Slumdog Oscars

As expected, Slumdog Millionaire swept the boards at last evening's Academy Award. It won eight Oscar statuettes, including the Best Picture and Best Director for Danny Boyle. Not bad for a movie that almost wnet straight to DVD. It was made more touching when the child actors, including two who still live in the slums, flew in from Mumbai to attend the ceremony.

This is a nice video of the children of Slumdog Millionaire being interviewed on the red carpet.

Kate Winslet won the Best Actress award for The Reader; her first Oscar after being nominated five times before. Sean Penn won the Best Actor for his performance in Milk. Penelope Cruz won the Best Supporting Actress. Heath Ledger won a posthumous Best Supporting Acretss for his outstanding outing as The Joker in The Dark Knight. His parents and sister accepted the award on his behalf, which will be handed over to his daugher, Matilda, when she turns eighteen.

If you have not watched Slumdog Millionaire, what else could make you watch it if eight Oscars couldn't?