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《Slumdog Millionaire》 贫民窟的百万富翁

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No.005 《Slumdog Millionaire》 贫民窟的百万富翁 污泥中的极致爱情

英文导读

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 British drama 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. Set and filmed in India, the film tells the story of Jamal Malik, a young man from the Juhu slums of Mumbai who appears on the Indian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Accused of cheating and desperate to prove his innocence, an eighteen-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai reflects back on his tumultuous life while competing to win 20 million rupees on India's Who Wants to Be a Millionaire in Danny Boyle's inspirational drama. Jamal Malik (Dev Patel) may not have a penny to his name, but that could all change in a matter of hours. He's one question away from taking the top prize on India's most popular television game show, but as with everything else in Jamal's life, it isn't going to be easy. Arrested by police under suspicion of cheating, Jamal is interrogated by the authorities. The police simply can't believe that a common "slumdog" could possibly possess the knowledge to get this far in the game, and in order to convince them of how he gained such knowledge, Jamal begins reflecting back on his childhood. As young boys, Jamal and his older brother, Salim, lived in squalor, and lost their mother in a mob attack on Muslims. Subsequently forced to rely on their own wits to survive, the desperate siblings fell back on petty crime, eventually befriending adorable yet feisty young Latika as they sought out food and shelter on the unforgiving streets of Mumbai. Though life on the streets was never easy, Jamal's experiences ultimately instilled in him the knowledge he needed to answer the tough questions posed to him on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire. And though Jamal makes a convincing case for himself, one question still remains: why would a young man with no apparent desire for wealth or fame be so determined to win big on a national game show? Of course, it won't be long until everyone finds out the answer to this burning question, because as Jamal sits down to find out whether he will be rich beyond his wildest dreams, 60 million viewers remain transfixed to their televisions eager to see if he'll correctly answer the final question.

After its world premiere at Telluride Film Festival and later screenings at the Toronto International Film Festival and the London Film Festival, Slumdog Millionaire had a nationwide grand release in the United Kingdom on 9 January 2009 and in the United States on 23 January 2009. It premiered in Mumbai on 22 January 2009.

Slumdog Millionaire was met with near universal critical acclaim. As of 5 July 2012, Rotten Tomatoes has given the film a 94% rating with 210 fresh and 14 rotten reviews. The average score is 8.2/10. At Metacritic, which assigns a normalised rating out of 100 to reviews from mainstream critics, the film has received an average score of 86, based on 36 reviews. Movie City News shows that the film appeared in 123 different top ten lists, out of 286 different critics lists surveyed, the 3rd most mentions on a top ten list of any film released in 2008.

A sleeper hit, Slumdog Millionaire was nominated for 10 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.

获奖情况

2009年第81届奥斯卡:最佳影片、最佳导演、最佳摄影、最佳剪辑、最佳音响、最佳改编剧本、最佳原创歌曲、最佳原创配乐奖。

《Slumdog Millionaire》 贫民窟的百万富翁

影片信息

导演:丹尼·鲍尔、洛芙琳·坦丹

编剧:西蒙·博福伊、维卡斯·史瓦卢普

主演:戴夫·帕特尔、芙蕾达·平托、亚尼·卡普、沙鲁巴·舒克拉

类型:剧情、爱情

制片国家(地区):英国

上映日期:2009-01-09(英国)

片长:120分钟

又名:《贫民百万富翁》《一百万零一夜》《贫民富翁》《山寨富翁》

剧情简介

贾马尔·马里克(戴夫·帕特尔饰)是来自孟买的街头小青年,却遭到了印度警方的审问与折磨。原因是贾马尔参加了一档印度版的《谁想成为百万富翁》的电视直播节目,这个节目可以使人在一夜之间成为百万富翁,然而就在他面对最后一个问题时,主持人却揭发他作弊,原因是贾马尔并没有选择主持人在休息时间时给他的答案,这不合乎情理,贾马尔当然矢口否认。解释原因的时候,他悲伤的生活慢慢地展现在我们面前。

他的母亲在一场宗教冲突中丧生,他与哥哥沙里姆认识了拉媞卡(芙蕾达·平托饰)。三个孤苦无依的年轻人被一所孤儿院收容,每天以乞讨为生。孤儿院的负责人为了增加乞讨收入,想要弄瞎他们的双眼来博取人们的同情,于是他们逃走了。他们爬上了一列火车,火车上的沙里姆在拉住拉媞卡的时候,竟然放开了她的手,贾马尔眼看着拉媞卡再被孤儿院的人抓去。兄弟俩在泰姬陵附近暂时住了下来,贾马尔以给游客提供导游服务为生,而沙里姆则与街头混混趁机偷取旅客的财物勉强生活。

贾马尔对拉媞卡的思念越来越强烈。于是他说服沙里姆一起回到孟买寻找拉媞卡,可是,天不遂人愿,他虽然见到了拉媞卡,却再次失去了她──她被黑帮老大夺去;而哥哥沙里姆也加入了黑帮。

于是贾马尔想到了来参加这个电视节目,因为他知道这是拉媞卡最喜欢的节目,她一定会看到他。他并不是为了钱,只是希望她能看到。然而,老天很眷顾他,竟然一路走到最后。

警方相信了贾马尔的故事,于是他回去继续参赛。拉媞卡果然在电视上看到了他,沙里姆此时也幡然醒悟,给了拉媞卡车钥匙与电话,催她快去找贾马尔。最后一个问题是“请说出第三个火枪手的名字”,这个问题贾马尔是真的不知道,这个时候,他能否凭借运气获得最后的成功?贾马尔与拉媞卡,这对有情人能否修成正果?

《Slumdog Millionaire》 贫民窟的百万富翁

制作花絮

之前谈好的广告赞助商梅赛德斯-奔驰由于不愿意自己的品牌标志出现在贫民区,退出了该影片的产品赞助。

该片根据一本名叫《Q/A》的小说改编。

片中出现的演员阿米塔·巴强真有其人,他是印度家喻户晓的知名男演员。

导演丹尼·博伊尔在拍摄该片时是第一次来到印度,他对于印度的认识受其父亲的影响较深。

重点学习

The desperate siblings fell back on petty crime

文中的fell back on是“依靠……”的意思,比如:They normally fell back on one of three arguments.(他们通常借助三个论据之一。)文中的petty crime是“轻微罪行;轻微犯罪”的意思,比如:The rise in unemployment is influented by an increase in petty crime.(在失业率上升的同时,轻度犯罪也跟着增长。)

They sought out food and shelter on the unforgiving streets of Mumbai

文中的sought out是seek out的过去时态,它是英语中的一个固定搭配,如果你seek out someone or something or seek them out, you keep looking for them until you find them.也就是“追寻到;找到”的意思,比如:Now is the time for local companies to seek out business opportunities in Europe.(现在是当地公司在欧洲寻求商机的时候了。)

单词时间

innocence[ˈinəsəns] n. 清白,无罪;天真无邪

tumultuous[tjʊˈmʌltjʊəs] adj. 吵闹的;骚乱的;狂暴的

rupee[ru:ˈpi:] n. 卢比(货币)

suspicion[səˈspiʃən] n. 怀疑;嫌疑;疑心;一点儿

interrogate[inˈterəuɡeit] vt. 审问;质问;询问

squalor[ˈskwɔlə] n. 肮脏;悲惨;卑劣;道德败坏

feisty[ˈfaisti] adj. 活跃的;好争吵的;烦躁不安的

millionaire[ˌmiljəˈnεə] n. 百万富翁;大富豪

acclaim[əˈkleim] n. 欢呼,喝彩;称赞

mainstream[ˈmeinstri:m] n. 主流


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