Lanaghan, 2010
SLUMDOG MILLIONAIRE
(2008)
Study Guide (Part 1)
Award
Winning Film
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Winner of __________Academy Awards
(Oscars), including – Best ________________,
Best _________________, Best
_______________________
Director: Danny Boyle
Screenplay – Simon Beaufoy
The Story
Jamal Malik, an 18 year old from the slums of Mumbai, is just one question away from winning 20
million rupees on the Indian TV show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” But how could a street kid
know the answers when professors, doctors and lawyers don’t? Before Jamal answers the final
questions, the police arrest him for cheating. To prove his innocence, Jamal tells the story of his life. For
each answer he gives on the show, he tells a dramatic life story that explains how he acquired the
knowledge to answer the question. But one question remains a mystery: Why is Jamal, who doesn’t
seem to care about money, really on the show? Once again, the answer is found in Jamal’s past……
Before you Watch - Discuss
1. How do we really learn the different things that we know?
2. How could a boy with NO education know more than someone like a doctor, professor, or lawyer?
a. He’s a genius
b.____________
c.____________
While You Watch
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How does Jamal answer each question? What is the story behind each answer?
Do you think Jamal is a genius? Why or why not? For which question does he use a lifeline?
Notice differences between Jamal and his brother Salim. Give as many examples as you can
Is Jamal very interested in money?
How do you think Jamal came to be on this quiz show????
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The Questions
Rules of the Game
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Correct answer wins the money. Answer wrong, you lose the money
1st question = 1000 rupees - 2nd: 4000 - 3rd: 16,000 - 4th: 250,000 - 5th: 1,000,000 6th: 2,500,000
Three lifelines – if you don’t know the answer, you can ….
1. ask the _______________
2. 50/50 (choose between just two answers)
3. Phone a ____________________________
Quiz Questions
1000 rupees (10:00) – Who was the star of the 1973 hit film
Zanjeer?
(Bonus: What happened to the autograph?)
4000 rupees: A picture of three lions is seen in the national
emblem of India. What is written underneath?
A. The truth alone triumphs
B. Lies along triumphs
C. Fashion alone triumphs
D. Money alone triumphs
(Bonus: Who knows who stole the constable’s bicycle? - Chap. 3)
16,000 rupees: What is the character Rahma holding in his right hand?
a. Flower
b. Child
c. Sword
d. Bow and arrow
(Bonus : What does the host say to Jamal after he wins 16,000 rupees?)
250,000 rupees – the song “Darshan Do Ghanshyam” was written by which famous Indian poet?
(Chap. 5 – what happens at the orphanage?)
a. Surdas
c. Mira bai
b. Tutsidas
d. Kabir
1,000,000 rupees - On an American $100 dollar note, there’s a portrait of which American
statesman?
A. George Washington
C. Ben Franklin
B. Franklin Roosevelt
D. Abraham Lincoln
(Bonus: does Jamal know who is on the 1000 rupee note?)
2, 500,000 rupees – Who invented the revolver?
A. Samuel Colt
B. Dan Wesson
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C. Bruce Browning
D. James Revolver
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VOCABULARY –
Review and/or listen to the expressions from the movie. After you watch the
movie, can you recall who said each one? Can you add any other key expressions?
DVD Chap.
(min.)
4 (19ff. min)
5 (25 min)
(28:00)
Chap. 6
7 (41 min)
9 – rescue
Expression from the Movie
Has he confessed yet?
A little electricity will loosen his tongue
Were you wired up? Accomplice in the
audience? Microchip under the skin?
He must be a saint
Take her now or I’ll drop her!!
Keep her crying and you’ll earn triple
Chillies
Your destiny is in your hands, brother
Can we stop begging?
Are you kidding?
We’ll live together like the three Musketeers
Get them!!!
She let go
Have you gone mad?
When she died, the Emperor decided to build
this five star hotel
This is the burial place of Mumtaz
Let’s not be foolish, Salim
Disappear with your friend and we’ll forget all
of this
Who invented the revolver
Paraphrase/Meaning
(of underlined words)
Admitted guilt
Make him ___________
Especially good person
Let fall down
Make
Famous team of adventurers
from old children’s stories
Capture, take
Created/handgun
More Quotations – who said….. about what…?
“Do you want to be a real man, a gunfighter, like me?”
“They had other plans. It took me a long time to find out…”
“It’s a motel, huh?”
“It says nothing of this in the guidebook…”
“Do you get a lot of 100 dollar bills in your line of work?”
After you Watch (Part 1)
1. What kind of movie is this? Give examples of
Sad parts __________________________________________________________
Funny parts ________________________________________________________
Inspiring/touching parts ______________________________________________
thrilling parts ______________________________________________________
2.
What’s your reaction so far – like, don’t like …. Give examples to support
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