Is One of These Brit Flicks the Next Slumdog Millionaire? ; the Pressure Is On to Emulate the Surprise Global Success of Danny Boyle's $326 Million-Grossing Film. Here Are This Year's Top 10 Homegrown Movies That Could Hit the Jackpot

Evening Standard - London › April 23, 2009

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THE line-up of the Cannes Film Festival is announced today, and for the British film-makers who make the cut, the potential rewards have never been greater. They have Danny Boyle to thank, because everyone's looking for the next Slumdog

Millionaire, the original, homegrown film that has struck a chord with a global audience.

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Is One of These Brit Flicks the Next Slumdog Millionaire? ; the Pressure Is On to Emulate the Surprise Global Success of Danny Boyle's $326 Million-Grossing Film. Here Are This Year's Top 10 Homegrown Movies That Could Hit the Jackpot

Once upon a time, projects written and put together by largely British crews, dependent on British stars and financed by British organisations, had to claw their way into the Hollywooddominated multiplex.

Now, thanks to the surprise success of Slumdog, a happy ending looks more possible. The vivid, feelgood, Film4- funded drama swept to Oscars glory and $326 million of box-office receipts on a wave of acclaim which began at the international film festivals.

This could hardly have been predicted for a movie set in the Mumbai slums starring a cast of unknowns which cost $14 million to make. No...

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