Best Picture: “Slumdog Millionaire”, Christian Colson, Producer

“Slumdog Millionaire” bucks the trend, with the most popular/biggest favorite actually winning, but can it stand the test of time?  Remember “Shakespeare in Love” (1998)… it won 7 Oscars, inlcuding Best Picture, but 21 years later, most consider “Saving Private Ryan” as the best movie that year.

Nominees:

Best motion picture of the year
“The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers
“Frost/Nixon”, Brian Grazer, Ron Howard and Eric Fellner, Producers
“Milk”, Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen, Producers
“The Reader”
“Slumdog Millionaire”, Christian Colson, Producer

My Pick: “The Curious Case of Benjamin Button”, Kathleen Kennedy, Frank Marshall and Ceán Chaffin, Producers

My Upset Pick: “Slumdog Millionaire”, Christian Colson, Producer
http://blogs.woodtv.com/2009/02/19/picking-the-oscar-winners/