憑借奧斯卡獲獎影片《貧民窟的百萬富翁》，丹尼?博伊爾無疑贏得了印度人民的熱情，近在一衣帶水的中國對“一夜暴富”的劇情也十分受用。經廣電總局同意，該影片即將在中國上映。同時，該片導演丹尼?博伊爾也被提名為2009年上海國際電影節的主席。

在《貧民窟的百萬富翁》北京首映禮上，丹尼?博伊爾稱提名是一件“絕妙”的事情。他說他從未被邀參與任何電影節的評委工作，但是對于這次上海電影節也不會有諸多要求。

在接受新華社的采訪時丹尼?博伊爾說：“人們很少會去電影院看一部與自己生活完全不相干的片子。然而我們應該抱著一個開放的態度去接受每一部不同的電影，這就是我將在上海電影節上做的事情。”

橫掃八項奧斯卡金像獎的《貧民窟的百萬富翁》與明天起將與中國觀眾見面。該片中國發行商中英集團發言人表示，中國影迷很可能會將已經高達2億美元的票房推向新的高度。

Danny Boyle to head Shanghai film festival jury

His Oscar-winning film Slumdog Millionaire is a love letter to Mumbai, but its rags-to-riches story of a young orphan who rises from the slums to win a gameshow has found Danny Boyle favour across the border in China. The movie was recently approved for wide release by the country's famously restrictive censors, and Boyle was today named jury president of the 2009 Shanghai international film festival.

Speaking at the premiere of his film in Beijing, Boyle described the appointment as "fantastic". He said he had never been on a festival jury before but added that he would not make a list of criteria by which to judge the films in competition.

"It's very rare in normal life, going to a cinema, that you know nothing about the film," he told the Xinhua state news agency. "You should always approach those films with a completely open mind. And that's what I'll be doing."

Slumdog Millionaire, which won eight Oscars last month, opens across mainland China from tomorrow. Weng Li, spokesman for the film's distributor, China Film Group, said he was confident Chinese cinemagoers would considerably boost the film's global box office, which currently stands at more than $200m (￡137m).

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