'Slumdog' may be destined for Oscar glory
'Slumdog' may be destined for Oscar glory
Posted: Thursday, December 25, 2008 10:00 pm
'Slumdog' may be destined for Oscar glory
By Jason Wallis
News-Sentinel Film Critic
Lodinews.com
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Clarification: In last week's review of "Frost/Nixon,"
interviewer David Frost was described as an "Australian TV
personality." Of course, I meant that he was a personality on
Australian TV (with failed shows elsewhere prior to his Nixon
interview), but neglected to clarify his British nationality.
Thanks to Mike Wilson for bringing this to my attention.
"Slumdog Millionaire"
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