier gown, piped in black, and accessorized with a jeweled “Cleopatra” choker by Freid Leighton.
Picture: GETTY / AP