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Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot is a 2000 film written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. Set in the fictional town of 'Everington' in the real County Durham, UK, it stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, an aspiring dancer, Gary Lewis as his coal miner father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older brother, and Julie Walters as his dance instructor. In 2001, author Melvin Burgess was commissioned to write the novelisation of the film based on Lee Hall's screenplay. The story was adapted to the West End stage as Billy Elliot the Musical in 2005.
PlotBilly (Jamie Bell) is a boy living in County Durham. His father, Jackie (Gary Lewis), and older brother, Tony (Jamie Draven) are striking miners during the UK miners' strike (1984?1985). Billy's father is an admirer of real life world boxing champion Ken Buchanan, and hopes that Billy would become a champion boxer. Billy, however, is more interested in music, a passion he inherited from his late mother. Billy is taken to the boxing gym by his father, but he finds out that he doesn't really like the sport, and has no real talent for it. Part of the boxing gym is used by a ballet class because their usual studio in the basement of the sports center is being used as a soup kitchen for the striking miners. He is drawn in by the dance instructor (Julie Walters), and with her help, secretly starts taking ballet class. As a consequence of Billy's brother being arrested, he misses an important audition for the Royal Ballet School. His dance instructor goes to their house to tell his father about the missed opportunity. Billy's father and brother, fearing that Billy will be seen as a "poof", become outraged at the idea of him becoming a professional ballet dancer. Once having seen Billy dance however, his father understands that ballet is Billy's passion and he takes him to an audition in London himself. Billy is accepted and moves to London on his own at age 11 to attend the school. The movie concludes with a scene that takes place 14 years later, where his father and brother see Billy dancing. The film ends as the older and more mature Billy (dancer/actor Adam Cooper) takes the stage to perform the lead in Matthew Bourne's Swan Lake. The film may have been inspired in part by A.J. Cronin's novel, The Stars Look Down, which similarly focuses on an English mining community in the midst of a strike, as well as on a miner's son who breaks away from tradition in forging his own path.[1] Cast
Awards and nominationsThe film was nominated and won awards worldwide including the following. 2000
2001
In 2004, the magazine Total Film named Billy Elliot the 39th greatest British film of all time. SoundtrackThe soundtrack includes several well-known rock and punk rock songs:
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