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• Slumdog Millionaire won the Best Picture Oscar at the Academy Awards on February 22, 2009. The event, hosted by Hugh Jackman, took place in Los Angeles, California and was broadcast on ABC. The other films up for the Best Picture honor were The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, Milk, and The Reader.

• Fast Facts

  1. Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
  2. Awards date: February 22, 2009
  3. Network: ABC
  4. Host: Hugh Jackman
  5. 2008 winner: No Country for Old Men
  6. Event features performances of Oscar nominated songs
  7. First winner in 1927: Wings
  8. Every member of the Academy can vote (as opposed to area specific nominees and voting)

• Did you know?

  The name of Best Motion Picture has been changed numerous times throughout the lifetime of the Academy of Motion Picture and Sciences. These neames include Outstanding Picture, Outstanding Production, Outstanding Motion Picture, and ultimately (since 2003) Best Motion Picture.

• The Nominees

  • The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
  • Frost/Nixon
  • Milk
  • The Reader
  • Slumdog Millionaire - Winner

• Previous Winners

  • 2008: No Country for Old Men
  • 2007: The Departed
  • 2006: Crash
  • 2005: Million Dollar Baby
  • 2004: The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
  • 2003: Chicago
  • 2002: A Beautiful Mind
  • 2001: Gladiator
  • 2000: American Beauty
  • 1999: Shakespeare in Love

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  The Curious Case of Benjamin Button | Frost/Nixon | Milk | The Reader | Slumdog Millionaire | Oscar Winners 2009 | Best Actor Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Actress Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Adapted Screenplay Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Original Screenplay Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Costume Design Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Director Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Documentary Feature Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Foreign Language Film Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Original Screenplay Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Picture Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Supporting Actress Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Supporting Actor Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Visual Effects Oscar Winner 2009 | Oscar Nominations 2009 | Oscar Ballot 2009 | Oscar Ballot | Academy Awards | Oscar Performances 2009 | Wall-E Oscar Performance | Slumdog Millionaire Oscar Performances | Best Makeup Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Score Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Documentary Short Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Documentary Feature Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Costume Design Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Cinematography Oscar Winner 2009 | Best Animated Feature Oscar Winner 2009 | Bill Condon

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