What A Player
'Slumdog' Sweeps and Boyle Bounces
A near perfect night for Danny Boyle's and Fox Searchlight's Mumbai masterpiece Slumdog Millionaire. Out of the nine categories it was nominated for, Slumdog walked away with eight oscars, including Best Director for Danny Boyle and Best Picture. Slumdog's only loss was to Chris Nolan's The Dark Knight for Sound Editing. Other big winners of the night include Kate Winslet for her role as the illerate Nazi guard Hannah Schmidt in The Reader, and Sean Penn for his portrayal as Gay Rights Activist and City Councilman Harvey Milk for the self-titled biopic Milk. Despite The Curious Case of Benjamin Button's 13 nominations coming into the night, the Brad Pitt/David Fincher helmed adaption of the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story only managed to walk away with three wins, all technical awards and two for the wizardry that allowed Pitt to play the backward aging Benjamin.
Dustin Anglin