SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE (2008)****

(focus on class structure in India)

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Contains 8 movie quotes & 13 Academic Words (AWL*).
British-born, Hollywood director, Danny Boyle makes a movie about Jamal Malik (Dev Patel), a poor young man in India who plays “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” and correctly answers all the questions because his life experience has perfectly prepared him for this game.  But  Prem, the game-show host (Anil Kapoor), thinks Jamal is cheating and uses the police to torture the 18-year-old player.  To show us how Jamal really knows the answers, the story flashes back to his childhood in the slums of Mumbai, where he, his brother, and a mysterious young woman grow up and try to find a better life.  Winner of 8 Academy Awards. Rated R (120 min.)  mike laib 2012

Slumdog Millionaire at the Forum

http://www.foxsearchlight.com/slumdogmillionaire/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1010048/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slumdog_Millionaire

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