Slumdog Millionaire

Slumdog Millionaire is a 2008 film directed by Danny Boyle and co-directed in India by Loveleen Tandan. Slumdog Millionaire was produced by Channel four/Film four and certificated a 15 in the UK. 120 mintues. It is an adaption of the novel Q&A (2005) by Indian author Vikas swarup. It was set and filmed in India.

Slumdog Millionaire is about a young man called Jamal Malik from the slums of Mumbai. He appears in the indian version of 'Who wants to be a millionaire?' Jamal does much better than anyone believes he would, because of this the game show host and law enforcement officials become suspicious. It is a dramatic tale of one young mans struggles through life and love.

The film was released in the United Kingdom on 9th January 2009 and in the United States on the 23rd January 2009. Since then Slumdog Millionaire has been nominated for ten academy awards and won eight, the most for any film of 2008.

Channel four's, Film four:

Film four is available for anyone with a digital Tv to watch for free. It is a film channel that guarantees their audience a wide variety of film choices to please everyone. Film four showcases many different titles, such as; the best of British film-making, US independent films, Hollywood blockbusters, mainstream drama and comedy, foreign films and cult cinema. There are special features, in-depth interviews and exclusive programming.

However Film four also make their own films. Film four is the feature commissioning production company owned by channel four. Channel four/ Film four develop and co-finance smart and distinctive films like the academy award winning film Slumdog Millionaire, Happy go lucky and This is England.

Film four started off as a thriving film company, however a few years down the line and film four hit a wall and started losing profits, though in 2008 they got back on track and started to rediscover some of their early success. Though it took Film four a long time to get back on track, it is because they do not rush their projects into production. "Our priority has been development. We develop a huge amount over a long period of time." For example their first idea for Slumdog Millionaire cam to them over Four and half years ago.

Film four have worked with some great producers and still continue too, such as; Danny Boyle, Shane Meadows and Kevin MacDonald.

Channel four productions:

Channel four is a UK television broadcaster which started it’s work on 2nd November 1982. The company is commercially self-funded they ended up publicly owned. Originally owned by the independent broadcasting authority, however now it is owned and operated by the channel four television corporation, a public body that was established in 1990.

Channel four was established to provide a fourth channel for the television service. It was made for the UK, to stop the duopoly of BBC and ITV. Before channel four, both BBC and ITV were the only two major television companies that people had to watch. Whereas when channel four was made it stopped that and broke up the license fee-funded establishments.

Over the years channel four have built up the numbers of their channels; they now have channel four, E4, E4+1, more 4, film 4 and 4 music. Channel has expanded largely since when it first began. One of its highest rating areas is Film four. Channel four have produced many successful films which they have promoted through film four.

Some of their well known films include The madness of king George, The crying game, Four weddings and a funeral and one of their most recent, which has turned into an academy award winning film, Slumdog millionaire.