• Billy Elliot Final Scene Analysis

Running time110 minutesCountryUnited KingdomLanguageEnglishBudget$5 millionBox office$109.3 millionBilly Elliot is a 2000 directed by and written. Set in, during the, the film is about a working-class boy who discovers his passion for, despite his father's objection and the associated of being a male ballet dancer.

The film stars as 11-year-old Billy, as his father, as Billy's older brother, and as his ballet teacher.Adapted from a play called Dancer by, development on the film began in 1999. Around 2,000 boys were considered for the role of Billy before Bell was eventually chosen for the role.

Filming began in the North of England in August 1999. And Jon Finn served as producers, while composed the film's score. Billy Elliot is a co-production between, and.The film premiered at the, and then began a wider theatrical release on 29 September 2000.

Billy Elliot received positive critical response and commercial success, earning £73 million (US$109.3 million) on a £3 million budget (US$5 million) worldwide. At the, the film received thirteen award nominations and won three. The film also earned three Academy Award nominations, including for and Best Actress in a Supporting Role.

In 2001, the film was adapted into a novel. The story was also adapted for the stage as in 2005; it opened in Australia in 2007 and on in 2008. Contents.Plot In 1984, Billy Elliot, an 11-year-old from the fictional Everington in, England, loves to dance and has hopes of becoming a professional ballet dancer.

Billy lives with his widowed father, Jackie, and older brother, Tony, both coal miners out on (the latter being the union bully), and also his maternal grandmother, who has and once aspired to be a professional dancer.Billy's father sends him to the gym to learn boxing, but Billy dislikes the sport. He happens to see a ballet class that is using the gym while their usual basement studio is temporarily being used as a soup kitchen for the striking miners. Unknown to Jackie, Billy joins the ballet class.

When Jackie discovers this, he forbids Billy to take any more ballet. But, passionate about dancing, Billy secretly continues lessons with the help of his dance teacher, Sandra Wilkinson. (pictured in 2015) received acclaim for his performance as Billy.Mrs. Wilkinson believes that Billy is talented enough to study at the in London, but due to Tony's arrest during a clash between police and striking miners, Billy misses the audition. Wilkinson 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.Over Christmas, Billy learns his best friend Michael is gay.

Billy is supportive of his friend. Later, Jackie catches Billy dancing in the gym and realises his son is truly gifted; he resolves to do whatever it takes to help Billy attain his dream. Wilkinson 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. Jackie attempts to to pay for the trip to London, but Tony stops him. 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 to audition.Although very nervous, Billy performs well, but he punches another boy in frustration at the audition, fearing that he has ruined his chances of attaining his dream.

He is rebuked by the review board, but when asked what it feels like when he is dancing, he struggles for words but describes it as being 'like electricity'. Seemingly rejected, Billy returns home with his father. Sometime later, the Royal Ballet School sends him a letter of acceptance, coinciding with the end of the miners' strike, and he leaves home for London.In 1998, 25-year-old Billy takes the stage to perform the Swan in 's, as Jackie, Tony, and Michael watch from the audience; his father is visibly moved by the performance.Cast. as Billy Elliot. as Billy aged 25.

as Sandra Wilkinson. as Jackie Elliot. as Tony Elliot. as Grandma. as Michael Caffrey. Merryn Owen as Michael aged 25.

Nicola Blackwell as Debbie Wilkinson. Colin Maclachlan as Tom Wilkinson. as George Watson. Billy Fane as Mr Braithwaite. Janine Birkett as Jenny Elliot. as Sheila Briggs.

as Simon. as Dr.

Crane. as Royal Ballet School principal. as Royal Ballet School vice-principal. as Royal Ballet School tutor. as Royal Ballet School tutorProduction Development. Terraced homes used for filming, where Andrew and Alnwick Streets once stood.Lee Hall developed Billy Elliot from his play Dancer, which premiered as a rehearsed reading in 1998 at the in. He was heavily influenced by photographer 's book Step by Step, about a dancing school in nearby.

Writing in 2009, Hall said that 'almost every frame of Billy Elliot was influenced by Step by Step. As every member of the design team carried around their own copy.' Hall met with director Stephen Daldry, who was working at the at the time.

At first, Daldry was not convinced with the script, but said, 'I liked the emotional honesty of Billy Elliot. Also Lee writes brilliant kids. And there's a series of themes in it I rather enjoyed: Grief; finding means of self-identification through some sort of creative act, in this case dance; and the miner's strike itself.'

Approached Daldry to become director and he accepted the deal. The BBC also financed the project.

Casting Thousands of boys were considered for the lead role. The producers were looking for a boy in a specific geographical area with a dance background. Had about seven auditions in total before eventually on 22 May 1999, it was announced that he would play the lead role in the film. And were in early talks to join the cast. Walters called the script 'moving', explaining 'It was a diamond in the sand. I loved the character, and the fact that she was disappointed on every level possible.

She was so grim and jaded. Her relationship with the boy was so unusual'.On 3 June 1999 it was reported that, Merryn Owen, Nicola Blackwell, Colin Maclachlan, Mike Elliott, Billy Fane, Janine Birkett, and were also in final talks to join the film, and and were added to the cast, playing the Royal Ballet School principals. On 17 June 1999, and joined the cast of the film, playing the Royal Ballet School tutors.Filming Daldry remarked in an interview, 'The shooting schedule was a nightmare; we only had seven weeks.' Most of the film including the interior of the Elliot home was shot on location in the area, with the producers using over 400 locals as extras. The mining scenes were filmed at the and Colliery in, with some filming in,. Alnwick Street and Andrew Street, where the characters live, were of several streets demolished in 2003 after becoming.The cemetery scene was filmed at Cemetery. School scenes were filmed in Primary School, County Durham.

Other filming locations include the Green Drive Railway Viaduct in, and in. Music Billy Elliotby.

'Released: 14 October 2000scored the for the film. Released the soundtrack on 11 March 2002, which includes several well-known glam rock and punk songs from. The soundtrack also contains pieces of dialogue from the film.Original Motion Picture SoundtrackNo.TitleMusicLength1.'

Cosmic Dancer'4:282.' Boys Play Football'Jamie Bell & Gary Lewis4:243.' Mother's Letter'Jamie Bell & Julie Walters5:225.' The Sun Will Come Out'Jamie Bell, Nicole Blackwell & Julie Walters0:508.' Burning Up'4:1410.' Royal Ballet School'Jamie Bell & Julie Walters1:1111.'

Children of the Revolution'T. Audition Panel'Jamie Bell & Barbara Leigh Hunt0:3314.' Shout to the Top!' Walls Come Tumbling Down!' The Style Council3:2116.' Ride a White Swan'T.

Cosmic Dancer (Reprise)'T. Rex4:27Total length:51:34Reception Box office. Billy Elliot advert on a lorry in LondonBilly Elliot was originally released at the under the title Dancer.

It was later decided to re-title the film Billy Elliot to avoid confusion with, another film at Cannes that year. Billy Elliot was theatrically released on 29 September 2000. Against expectations, the film earned a worldwide total of $109,280,263.

Released Billy Elliot on and on 25 October 2001 and on on 10 January 2012.Critical response On review aggregator website, the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 117 reviews, with an average rating of 7.3/10. The site's critical consensus reads: ' Billy Elliot is a charming movie that can evoke both laughter and tears.' At, the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating 'generally favourable reviews'. Audiences polled by gave the film an average grade of 'A–' on an A+ to F scale.gave the film three out of four stars, calling the film 'much parable and fantasy as it is realistic'. He said Bell's performance was 'engaging', Lewis was 'convincing' and Walters was 'spirited and colourful'.

Peter Bradshaw of praised the film saying, 'This is a film with a lot of charm, a lot of humour and a lot of heart. Daldry's direction and the screenplay by Lee Hall distinguish themselves further in the discreet, intelligent way. Billy Elliot has a freshness that makes it a pleasure to watch; it's a very emphatic success'. David Rooney of also praised the cast writing, 'Relationships between all the characters are well observed — the father and his sons, the two brothers, and Billy and his grandmother, his friend Michael and jaded Mrs. Wilkinson — all of them yielding sweet, unforced feel-good moments'. Rooney also praised the cinematography, visuals and soundtrack in showing Billy's rebelliousness. O'Sullivan in wrote the cast are 'near perfect', adding the film is a 'slice of escapism as you could wish for'.

William Gallagher from the gave the film five stars out of five, writing, 'It's a simple tale but one that is extremely well told and acted. Fittingly for a story about dance, it doesn't put a foot wrong and is engrossing, funny, very sad, very moving and very uplifting.'

Some critics gave a mixed response. Believes that, 'Daldry overuses the dance as a metaphor for escape and frustration, and choreographer Peter Darling's grandstanding ballet numbers sit a little uneasily, given the realist comedy pitch'. Of notes that there were 'patches of thinness and predictability', and that 'the first half seems to acknowledge its own triteness'. However, he compliments the pacing of the scenes and the actors who 'inhabit their roles like second-hand suits'. Holcomb, writing for, took issue with the 'odd, unsuccessful mix of theatrical whimsy and social realism' and a scene in which he describes as a 'cringe-inducing ’80s-style music video routine'. Themes and analysis Poverty and have been seen as major themes of the film. Author Rebecca Mahon observed the film has a realistic setting; the early scenes emphasising the miners' strike, the death of Billy's mother and the family's financial situation.

Daldry adds, 'It doesn't matter where you are in the world, people understand the idea that you're part of an industrial, working class group that is being discarded. And its question—of what happens to communities devastated by de-industrialisation and '. In addition to social class, Daldry states that the film is about finding a voice—'someone trying to express himself or herself'.

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