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The Golden Globe is awarded to Danny Boyle for Best Director for for "Slumdog Millionaire" at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA Sunday, January 11, 2009.
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At Sunday's Golden Globes "Slumdog Millionaire" lived up to the film's own underdog theme, sweeping all four of its categories, including best drama and director for Danny Boyle. Kate Winslet was the biggest individual winner, taking both best leading and best supporting actress for two separate films, while the late Heath Ledger earned a posthumous Globe for his stunning performance in "The Dark Knight".
China's movie fans have to wait until late tonight to watch the ceremony on China Central TV's recorded telecast, but many were informed of the results from Internet and TV news program.
However, most of the films which won Globes this time round were unfamiliar to Chinese moviegoers as they are new releases that have yet to be screened in China. "I don't know many of the nominated films or the award-winners," one student told China.org.cn. "But I feel happy for Heath Ledger and 'WALL-E'."
Neither "The Dark Knight" nor "WALL-E" were released in China, but fans can find bootleg versions around the streets and on the Internet. These two may be the only popular movies among Globe nominations that most of China's movie audiences have actually heard of or can recognize.
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Kate Winslet for her role in "Revolutionary Road" accepts the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, at the 66th Annual Golden Globe Awards at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, CA Sunday, January 11, 2009.
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"WALL-E," the robot romance won best animated feature. "I love 'Kung Fu Panda', which was screened in China," a salesman named Hui Yu said, "but I love 'WALL-E' more. It has more depth, and the little robot is so cute." Director Andrew Stanton thanked producer Pixar Animation, and distributor Walt Disney at the ceremony, saying that the unusual love story between two robots who communicate in beeps and squeaks "couldn't have been made anywhere else."
Big winner "Slumdog Millionaire" also won best screenplay and musical score, firming up its prospects for the Academy Awards. The film features a generally unknown cast in the story of an orphan boy in Mumbai who rises from terrible hardship to become a champion on India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," all the while trying to reunite with a lost love from his childhood.
"To the Golden Globes - or the GGs as we very affectionately refer to them - your mad, pulsating affection for our film is much appreciated. Really, deeply appreciated," said Director Boyle. Scriptwriter Simn Beaufoy, whose winning script was adapted from Vikas Swarup's novel "Q & A" added: "We really weren't expecting to be in America at all at one time, so it's just amazing to be here".
Kate Winslet, for her role in "Revolutionary Road" took the Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture Drama, and for her role in "The Reader" she took best supporting actress. "The Wrestler" also had two, dramatic actor for Mickey Rourke and best song for Bruce Springsteen.
Winslet, who has previously been nominated five times without winning at either the Globes and the Oscars, won for her role as a woman in a crumbling marriage in "Revolutionary Road" and as a former Nazi concentration camp guard in "The Reader." "Revolutionary Road" was directed by Winslet's husband, Sam Mendes, and reunited her with her "Titanic" co-star Leonardo DiCaprio.
