66TH ANNUAL GOLDEN GLOBES
'Slumdog' strikes gold at the Globes
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By David Germain
Associated Press
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BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — "Slumdog Millionaire" lived up to its underdog theme at yesterday's Golden Globes, sweeping all four of its categories — best drama and director for Danny Boyle, best screenplay and musical score.
The film features a generally unknown cast in the story of an orphan boy in Mumbai who rises from terrible hardship to become a champ on India's version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire," all the while trying to reunite with a lost love from his childhood.
"We really weren't expecting to be here in America at all at one time, so it's just amazing to be here," said Simon Beaufoy, whose winning script was adapted from Vikas Swarup's novel "Q & A."
Kate Winslet won two Globes, as best dramatic actress for her role as a woman in a crumbling marriage in "Revolutionary Road" and supporting actress 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.
"The Wrestler" also had two wins, dramatic actor for Mickey Rourke and best song for Bruce Springsteen. Rourke won for a role as a former wrestling star who gets a last chance at glory in the ring, a theme that mirrors the actor's life after he derailed his career with bad-boy behavior.
"It's been a very long road back for me," said Rourke, who poured out his thanks to "The Wrestler" director Darren Aronofsky.
Woody Allen's Spanish romance "Vicky Cristina Barcelona" won for best musical or comedy film.
The three films that led the Globe field with five nominations each — "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button," "Doubt" and "Frost/Nixon" — were shut out.
As expected, the late Heath Ledger earned the supporting-actor Globe for his diabolical turn as the Joker in the Batman blockbuster "The Dark Knight." The Globe win boosts Ledger's prospects for the supporting-actor honor at the Oscars, whose nominations come out Jan. 22, the first anniversary of the actor's death from an accidental overdose of prescription drugs.
Only one actor has ever won a posthumous Oscar, best-actor recipient Peter Finch for 1976's "Network."
Other acting winners were Sally Hawkins as musical or comedy actress for her role as an eternal optimist in "Happy-Go-Lucky"; and Colin Farrell for musical or comedy actor for "In Bruges," in which he plays a hit man laying low in a Belgian tourist town.
Among TV categories, "30 Rock" won best comedy series, with stars Tina Fey and Alec Baldwin earning the acting Globes in a musical or comedy. "Mad Men" won best TV drama.