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Newsnight: 22/02/2009

22/02/2009

BBC Two - Newsnight, 22/02/2009

Kirsty Wark and Martha Kearney speak to the directors of Best Picture nominated films.

Kirsty Wark and Martha Kearney speak to all the directors of the five films competing for this year's Best Picture award, including Danny Boyle, Stephen Daldry and Ron Howard.

In this special programme to mark the Oscar night, the presenters of Newsnight Review, Kirsty Wark and Martha Kearney, speak to all the directors of the five films competing for this year's coveted Best Picture award. 

They interview British directors Danny Boyle and Stephen Daldry about Slumdog Millionaire and The Reader respectively, speak to Ron Howard about Frost/Nixon, to Gus Van Sant about Milk, and to David Fincher about The Curious Case of Benjamin Button.

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