Eight Academy Awards including Best Film, Best Director and Best Adapted Screenplay The official tie-in screenplay by the writer of The Full Monty. A penniless 18-year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai is just one question away from winning the top prize on India's Who Wants to be a Millionaire? But when the show breaks for the night, he is arrested on suspicion of cheating. In a series of thrilling flashbacks the film tells Jamal's story and reveals how he came to know all the answers... In addition to the full screenplay, this volume contains: * A foreword by screenwriter Simon Beaufoy * An introduction by director Danny Boyle * Q&A with Danny Boyle * 8 pages of colour stills and production shots * Complete cast and crew credits 'funny, shocking, spectacularly turbo-charged... a hugely important film in contemporary cinema' Daily Telegraph 'Terrific...puts a spring in your step and brings a tear to the eye' The Times 'Thrilling...perhaps the most rousing, delightful film ever to have graced closing night [at the London Film Festival]' Observer 'a glorious and great work... leaves you with a big smile on your face without insulting your brain... Beaufoy has come up with a clever screenplay... and what a story!' Sunday Times