Fox Searchlight have released several images from Danny Boyle’s next movie Slumdog Millionaire, starring young British actor Dev Patel (Skins) as an 18 year-old orphan from poor Mumbai who takes on their version of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?
Problem is, he is so God damn clever, the show producers suspect him of cheating! No 18 year old from a poor corner of India could be that intelligent and win so much money, which sets the rollercoaster of events of him trying to prove his innocence
It would seem that Boyle is using a gimmicky narrative where the movie is told at various stages of the boy’s life (adventures on the road, the girl he loved and lost, violent encounters with gangs) which will be told in a segment relating to a question on the show.
Presumably each 15-20 minute segment will end with or begin with a new question.
Surprisingly the movie is the first I know of to feature the popular worldwide quiz show and from the first image they have done a terrific job of making it look authentic.
Really great and sentimentally sweet plot for a movie, actually reminds me of a Nick Hornby novel. It actually comes from the mind of Simon Beaufoy (co-writer of Miss Pettigrew Lives For a Day) and is the kind of material that could win Best Original Screenplay.
The movie is currently set for a November release in the U.S. but it is playing at the Toronto Film Festival next week.
source – /film
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Given Boyle’s TV roots, I’d be surprised if the reason the show looks authentic isn’t because he used the real studio. Anyway, this sounds very interesting, looking forward to it.