| Before going into the 81st Academy Awards, the | | | | you have those two things, truly anything is possible." |
| statistics between the 2 biggest rivals looked | | | | What fine words. Anything IS POSSIBLE when you |
| something like this: | | | | have passion and belief. |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 13 Oscar | | | | Here's a couple more examples for you to chew on: |
| Nominations | | | | 1) Andrea Bocelli |
| Slumdog Millionaire: 10 Oscar Nominations | | | | Bocelli lost his sight when he was 12. Went on to |
| At the end of the night, the score cards read: | | | | become one of Italy's finest singer/songwriter |
| The Curious Case of Benjamin Button: 3 Oscar WINS | | | | producer. To date, he has recorded 7 complete |
| = 23% profit! | | | | operas and has SOLD OVER 65 MILLION ALBUMS. |
| Slumdog Millionaire: 8 Oscar WINS = 80% profit! | | | | Bocelli is now the biggest-selling tenor of all time, |
| The "underslumdog" had WON convincingly. What | | | | outstripping even Pavarotti. |
| made the triumph all the more jaw-dropping was that | | | | 2) Manny Pacquiao |
| Benjamin Button had a behemoth budget of USD167 | | | | 30 year old Filipino boxer. Was living off the streets as |
| million (compared to Slumdog's USD15 million) AND it | | | | a kid. Today, he is rated by Ring Magazine as the #1 |
| boasted MEGA star appeal in the form of Brad Pitt. | | | | pound-for-pound boxer in the world. He took home |
| There were NO stars in Slumdog at all. | | | | USD15 million in his last fight against Ricky Hatton. |
| So what happened? | | | | These are the 2 qualities that can give you |
| Here's an excerpt from Christian Colson's (Slumdog | | | | ASTRONOMICAL SUCCESS. |
| film producer) acceptance speech during Oscar Night: | | | | I'll share with you another secret. Listen. |
| "Together we've been on an extraordinary, | | | | PEOPLE BUY INTO PASSION. |
| extraordinary journey. When we started out, we had | | | | People are curious to "have what you have" when |
| no stars, we had no power or muscle. We didn't have | | | | they see you living with passion. |
| enough money really to do what we wanted to do. | | | | What's your level of passion and belief when you |
| But what we had was a cast and crew who were | | | | trade FOREX? |
| unwavering in their commitment and whose talents are | | | | Do you truly see it as a tool for wealth creation and |
| up on the screen for all of you to see. We had a | | | | human evolution? |
| shared love for the extraordinary city of Mumbai, | | | | "For those who believe, no explanation is necessary. |
| where we made the movie. Most of all, we had | | | | For those who don't, none will suffice. |
| passion and we had belief and our film showed that if | | | | |