"Slumdog Millionaire" scores another win at the Directors Guild of America (DGA) Awards. Danny Boyle bested the works of David Fincher in "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", Ron Howard in "Frost/Nixon", Gus Van Sant in "Milk" and Christopher Nolan in "The Dark Knight."
A DGA win is said to be a sure Oscar victory. Usually, if a director wins in DGA he almost always gets an Oscar. This is true since the awards started in 1948 except in six award seasons.
The most recent was in 2000 when Ang Lee won in DGA Awards for his work in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" but Steven Soderbergh won the Academy Award for "Traffic." In 2002, Rob Marshall took home the DGA Award for "Chicago" but the Oscar eneded up in the hands of Roman Polanski for "The Pianist."
So could this be Danny Boyle's year for an Oscar?
Two weeks ago, "Slumdog Millionaire" also won in the Producers Guild of America beating out the same movies nominated in DGA.
The movie is nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay in Writers Guild Awards which will be on February 8 (PH +8). Also nominated are "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button", "The Dark Knight", "Doubt" and "Frost/Nixon."
"Slumdog Millionaire" earned 10 nominations at the 81st Academy Awards despite protests in India. Some Indians were offended by the street word that is now attached to them -- "slumdog." According to them, they admit that they are from the slums. What they can't accept is to be called "dogs."
Oscar Awards is on Febrary 23 (PH +8).
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