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The Curse of the Bad DVDs Continues With Slumdog

Only a week after fans of Let the Right One In complained that the retail copies of the DVD offered an awful translation of the film's original Swedish, now Best Picture Oscar winner Slumdog Millionaire has been released to the masses sans special features.
That's right: The DVD has only — gasp! — the movie [...]

Danny Boyle: “We Did Not Take Advantage of the Slumdo…I Mean Children.”

Slumdog Millionaire director Danny Boyle and distributor Fox Searchlight released a statement today responding to accusations that the filmmakers did not adequately compensate Rubiana Ali and Azharuddin Mohammed Ismail, the adorable kids who played two of the main characters as youngsters.
The Mumbai-set film is up for 10 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, but has been [...]