Oscar success for Boyle's Slumdog
Updated on 23 February 2009
Slumdog Millionaire tops off a remarkable awards season by winning eight Oscars. Kate Winslet also wins the award for best actress in The Reader rounding off a strong night for British film.
Andy Duncan interview
Channel 4's off-shoot Film4 is a major player in the domestic movie industry - and played a large part in getting Slumdog Millionaire to the big screen. Its role in this project shows how it gets British films made.
Film4 paid for the option of making a film version of the novel on which it's based, Q &A.
It hired a screenwriter to adapt the book, hired Danny Boyle to direct, and found co-financing for the project.
Film4 also invested £1.05m. The total production cost about £15m, cheap by today's standards. It seems Film4's work paid off as 'Slumdog' has made nearly £160m worldwide at the box office.
Joining Carl Dinnen from our Central London studio is the chief executive of Channel 4 Andy Duncan to discuss the issue.
The full list of awards
Best film - Slumdog Millionaire
Best actor - Sean Penn, Milk
Best actress - Kate Winslet, The Reader
Best supporting actor - Heath Ledger, The Dark Knight
Best supporting actress - Penelope Cruz, Vicky Cristina Barcelona
Best director - Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire
Best foreign language film - Departures
Best adapted screenplay - Simon Beaufoy, Slumdog Millionaire
Best original screenplay - Dustin Lance Black, Milk
Best animated feature film - Wall-E
Art direction - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Cinematography - Slumdog Millionaire
Sound mixing - Slumdog Millionaire
Sound editing - The Dark Knight
Original score - Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman
Original song - Jai Ho from Slumdog Millionaire, A.R. Rahman and Gulzar
Costume - The Duchess
Documentary feature - Man on Wire
Documentary short - Smile Pinki
Film editing - Slumdog Millionaire
Makeup - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Animated short - La Maison en Petits Cubes
Live action short - Spielzeugland (Toyland)
Visual effects - The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award - Jerry Lewis
Gordon E Sawyer Award - Pixar Animation co-founder Ed Catmull
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