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The film&#8217;s star, Mickey Rourke, took home the award for Best Actor in a Drama.<\/p>\n<p>Searchlight picked up domestic distribution rights to <strong>Slumdog Millionaire<\/strong> in summer from Warner Brothers after Warner Independent Pictures, who made <strong>Slumdog<\/strong>, closed down. <\/p>\n<p>Searchlight bought domestic rights to <strong>The Wrestler<\/strong> at the Venice Film Festival.<\/p>\n<p>Other independent films that won awards at Sunday&#8217;s Globes were the Weinstein Company&#8217;s <strong>The Reader<\/strong> and DreamWorks\/Paramount&#8217;s <strong>Revolutionary Road<\/strong>, both starring Kate Winslet, who won supporting actress for the former and lead actress for the latter.<\/p>\n<p><strong>The Curious Case of Benjamin Button<\/strong>, who was the only nationwide release of the films nominated for Golden Globes, did not win any categories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fox Searchlight has announced that due to their wins at the Golden Globes and preparation for Oscar season, it will extend the theatrical releases of Slumdog Millionaire and The Wrestler. 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