23 Feb 09 And the Oscar goes to… “Slumdog Millionaire”

“Slumdog Millionaire,” the little film about a poverty-raised teaboy who goes on a game show as a way to find his lost love, leads all films at the Oscars with eight Oscars at the 81st annual Academy Awards.

As the stage filled with the film’s huge cast, producer Christian Colson talked about “Slumdog’s” “extraordinary journey.”

“Most of all we had passion and we had belief, and our film shows if you have those two things, you have everything,” said Colson.

“Slumdog Millionaire” got on the board early, with an Oscars for adapted screenplay (Simon Beaufoy), best picture, director (Danny Boyle), cinematography (Anthony Dod Mantle), score (A.R. Rahman), song (”Jai Ho,” co-written by Rahman), sound mixing and film editing.

Boyle literally jumped up and down as he accepted his award, saying that if he ever won he’d bounce like Tigger from “Winnie-the-Pooh.”

Rahman was equally appreciative as he accepted one of his Oscars.

“All my life I’ve had a choice between hate and love, and I chose love, and now I’m here,” said Rahman.

The movie, which has dominated this awards season and received 10 Oscar nominations, is considered the favorite to win best picture.

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