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- Winner: Slumdog Millionaire
- Awards date: February 22, 2009
- Network: ABC
- Host: Hugh Jackman
- 2008 winner: No Country for Old Men
- Event features performances of Oscar nominated songs
- First winner in 1927: Wings
- Every member of the Academy can vote (as opposed to area specific nominees and voting)
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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.
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The Nominees
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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Best Picture Oscar Winner 2009 Acceptance Speech
Best Picture Oscar Winner 2009 Questions
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