SlumDog Millionaire

Synopsis The story of Jamal Malik, an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai, who is about to experience the biggest day of his life. With the whole nation watching, he is just one question away from winning a staggering 20 million rupees on India's "Kaun Banega Crorepati?" (2000) (Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?) But when the show breaks for the night, police arrest him on suspicion of cheating; how could a street kid know so much? Desperate to prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life in the slum where he and his brother grew up, of their adventures together on the road, of vicious encounters with local gangs, and of Latika, the girl he loved and lost. Each chapter of his story reveals the key to the answer to one of the game show's questions. Each chapter of Jamal's increasingly layered story reveals where he learned the answers to the show's seemingly impossible quizzes. But one question remains a mystery: what is this young man with no apparent desire for riches really doing on the game show? When the new day dawns and Jamal returns to answer the final question, the Inspector and sixty million viewers are about to find out. At the heart of its storytelling lies the question of how anyone comes to know the things they know about life and love.
Danny Boyle was the director of ‘Trainspotting’.
Other films Boyle directed were;
Trainspotting (1996)
The Beach (2000/1)
28 Days Later (2002)
Alien Love Triangle (2002)
Millions (2004)
Sunshine (2007)
The budget was $15 million.
It was filmed in India, Mumbai.
Dev Patel stared in Skins a television program and The Last Airbender and that’s it. He has now become famous on an international scale.

Academy Awards
Best Picture
Best Cinematography, Anthony Dod Mantle
Best Director, Danny Boyl
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BAFTA Awards
Best Director, Danny Boyle
Best Film, Christian Colson
Best Sound, Glenn Freemantle, Resul Pookutty, Richard Pyke, Tom Sayers, Ian Tapp.
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Trainspotting

What is the synopsis?
A wild, freeform, Rabelaisian trip through the darkest recesses of Edinburgh low-life, focusing on Mark Renton and his attempt to give up his heroin habit, and how the latter affects his relationship with family and friends: Sean Connery wannabe Sick Boy, dimbulb Spud, psycho Begbie, 14-year-old girlfriend Diane, and clean-cut athlete Tommy, who's never touched drugs but can't help being curious about them

Who Was The Director?
Director: Danny Boyle Writers: Irvine Welsh John Hodge
Producer of: Slumdog Millionaire (2008)
Sunshine (2007)
Millions (2004)
28 Days Later

Was the budget of Trainspotting?
It cost $2.5 million
What companies made trainspotting?
Most films most of us watch are made by the big, multi-million dollar Hollywood companies. They will be made by either of these companies: Warner Bros, Disney, Twentieth Century Fox, Paramount, Universal or Columbia Tristar (Sony).We all like them with a number of these things such as a glamorous woman playing the love interest of the protagonist with him kicking the crap out of the villain. To add sweetness to the sugar is the CGI (Computer Generated Imagery) which is the tool to make those snazzy special effects.What films have you which has NOT been made by them? Independant films they're known as. Well if you've seen films made by Channel 4 (Film4), Momentum Pictures, etc. Basically not a Hollywood company in a nutshell.If you've seen the Scottish movie Trainspotting from 1996. About a group of Scottish junkies based on Irvine Welsh's Scotch novel. Directed by Oscar winning director Danny Boyle (credited for The Slumdog Millionaire). Then you have and there are plenty of others which you might not be aware of.



Where was Trainspotting made?
In a perfect world, all movies without chariot races would be kept down to 90 minutes max.The proof is here in Danny Boyle’s high-speed whizz through the themes of Irvine Welsh’s cult novel.Although the movie is set in (there's a brief section filmed in and in London), like the team's previous it was filmed – apart from a little scene-setting at the beginning – almost entirely in, a city which offers film makers all the breaks
Who are the main actors and what else have they been in?
Ewan McGregor:

The Men Who Stare at Goats (2009) .... Bob Wilton
Angels & Demons (2009) .... Camerlengo Patrick McKenna
I Love You Phillip Morris (2009) .... Phillip Morris
Deception (2008/I) .... Jonathan McQuarry
Incendiary (2008/I) .... Jasper Black

Ewen Bremner: Fools Gold(2009) Fainthearted(2008) Match point(2005)
Jonny Lee Miller:Meat(1994) Hackers(1995)
Have any of them gone on to become famous on an international scale?
Ewan McGregor
What countries was it distributed in?
French America and Britain
What country is the film from?
The film Trainspotting has been voted the public's favourite Scottish movie of all time which stats to the audience that is this Scottish film.
The awards that trainspotting has won?
BAFTA Film Award, BAFTA Scotland Award, Bodil, BSFC Award, Brit


What do they tell you about the film? Genre, narrative, themes?
Trainspotting has evoked so much debate about illicit drug abuse that it has achieved a cult following all over the US and UK. The film addresses the problem of heroin addiction, considering both the users' and the anti-drug sides of the issue. It has the power to shock, terrify and disgust audiences one moment and make them burst with laughter the next. Such a film is a rarity; the last film that accomplished this had to be Pulp Fiction (1994). Though not nearly as successful or popular as Quentin Tarantino’s film, Trainspotting still belongs to the same genre: a representation of hyperkinetic subcultures. Pulp Fiction gave us gangsters and con-artists; Trainspotting gives us drug addicts. There really isn’t a plot here. The story simply follows the daily lives of a small group of young Scots in Edinburgh who have one thing in common, their shared loved for one of the world's most dangerous drugs. Renton (Ewan McGregor) wants to quit heroin but can't. His thoughts guide the film in voiceovers: "Take the best orgasm you ever had, multiply it by a thousand and you're still nowhere near it." He also gives a shopping list of reasons for not quitting, mostly relating to the domesticated, mundane life that non-addicts live. Such an existence is not for Renton. He'd rather be addicted and not have to worry about food, bills, girlfriends or "choosing life." Sick Boy (Jonny Lee Miller) is another case entirely. Being on heroin is his excuse for acting in a criminal manner, stealing money, books, television sets. Sick Boy also justifies life with his hilarious "unifying theory" that everything relates in some way to the career of Sean Connery. Sick Boy has no morals either. He even steals Renton's television and has the gall to ask about Renton's passport and how much money he could get for it on the black market. While Trainspotting neither condemns nor condones heroin use, it’s anti-heroin scenes are more effective than any Reagan-era "Just Say No" advertisements. The imagery that director Danny Boyle uses to convey the sense of dread and hopelessness surrounding Renton's prolonged heroin abuse is amazingly realistic. Renton swears off heroin cold turkey but dives into a filthy toilet ("The Worst Toilet in Scotland") to retrieve his "final hit," a pair of opium suppositories. The underwater world of the plumbing suggests a serene hallucination, accented perfectly by Brian Eno's "Deep Blue Day." The film portrays the far more vividly the negative side of addiction than it does the claimed positive aspects.
What Methods were used to sell Trainspotting?
One of the methods used to sell the film are the tagline of "Britain's smash hit is coming to America"; it automatically presents the film as having an amazing reputation in Britain as being a highly successful 'smash hit' and therefore would persuade other countries to watch it. The image makes it seem like a fun movie to watch, e.g. the smiles on the character's faces, the playful hand-gun and ridiculous glasses. However each of these also hint at the deep-rooted themes of life, drugs, crime, friendships.





Are they Successful in making you want to see the film?
Yes, because the poster is very bright and the character show emotions and facial expressions of love and joy. The name of the film is also very intriguing and memorable the poster is very well presented and shows a very positive impression to the viewers.