Want to watch the Oscar-winning movie Slumdog Millionaire online? 5 sites in the UK stream this movie online: Amazon, iTunes, BlinkBox, Sainsbury's Entertainment and Wuaki. Below, we present some information about Slumdog Millionaire from the year 2008. If you'd like to directly jump to the list of sites where you can stream this movie and see a comparison of the prices, please scroll to the bottom of the article.
Ever wondered who won the Best Picture Oscar in 2008? According to the Academy members, Slumdog Millionaire was the Best Picture of the year 2008 and in total it won 7 Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Cinematography.
Did you know that to qualify for the Best Picture Oscar, a movie must be shown at a Los Angeles cinema for at least a week in the year before the nomination? The Oscars have been handed out to outstanding movies and performances for more than 85 years. The Best Picture Oscar is given at the end of each year's ceremony to represent its importance.
Wikipedia describes the movie Slumdog Millionaire like this:
Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup.
The cast of Slumdog Millionaire included:
- Dev Patel as Jamal Malik
- Saurabh Shukla as Sergeant Srinivas
- Anil Kapoor as Prem Kumar
- Rajendranath Zutshi as Director
- Freida Pinto as Latika
- Irrfan Khan as Police Inspector
- Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail as Salim Malik
- Ayush Mahesh Khedekar as Jamal Malik
Slumdog Millionaire has a Rotten Tomatoes critics score of 94%. The Rotten Tomatoes audience score for this movie is 90%. Here is what Christy Lemire from Associated Press says about Slumdog Millionaire:
Boyle takes his wildly high-energy visual aesthetic and applies it to a story that, at its core, is rather sweet and traditionally crowdpleasing.
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Slumdog Millionaire won these awards:
- Academy Award for Best Cinematography at the 81st Academy Awards in 2008
- Academy Award for Best Director at the 81st Academy Awards in 2008
- Academy Award for Best Film Editing at the 81st Academy Awards in 2008
- Academy Award for Best Original Music Score at the 81st Academy Awards in 2008
- Academy Award for Best Picture at the 81st Academy Awards in 2008
- Academy Award for Best Sound Mixing at the 81st Academy Awards in 2008
- Academy Award for Best Writing Adapted Screenplay at the 81st Academy Awards in 2008
- BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards in 2009
- BAFTA Award for Best Direction at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards in 2009
- BAFTA Award for Best Editing at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards in 2009
- BAFTA Award for Best Film Music at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards in 2009
- BAFTA Award for Best Film at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards in 2009
- BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay, Adapted at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards in 2009
- BAFTA Award for Best Sound at the 62nd British Academy Film Awards in 2009
- Golden Globe Award for Best Director - Motion Picture at the 66th Golden Globe Awards in 2008
- Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture at the 66th Golden Globe Awards in 2008
- Golden Globe Award for Best Original Score at the 66th Golden Globe Awards in 2008
- Golden Globe Award for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture at the 66th Golden Globe Awards in 2008
According to Findable.TV, Slumdog Millionaire can be streamed immediately from 5 on-demand sites. In the UK, some of the options for watching this movie online are as follows.
Sites where you can rent Slumdog Millionaire:
- Rent for £2.49 at Amazon
- Rent for £2.49 at iTunes
- Rent for £2.49 at BlinkBox
- Rent for £2.49 at Sainsbury's Entertainment
- Rent for £2.49 at Wuaki
Sites where you can buy Slumdog Millionaire:
- Buy for £6.99 at Amazon
- Buy for £6.99 at BlinkBox
- Buy for £6.99 at Wuaki
- Buy for £7.99 at iTunes
- Buy for £7.99 at Sainsbury's Entertainment
Go to Findable.TV to see their page for Slumdog Millionaire, and find out up-to-date information about where it can be watched online, and compare current prices at all services.
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