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<DIV><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Impact size=6><U>AVON
THEATRE EXTRA! EXTRA!</U></FONT>
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face="Comic Sans MS" size=4><FONT face=Tahoma size=2><FONT face=Georgia
size=2><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#ff0000 size=2><EM>(No, this
is not about my unfortunate misspelling of Inspector Jacques Clouseau in
the last newsletter. That was done ON PURPOSE to see how many of you were
actually reading! I found out the answer:
TONS!!)</EM></FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=3>ARE YOU STILL
ON THE FENCE ABOUT SEEING <FONT size=4>SLUMDOG
MILLIONAIRE</FONT>????</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=2><FONT size=4><STRONG><FONT face=Tahoma color=#0000ff size=3>LOOK AT ALL
THESE
AWARDS!!</FONT></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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size=3><EM>CAN ALL THESE PEOPLE BE
WRONG??????????????</EM></FONT></STRONG></DIV>
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<P class=title_lg><U>SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE</U></P>
<P>Academy Awardฎ Nominations<BR> Achievement in cinematography - Anthony Dod
Mantle<BR> Achievement in directing - Danny Boyle<BR> Achievement in film
editing - Chris Dickens<BR> Achievement in music written for motion pictures
(Original score) - A.R. Rahman<BR> Achievement in music written for motion
pictures (Original song) <BR>- Jai Ho - Music by A.R. Rahman, Lyric by
Gulzar<BR>- O Saya - Music and Lyric by A.R. Rahman and Maya Arulpragasam<BR>
Best motion picture of the year - A Celador Films Production,Christian Colson,
Producer<BR> Achievement in sound editing - Tom Sayers<BR> Achievement in
sound mixing - Ian Tapp, Richard Pryke and Resul Pookutty<BR> Adapted
screenplay - Screenplay by Simon Beaufoy</P>
<P>Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2008 Awards<BR> Best Film<BR> Best
Director - Danny Boyle<BR> Unforgettable Moment Award (Tie)<BR> Cultural
Crossover Award</P>
<P>Alliance of Women Film Journalists 2008 Nominee<BR> Best Screenplay, Adapted
- Simon Beaufoy</P>
<P>Boston Society of Film Critics Awards<BR> Best Picture (Tie)<BR> Best Film
Editing - Chris Dickens</P>
<P>British Independent Film (BIFA) Awards <BR> Best British Independent
Film<BR> Best Director - Danny Boyle <BR> Most Promising Newcomer - Dev
Patel</P>
<P>Broadcast Film Critics Associations (BFCA) Critics' Choice Nominees<BR> Best
Picture<BR> Best Director - Danny Boyle<BR> Best Writer (Original or Adapted
Screenplay) - Simon Beaufoy<BR> Best Young Actor/Actress (Under 21) - Dev
Petal<BR> Best Song - "Jaiho" - Sukhwinder Singh/A.R. Rahman and Gulzar<BR>
Best Composer - A.R. Rahman</P>
<P>Chicago Film Critics Association Awards<BR> Best Director - Danny Boyle<BR>
Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy<BR> Most Promising Performer - Dev
Patel</P>
<P>Chicago Film Critics Association Nominees<BR> Best Picture<BR> Best
Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle<BR> Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman </P>
<P>Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Awards<BR> Best Film<BR> Best
Director - Danny Boyle <BR> Best Screenplay (Runner-up) - Simon Beaufoy</P>
<P>Detroit Film Critics Society Awards<BR> Best Film<BR> Best Director - Danny
Boyle</P>
<P>Detroit Film Critics Society Nominee<BR> Best Newcomer - Dev Patel </P>
<P>Florida Film Critics Circle 2008 Awards<BR> Best Picture<BR> Best Director
- Danny Boyle<BR> Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) - Simon Beaufoy</P>
<P>Golden Globeฎ Awards<BR> Best Motion Picture, Drama <BR> Best Director -
Danny Boyle <BR> Best Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy <BR> Best Original Score -
A.R. Rahman </P>
<P>Houston Film Critics Society Awards<BR> Best Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy<BR>
Best Direction of a Motion Picture - Danny Boyle<BR> Top 10 Movies Of the Year
(#2)<BR> Best Cinematography, Runner-up - Anthony Dod Mantle<BR> Best Original
Score, Runner-up - A.R. Rahman<BR> Best Original Song, Runner-up - "Jaiho"</P>
<P>International Press Academy Satellite Awards<BR> Best Motion Picture,
Drama<BR> Best Director - Danny Boyle<BR> Best Original Score - A.R.
Rahman</P>
<P>International Press Academy Satellite Nominees<BR> Screenplay, Adapted -
Simon Beaufoy<BR> Original Song - "Jaiho"/A.R. Rahman and Gulzar<BR> Film
Editing<BR> Top 10 Films of 2008</P>
<P>Kansas City Film Critics Circle Awards<BR> Best Film<BR> Best Adapted
Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy</P>
<P>London Critics Circle Nominees<BR> The Attenborough Award: British Film of
the Year (Pathe)<BR> Director of the Year - Danny Boyle (Pathe)<BR> British
Director of the Year - Danny Boyle (Pathe)<BR> British Director of the Year -
Dev Patel (Pathe)<BR> Screenwriter of the Year - Simon Beaufoy (Pathe)</P>
<P>Los Angeles Film Critics Association 2008 Awards<BR> Director - Danny
Boyle<BR> Music/Score - A.R. Rahman<BR> Cinematography/Runner-Up: Anthony Dod
Mantle</P>
<P>National Board of Review Awards<BR> Best Film<BR> Breakthrough Performance
by an Actor - Dev Patel<BR> Best Adapted Screenplay (tie) - Simon Beaufoy</P>
<P>National Society of Film Critics Awards<BR> Best Cinematography - Anthony
Dod Mantle<BR> Best Director - Danny Boyle</P>
<P>New York Film Critics Circle 2008 Award<BR> Best Cinematographer - Anthony
Dod Mantle</P>
<P>New York Film Critics Online (NYFCO) Awards<BR> Best Picture <BR> Best
Director - Danny Boyle w/ Loveleen Tandan<BR> Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod
Mantle<BR> Best Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy<BR> Best Score - A.R. Rahman</P>
<P>Oklahoma Film Critics Circle 2008 Film Awards <BR> Best Film of 2008 <BR>
Best Director - Danny Boyle<BR> Best Screenplay: Adaptation - Simon Beaufoy
(Vikas Swarup, novelist)</P>
<P>Online Film Critics Society Nominees<BR> Best Picture<BR> Best Director -
Danny Boyle<BR> Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy<BR> Best
Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle<BR> Best Original Score - A.R. Rahman<BR>
Best Editing - Chris Dickens<BR> Breakthrough Performance - Dev Patel</P>
<P>Phoenix Film Critics Society Awards<BR> Best Picture<BR> Best Director -
Danny Boyle<BR> Best Screenplay Adapted From Another Medium - Simon
Beaufoy<BR> Best Film Editing - Chris Dickens<BR> Breakout On Camera - Dev
Patel<BR> Best Performance By a Youth, Male - Ayush Mahesh Khedekar</P>
<P>Producers Guild of America Nominee<BR> Christian Colson</P>
<P>San Diego Film Critics Society Awards<BR> Best Picture<BR> Best Director -
Danny Boyle<BR> Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy<BR> Best
Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle<BR> Best Editing - Chris Dickens<BR> Best
Score - A.R. Rahman</P>
<P>Screen Actors Guild (SAG) Awards Nominees<BR> Outstanding Performance by a
Cast in a Motion Picture<BR> Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a
Supporting Role - Dev Patel</P>
<P>Southeastern Film Critics Association 2008 Awards<BR> Best Picture (#2)<BR>
Best Director - Danny Boyle<BR> Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon Beaufoy</P>
<P>St. Louis Film Critics Awards<BR> Best Director - Danny Boyle<BR> Best
Foreign Film</P>
<P>St. Louis Film Critics Nominees <BR> Best Picture<BR> Most Original,
Creative or Innovative Film<BR> Best Cinematography - Anthony Dod Mantle<BR>
Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted) - Simon Beaufoy and Vikas Swarup</P>
<P>Toronto Film Critics Association 2008 Award<BR> Best Director (Runner-up) -
Danny Boyle</P>
<P>Vancouver Film Critics Awards Nominees<BR> Best Film<BR> Best Director -
Danny Boyle</P>
<P>Washington D.C. Area Film Critics Association (WAFCA) 2008 Awards<BR> Best
Film<BR> Best Director - Danny Boyle<BR> Best Adapted Screenplay - Simon
Beaufoy<BR> Best Breakthrough - Dev Patel</P>
<P>Top Ten Lists<BR> Roger Ebert <BR> International Press Academy <BR> New
York Film Critics Online<BR> New York Post's Lou Lumenick (#1)<BR> New York
Post's Kyle Smith (#1)<BR> SSG Syndicate's Susan Granger<BR> Staten Island
Advance/Newhouse News Service's TODD HILL (#2)<BR> TIME's Richard Corliss<BR>
US Weekly's Thelma Adams (#2)</P></STRONG></FONT></FONT></FONT></DIV>
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WHAT AN OVER-ACHIEVER!!!<BR>MUST BE SOME REASON,
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