Seemingly rejected, Billy returns home with his father. He says that it is being "like electricity". He is rebuked by the review board and, when asked what it feels like when he is dancing, struggles for words. He punches another boy in frustration at the audition, and fears that he has ruined his chances. Instead, his fellow miners and the neighbourhood raise some money, and Jackie pawns Billy's mother's jewellery to cover the cost, and Jackie takes him to London to audition.Īlthough very nervous, Billy performs well. Jackie attempts to cross the picket line to pay for the trip to London, but Tony stops him. Sandra tries to persuade Jackie to let her pay for the audition, but he replies that Billy is his son and he does not need charity. Later, Jackie catches Billy and Michael dancing in the gym and, seeing his son is truly gifted, he resolves to do whatever it takes to help Billy attain his dream. Over Christmas, Billy learns his best friend, Michael, is gay.
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Sandra tells Jackie about the missed opportunity but, fearing that Billy will be considered to be gay, both Jackie and Tony are outraged at the prospect of him becoming a professional ballet dancer. Sandra believes that Billy is talented enough to study at the Royal Ballet School in London, but due to Tony's arrest during a clash between police and striking miners, Billy misses the audition. Jamie Bell (pictured in 2015) received acclaim for his performance as Billy. But, passionate about dancing, he secretly continues his lessons with the help of his dance teacher, Sandra Wilkinson. When Jackie discovers this, he forbids Billy to take any more ballet classes. Unbeknownst to Jackie, Billy joins the ballet class. He happens to see a ballet class that is using the gym while their usual basement studio is being used temporarily as a soup kitchen for the striking miners. His maternal grandmother lives with them she has Alzheimer's disease and had once aspired to be a professional dancer.īilly's father sends him to the gym to learn boxing, but Billy dislikes the sport. Billy lives with his widowed father, Jackie, and older brother, Tony, both coal miners out on strike (the latter being the union delegate). In 1984, Billy Elliot, an 11-year-old from the fictional Everington in County Durham, England, loves to dance and has hopes of becoming a professional ballet dancer. It opened in Australia in 2007 and on Broadway in New York City in 2008. The story was also adapted for the West End stage as Billy Elliot the Musical, first produced in 2005. In 2001, the film was adapted as a novel by Melvin Burgess. The film also earned three Academy Award nominations, including for Best Director, Best Original Screenplay and Best Actress in a Supporting Role.
Jamie Bell became the youngest winner of Best Actor in a Leading Role.
At the 2001 British Academy Film Awards, the film won three of thirteen award nominations. Billy Elliot received positive critical response and commercial success, earning $109.3 million worldwide on a $5 million budget. The film premiered at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival, and began a wider theatrical release on 29 September 2000 by Universal Pictures. Billy Elliot is a co-production among BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Pictures and Working Title Films. Greg Brenman and Jon Finn served as producers, while Stephen Warbeck composed the film's score. Filming began in the North of England in August 1999. Around 2,000 boys were considered for the role of Billy before Bell was chosen for the role. The film stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, Gary Lewis as his father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older brother, and Julie Walters as his ballet teacher.Īdapted from a play called Dancer by Lee Hall, development on the film began in 1999. His father objects and his community males have negative stereotypes of male ballet dancers. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about a working-class boy who discovers a passion for ballet. Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy- drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall.
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