It was a banner day at the Golden Globes for the Slumdog Millionaire, as the film took home all four awards it had been nominated for, including Best Picture - Drama and Best Director.
The India-based drama held off competition from The Curious Case of Benjamin Button, Frost/Nixon, The Reader and Revolutionary Road in the final award announced during the three-hour ceremony.
Director Danny Boyle was also awarded, as were Simon Beaufoy for Best Screenplay - Motion Picture and A. R. Rahman for Best Original Score.
Vicky Cristina Barcelona was awarded for Best Picture in the comedy/musical category.
In the acting awards, Kate Winslet ended her streak of not winning the big prizes in a very big way, collecting not only the Best Supporting Actress award for her role in the World War II drama The Reader, but also Best Actress - Drama for Revolutionary Road.
Mickey Rourke was awarded for Best Actor - Drama for his role in The Wrestler, and ended up thanking everyone, including his dogs.
The bittersweet moment of the evening, however, was when Director Christopher Nolan accepted the Best Supporting Actor award for Heath Ledger.
"All of us who worked with Heath on 'The Dark Knight' accept this with an awful mixture of sadness but incredible pride," Nolan said. "After Heath passed on, you saw a hole ripped in the future of cinema, but with the extraordinary response to his work that we've seen all over the world, I for one will start to be able to look less at the gap in the future and at the incredible place Heath made for himself with his talent and his dedication."
Ledger's award and Nolan's words were met by a standing ovation from the star-studded crowd.
In the comedy/musical arena, Collin Farrell won Best Actor for his In Bruges role as a conflicted hitman, while Sally Hawkins in Happy-Go-Lucky took home Best Actress.
Best Song went to Bruce Springsteen's "The Wrestler" in The Wrestler.
Finally, Wall-E took home the award for Best Animated Feature.
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