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RssLONDON — Underdog-turned-favorite "Slumdog Millionaire" picked up 11 nominations Thursday for the British Academy film awards, Britain's version of the Oscars.
"Slumdog Millionaire," a British-Indian film about a Mumbai street boy's rise to game-show glory was nominated in six major categories including best picture, best actor for Dev Patel and best director for Danny Boyle. It also received several design nominations.
Double Golden Globe winner Kate Winslet is competing against herself in the best-actress category, with nominations for both "The Reader" and "Revolutionary Road." She is up against Angelina Jolie for "The Changeling," Meryl Streep for "Doubt" and Kristin Scott Thomas for the French film "I've Loved You So Long."
The best-actor nominees are Patel of "Slumdog", Sean Penn for "Milk," Frank Langella for "Frost/Nixon," Mickey Rourke for "The Wrestler" and Pitt _ who also was nominated in the supporting-actor category for the Coen brothers' spy comedy "Burn After Reading."
Patel, an 18-year-old London actor, said that to be nominated alongside Penn, Langella, Rourke and Pitt for his big-screen debut was "unbelievably exciting and a big honor."
The winners will be announced at London's Royal Opera House on Feb. 8. The British awards, known as BAFTAs, are considered an important indicator of success at the Academy Awards in Los Angeles two weeks later.
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Slumdog is a very good film, great to see stuff that is different, and all so real. A very good watch for any move fan.