By far the biggest winner at the 81st Academy Awards was Slumdog Millionaire.  The film, which was release on November 12, 2008, has done over $159,000,000 worldwide.  The movie was made for just over $15 million dollars.

Slumdog Millionaire Oscar Awards

• Motion Picture of the Year
• Achievement in Directing: Danny Boyle
• Achievement in Music Written for Motion Picture
• Achievement in Film Editing
• Achievement in Sound Mixing
• Cinematography
• Writing (Adopted Screenplay)

Complete List of 81st Academy Award Winners

Pretty amazing feat to win so many awards without an actor or actress taking home an Oscar.  If there is a star to come out of this film it will likely be Freida Pinto, the Indian actress, who played Latika in the film.  Pinto, 24-years old, is rumored to be dating 18-year old co-star Dev Patel.

This is the only movie in the Best Picture category that I saw and I was extremely impressed by the film.  It is extremely original and unlike anything I have seen at the cinema in the last half decade.

More Photos of the Slumdog Millionaire Cast

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