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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #10 on: February 05, 2009, 10:27:22 pm »
Oh I haven't seen the commercial either, which shows you how often I watch TV!

I've heard of it, whats it about?

In a nutshell, a poor young man from the slums of Mumbai (Bombay) finagles a way to become a guest on the show "Who Wants to be a Millionaire" (Indian version) and, he wins!! (This is not a spoiler). How he came to know the answers to the questions forms the exciting story.
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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #11 on: February 06, 2009, 10:00:08 pm »
There are quite a few more Hollywood/Indian collaborations in the works building on the success of Slumdog Millionaire, according to a large article in the Wall Street journal today.
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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #12 on: February 08, 2009, 10:00:11 pm »
I think this is going to win best picture at that joke they call the Academy Awards this year.  Only because it's a popularity contest, and this is the most popular movie.

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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #13 on: February 09, 2009, 10:50:55 am »
It appears to be a horserace between SM and CCoBB.

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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #14 on: February 14, 2009, 12:09:44 am »
I've heard many good things about "Slumdog Millionaire" but I've put-off seeing it because I'm just not into Bollywood cinema.

Not that I haven't tried. I work with a delightful Indian woman who recently gave me the DVD of the popular Bollywood movie "Bride and Prejudice," an Indian remake of the Jane Austen classic, "Pride and Prejudice."

Well, can I tell you, I managed to watch about thirty minutes of it before having to turn it off. My viewing experience could be likened to terminal seasickness with glitter attached - lots and lots of glitter. It was non-stop, ultra-manic, all singing, all dancing hysteria, in screamingly bright technicolor, with every instant accompanied by brain-picklingly jarring Indian music, screeching and jingling incessantly. Talk about sensory overload! I swear, no one in that cast sat still for a single second. Jane Austen would roll over in her grave. My Indian colleague tells me that most Indian cinema is like this. She told me that even in dramas, there's at least one musical number.

I read a review of Slumdog Millionaire in Time magazine, which advised it has not been received well in India. The Indians, it would appear, do not appreciate being portrayed internationally as slum dwellers. Nor do they like being referred to as "dogs" (as in "slumdog").

Guess I'll catch it when it comes to television. Or maybe not.

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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #15 on: February 14, 2009, 12:18:25 am »
It is neither a Bollywood production nor a yellow  journalism portrayal  of  slums. It is impossible to characterize this movie!!
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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #16 on: February 15, 2009, 10:38:01 pm »
For FRiend Lee, the film's end credits:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xEsMNODj8YU[/youtube]

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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #17 on: February 15, 2009, 10:47:08 pm »
Thanks, friiend Fran. Have you seen the movie?

This trailer is cuts from the credits of the movie. The actual movie contains NO dancing.
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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #18 on: February 15, 2009, 10:59:05 pm »
Thanks, friiend Fran. Have you seen the movie?

This trailer is cuts from the credits of the movie. The actual movie contains NO dancing.


Yes, I saw it and liked it a lot.

And here's the official trailer:

[youtube=425,350]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSRcgDv9JW8[/youtube]








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Re: Brokeback Slumdog Millionaire Mountain!
« Reply #19 on: February 18, 2009, 04:53:18 pm »
Dev Patel, the 18-year old actor who portrays, Jamal, the main character, was on "The Daily Show with John Stewart."  A great interview.  I had no idea he had never been to Mumbai before he started shooting the movie.
He's so talented and just adorable.   :) 

I couldn't find it on YouTube, but here's the link from "The Daily Show."

http://www.thedailyshow.com/video/index.jhtml?videoId=217667&title=dev-patel

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