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'Slumdog Millionaire' wins 4 at Golden Globes
(Agencies)
Updated: 2009-01-12 15:29

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. -- "Slumdog Millionaire" lived up to its underdog theme at Sunday's Golden Globes, sweeping all four of its categories, including best drama and director for Danny Boyle.

Kate Winsletwon two Globes all on her own, best dramatic actress for "Revolutionary Road" and supporting actress for "The Reader." "The Wrestler" also had two, dramatic actor for Mickey Rourkeand best song for Bruce Springsteen.


The cast of "Slumdog Millionaire'' pose backstage after the show won four awards at the 66th annual Golden Globe awards in Beverly Hills, California January 11, 2009. Pictured are (L-R) Unidentified, Danny Boyle, who won for Best Director- Motion Picture, A.R. Rahman who won for Best Original Score, Anil Kapoor, Freida Pinto, Dev Patel, producer Christian Colson for Best Motion Picture- Drama, and writer Simon Beaufoy for Best Screenplay. [Agencies] 

"Golden Globes, or the GGs as we very affectionately refer to them -- your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated. Really, deeply appreciated," Boyle said.

"Slumdog Millionaire" also won best screenplay and musical score, firming up its prospects for the Academy Awards. The film features a generally unknown cast in the story of an orphan boy in Mumbai who rises from terrible hardship to become a champ on India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," all the while trying to reunite with a lost love from his childhood.

"We really weren't expecting to be here in America at all at one time, so it's just amazing to be here," said Simon Beaufoy, whose winning script was adapted from Vikas Swarup's novel "Q & A."

Winslet, who has previously been nominated five times without winning at both the Globes and Oscars, won for her role as a woman in a crumbling marriage in "Revolutionary Road" and as a former Nazi concentration camp guard in "The Reader."

"Revolutionary Road" was directed by Winslet's husband, Sam Mendes, and reunited her with her "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.

To DiCaprio, Winslet gushed: "I've loved you for 13 years and your performance in this film is nothing short of spectacular." To Mendes, she added: "Thank you for directing this film, babe, and thank you for killing us every single day and really enjoying us actually being in such horrific pain."

Woody Allen's Spanish romance "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" won for best musical orcomedy film.

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