Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British film directed by Danny Boyle, written by Simon Beaufoy, and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. It is an adaptation of the novel Q & A (2005) by Indian author and diplomat Vikas Swarup.
《贫民窟的百万富翁》是一部由英国导演丹尼?博伊尔执导，在印度由印度导演洛芙琳?坦丹 联合拍摄的英国电影，编剧为西蒙博福伊。这部电影改编自印度作 家及外交家维卡斯?史瓦卢普的作品《Q&A》。
Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for ten Academy Awards in 2009 and won eight, the most for any film of 2008，including Best Picture, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay. It also won seven BAFTA Awards (including Best Film), five Critics’ Choice Awards, and four Golden Globes. Slumdog Millionaire has stirred controversy concerning language use, its portrayals of Indians and Hinduism, and the welfare of its child actors.
《贫民窟的百万富翁》在2009年的奥斯卡奖中获得10项提名并 贏得了其中的8项，是2008年获奖最多的影片，包括最佳电影、最佳 导演和最佳改编电影等奖项。这部影片还获得了 7项电影和电视艺 术学院奖(包括最佳电影），5项评论家选择奖和4项金球奖。贫民窟 的百万富翁由于影片中语言的使用，对印度人和印度教的描写以及 小演员们的福利而引起了各界的议论。
By the summer of 2006, British production companies Celador Films and Film4 Productions invited director Danny Boyle to read the script of Slumdog Millionaire. Boyle initially hesitated, since he was not interested in making a film about Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?，which was produced by Celador. However, Boyle soon found out that the screenwriter was Beaufoy, who had written The Full Monty (1997), one of the director’s favourite British films, and decided to revisit the script. Boyle was impressed by how Beaufoy wove the multiple storylines from Swarup’s book into one narrative, and the director decided to commit to the project. The film was projected to cost US$15 million, so Celador sought a US distributor to share costs. Fox Searchlight Pictures made an initial offer that was reportedly in the $2 million range, but Warner Independent Pictures made a $5 million offer to win rights to the picture.
到2006年夏天，英国Celador电影公司和Film4公司邀请导演 丹尼?博伊尔审阅《贫民窟的百万富翁》的剧本。博伊尔一开始很 犹豫,他对把“谁想成为百万富翁”的故事拍成电影并无多大兴趣。 这部片子还是Celador出品的。然而，不久之后当博伊尔发现编剧 是博福伊后就决定重新看一遍剧本，因为博福伊导演的《光猪六壮 士》是博伊尔最喜欢的英国电影之一。博伊尔被博福伊巧妙的叙事 方式所打动,他将史瓦卢普的小说用多条故事线索串联成一个叙述 性的故事,于是导演决定加盟该项目。这部电影预算花费为1500万 美元，于是Celador找到了一位美国发行商来分摊费用。据福克斯探 照灯公司报道，最先给出了 200万的赞助，但是华纳独立电影出价 500万以获得这部电影的版权。
After debuting on a Wednesday, the film grossed $360,018 in 10 theatres in its first weekend, a strong average of $36,002 per theatre. In its second weekend, it expanded to 32 theatres and made $947,795, or an average of $29,619 per theatre, representing a drop of only 18%. In the 10 original theatres that it was released in, viewership went up 16%, and this is attributed to strong word-of-mouth. The film expanded into wide release on 25 December 2008 at 614 theatres and earned $5,647,007 over the extended Christmas weekend. Following its success at the 81st Academy Awards, the film’s takings increased by 43%, the most for any film since Titanic. In the weekend of 27 February to 1 March, the film reached its widest release at 2,943 theatres. As of 31 March 2009， the film has grossed $139,341,484 at the North American box office.
在星期三（2009.1.23)首映后，这部电影第一个周末就席卷 了 10家影院共36万多元的票房收人，平均每家影院票房高达3.6 万多美元。在上映的第二周里，开始扩大到32家影院，票房收人为94.7795万美元,平均每家影院票房为2.9万多美元，仅比第一周下降了 18%。在最初放映该片的10 家影院中，观影人数上升了 16%,这是由于强烈的口碑效应。这部电影在2008年12月25日大规模上 映,一共在614家影院中放映，到圣诞节那个周末获得了 564.7万多的票房收人。在第81届奥斯卡奖 上大获成功后，这部影片的收入上涨了 43%,是自《泰坦尼克号》之后收人上升最多的影片。从2月 27日到3月1日的周末，这部电影达到上映高峰,在2943家影院放映。到2009年3月31日，已经获得了 1.3934亿多美元的收人。
As of 20 February 2009，the film’s UK box office gross was ￡ 22,973,110, making it “the eighth biggest hit at UK cinemas of the past 12 months. In the week ending 1 March 2009, following its success at the 81 st Academy Awards where it won eight Oscars, the film returned to 1 at the UK box office, grossing ￡ 26 million as of 2 March 2009. As of 17 May 2009, the total UK gross was over ￡31.6 million. The film was released on DVD and Blu-ray on 1 June 2009.
到2009年2月20 R，这部电影在英国的票房为2297.311亿多英镑，使之成为“去年英国最卖座 电影第8名”。在2009年3月1日结束放映的那一周，该片又接连在第81届奥斯卡奖上大获成功，一共 贏得8座小金人,之后这部电影在英国票房榜重返第一的位置，到2009年3月2日席卷了2600万英镑 的票房收人。到2009年3月17日，英国的总票房收入超过了 3160万英镑。这部电影于2009年6月1日 开始发行DVD和蓝光版的影碟。
The film’s success at the Academy Awards led to it seeing large increases in takings elsewhere in Europe the following week. Its biggest single country increase was in Italy, where it was up 556% from the previous week. The takings in France and Spain also increased by 61% and 73% respectively. During the same week, the film debuted in other European countries with successful openings: in Croatia it grossed $170,419 from 10 screens, making it the biggest opening there in the last four months; and in Poland it opened with a gross of $715,677. The film was released in Sweden on 6 March 2009 and in Germany on 19 March 2009.
这部影片在奥斯卡的成功使得接下来一周在欧洲各地的收人开始大幅上升。收人涨幅最大的 国家要数意大利，比上周增加了5倍多。在法国和西班牙也分别上涨了61%和73%。在同一周，这部 电影在其他欧洲国家的首映也大获成功：在克罗地亚的10家影院里获得17万多美元票房，使其成 为过去4个月里首映收人最好的影片;在波兰的首映收人则为71.5677万美元。这部电影于2009年6 月6日在瑞典上映,2009年3月19日在德国上映。