Slumdog Millionaire (R1/US BD) in March

Fox Home Entertainment have announced the US DVD and Blu-ray Disc release of Slumdog Millionaire on 31st March 2009. From director Danny Boyle, Slumdog Millionaire is the story of an 18 year-old orphan from the slums of Mumbai who finds himself just one question away from winning a life-changing 20 million rupees on India’s Who Wants To Be A Millionaire. Starring Dev Patel and Freida Pinto, the film cleaned up at this year’s Academy Awards taking home 8 awards including Best Picture and Best Director.

Priced at $29.98 SRP on DVD and $39.99 SRP on Blu-ray Disc, features are outlined below...

DVD - A single-disc release with the following features:

• 2.35:1 Anamorphic Widescreen
• English/Hindi DD5.1 Surround
• Slumdog Dreams: Danny Boyle & The Making of Slumdog Millionaire
• Deleted Scenes
• Commentary by Director Danny Boyle and Actor Dev Patel
• Commentary by Producer Christian Colson and Writer Simon Beaufoy
• Slumdog Cutdown

Blu-ray Disc - Includes all of the above extras plus a few exclusives and a digital copy. Features include:

• 1080P 2.35:1 Widescreen
• English/Hindi 5.1 DTS-HD Master Audio
• Slumdog Dreams: Danny Boyle & The Making of Slumdog Millionaire
• Deleted Scenes
• Commentary by Director Danny Boyle and Actor Dev Patel
• Commentary by Producer Christian Colson and Writer Simon Beaufoy
• Slumdog Cutdown
• From Script to Screen: Toilet Scene (BD Exclusive)
• Indian Short Film – Manjha (BD Exclusive)
• Bombay Liquid Dance Music Video
• Digital Copy (Disc 2)