Slumdog Millionaire Wins Eight Oscars Including Best Picture
Slumdog Millionaire was the heavy favorite going in to the Oscars. The film was based on the novel Q & A. It tells the story of an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai who excels on an Indian game show only to be arrested on suspicion of cheating. Slumdog Millionaire won Best Picture. It also won Best Director for director Danny Boyle and six other Academy Awards. Here's producer Christian Colson's acceptance speech for Slumdog Millionaire.
Thank you so much to the Academy. As you can see, our film was a collaboration between hundreds of people. I'm so happy that so many of them could be with us here tonight to share this moment. Together, we've been on an extraordinary, an extraordinary journey. When we started out, we had no stars, we had no power or muscle. We didn't have enough money, really, to do what we wanted to do. But what we had was a script that inspired mad love in everyone who read it. We had a genius for a director. We had a cast and a crew who were unwavering in their commitment and whose talents are up on the screen for all of you to see. We had partners in Film4, in Celador, in Pathé and Fox Searchlight, who had the courage to support us. And we had a shared love for the extraordinary city of Mumbai, where we made the movie. Most of all, we had passion and we had belief, and our film shows that if you have those two things, truly anything is possible. I want to thank, on a personal note, my mum and my dad for all their love and support over the years. I want to thank my girl, Saskia Mulder, who is my partner in crime and the light in my life. And I want to thank all of you very much indeed. Thank you.
