Billy Elliot - The Movie

Billy Elliot

Starring: Julie Walters, Gary Lewis, Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven, Adam Cooper
Director: Stephen Daldry
Run Time: 111 minutes
Release Date: 4/17/2001
Studio: Universal Home Video 

"Billy Elliot" is the heartwarming story of a young boy from a working-class family who discovers a passion that will change his life forever. Eleven-year-old miner's son "Billy Elliot" is on his way to boxing lessons when he stumbles upon a ballet class. Billy secretly joins the class, knowing that his blue-collar family would never understand. Under the guidance of his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson (Academy Award-nominee Julie Walters), Billy's raw talent takes flight. But when his father discovers his son's ambition, Billy must fight for his dreams and his destiny. A Special Collectors Edition was released in 2005 to coincide with the Billy Elliot musical. This DVD contains extras about the musical.

Billy Elliot - Lee Hall

This book is a script of the film 

• Paperback: 112 pages
• Publisher: Faber & Faber (November, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0571207030
• Book Description
  
  Set in northern England during the 1984 miner's strike, Billy Elliot tells the story of a young working class boy who chooses not to follow his widowed father's instructions to train to be a boxer. Instead, fascinated by the ballet class sharing the same building as his gym, Billy hangs up his gloves to pursue dreams of being a dancer. But even as he discovers his virtuoso gift for ballet he must hide his triumph from his father and brother -- both miners on strike struggling to keep food on the table. A hit at last years Cannes Film Festival and a smash success in the UK just one week into its premiere, Billy Elliot is being hailed as one of the best films of the year.

   

Billy Elliot - The Book

This book is a dramatization of the story and is also available in Spanish 

Billy Elliot 
Author: Burgess, Melvin 

Paperback: 160 pages 
Publisher: Chicken House (April 1, 2001) 
ISBN: 1903434335

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