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	Billy Elliot (2000) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		To say that Billy Elliot is the best movie of 2000 is to damn it with faint praise, since this year's crop is pretty uninspiring.
		All such excesses are avoided in Billy Elliot, where the characters develop in a totally believable way, where Billy invites admiration instead of pity, and where the silences, looks and gestures all leave so much to the imagination.
		Billy Elliot is far more subtle, though the emotional moments are all the more powerful because of that.
	www.imdb.com /title/tt0249462 (677 words)

	Billy Elliot
		The result of the conflict is Billy's withdrawal from classes and from the Royal Academy auditions, thus jeopardizing his future as a dancer.
		When Billy first starts dance lessons he is forced to practice in secret, in his room with headphones or in the bathroom.
		Although Jackie and Tony are often harsh to each other and to Billy, sequences of this type are used to remind the audience that the men, like Billy, have strong spirits which drive them, both in daily activities and in facing their particular struggle, namely the mining strike.
	writing.upenn.edu /~wh/dialf/elliot.html (785 words)

	BILLY ELLIOT
		Billy Elliot is the “Feel Good Movie of the Year” in a time when four of the last five Best Picture winners featured main characters that died in the final reel.
		Elliot is set in a small town in northeast England during a coal miners' strike in 1984.
		Billy shares his bedroom with older brother Tony (Jamie Draven), who, like their father (Gary Lewis, East is East), spends his time on the picket line throwing produce at the scabs who have taken their jobs.
	www.sick-boy.com /billyelliot.htm (607 words)

	Billy Elliot
		Young Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is caught in the middle.
		Billy takes boxing lessons at the local gym, but he isn't terribly good.
		However, Billy is still afraid of his father, an imposing man. It is a simple story by Lee Hall, and this is what makes it work.
	www.haro-online.com /movies/billy_elliot.html (576 words)

	Billy Elliot film review
		Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an shy 11-year-old living with his proud miner father (Gary Lewis) and older brother Tony (Jamie Draven) during the political and social unrest of the 1984 miner's strike.
		When Billy's old man learns that his son has forsaken boxing gloves for ballet shoes, he is distraught: dancing is not a manly pursuit, certainly not for a miner's son.
		Beautifully observed and surprisingly free of mawkish sentiment, Billy Elliot is a heartwarming coming-of-age tale that speaks straight from the heart, juxtaposing Billy's battle of wills with his prejudiced father, with the community's struggles against the larger forces of the outside world.
	www.tiscali.co.uk /entertainment/film/reviews/billy_elliot.html (675 words)

	The Mediadrome - Film - Reviews - Billy Elliot
		Fortunately for Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell), he has his passion for ballet to soften the blow when the hammer of life comes crashing down, and the result is one of the most heartfelt, powerful, and inspirational movies of the year.
		He insists that Billy train to be a boxer, but Billy is more influenced by the likes of Fred Astaire and Gene Kelly than he is by Joe Louis and Muhammad Ali.
		The intensity with which Billy's father maintains his dignity among his co-workers while he tries to do what's right for his family is truly powerful, especially when he goes from being one of the picketers to crossing the picket line himself.
	www.themediadrome.com /content/reviews/billyelliot.htm (635 words)

	Billy Elliot
		Adapted from the popular British film, Billy Elliot the Musical is a funny, heart-warming and feel-good celebration of one young boy's dream in a gripping tale of triumph over adversity.
		Please Note: Billy Elliot, the musical, is based on the inspirational film of the same name.
		Billy Elliot is set in the North East, Billy Elliot is a funny, heart-warming and feel-good celebration of one young boy’s dream.
	www.londontheatreticketweb.co.uk /the_billyelliot.htm (635 words)

	BILLY ELLIOT (2000): ChildCare Action Project (CAP) Media Analysis Report MAR20122
		In the case of "Billy Elliot," the movie contains only mild violence and essentially no sex, and the R is explained entirely by the language, particularly the "[the most foul of the foul words]." The filmmakers believe that is a word much used by British coal miners, and I am sure they are correct.
		While Billy Elliot is most assuredly mathematically equivalent to very hardcore R in language (that investigation area score was zero), the overall magnitude or the "big picture" was mathematically equivalent to a PG-13.
		In addition to the foul language and the portrayal of homosexual matters, Billy Elliot also presented dad hitting his son with his fist, several episodes of adolescent hate talk toward dad, and a non-parent adult encouraging rebellion against a father's wishes.
	www.capalert.com /capreports/billyelliot.htm (2679 words)

	BBC - Tyne _ Hollywood on Tyne - Billy Elliot
		Billy embarks on a journey of self discovery amidst a world of picket lines and riot police.
		Billy Elliot was shot in entirety in the North East using a variety of industrial locations.
		Billy Elliot was written by Geordie script writer Lee Hall.
	www.bbc.co.uk /tyne/hollywood_on_tyne/billy_elliot.shtml (613 words)

	BILLY ELLIOT; Jamie Bell, Julie Waters, CinemaSense.Com Review.
		In Billy Elliot, the story weaves the allure of magic through the innocent determination of an 11-year-old boy whose passionate dancing steps challenge him and those around him to charter beyond the confines and false security of class and gender stereotypes.
		In Billy’s world, the most that he should hope for is to grow up strong enough to earn his place next to his father and his older brother in the coal mining pits.
		Not only are Billy, his Dad, brother, and grandma scrambling to pull their lives together after the loss of Billy’s mother, but they are also in dire financial straits because of the prolonged miners’ strike.
	www.cinemasense.com /Reviews/billy_elliot.htm (714 words)

	Billy Elliot from Empire Film Store (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an 11-year-old boy living in north east England in the mid-1980s.
		Billy begins to fall in love with ballet but keeps his lessons a secret from his family, who struggle to put food on the table while the strike drags on.
		'Billy Elliot' is a touching and heartwarming story that avoids cliches by setting the story in the grim mining town of northern England amid economic hardship and sacrifice, showing the joy and release that dancing provides for Billy.
	www.empirefilmstore.com /products/dvd/111196/Billy-Elliot (327 words)

	DVD REVIEW: "BILLY ELLIOT"
		Billy Elliot: Breaking Free - 22+ minute look at the film including clips from it, behind the scenes footage, and interviews with the cast and crew.
		At his age, Billy doesn't have the looks or physical abilities of a Mikhail Baryshnikov, the grace of a Gene Kelly, or the family wealth or support that's often present in middle to upper crust society where kids, albeit usually female, routinely take ballet lessons.
		Billy Elliot is now available for purchase by clicking here.
	www.screenit.com /dvd/2000/billy_elliot.html (1163 words)

	BILLY ELLIOT
		Billy has no idea where this desire to dance comes from, but it's clear to both himself and his teacher that he has talent to spare.
		That is until Billy has the chance to escape their dying town and become something more than just a mine worker.
		Billy's transition from rough and tumble kid to professional dancer is anything but easy, however, it's clear from the start he taps into something special that must be expressed.
	crazy4cinema.com /Review/FilmsB/f_billy_elliot.html (241 words)

	Movie Spoiler for the film - BILLY ELLIOT
		Billy Elliot is a young 11 year old boy that lives with his father, older brother and grandmother.
		Billy is brought back before the board, they ask him a few questions, and they aren't impressed with his answers.
		Billy answers that he starts out slowly but once he gets going, it's like there is a fire inside him, like lightning and he can't remember anything other than the dance.
	www.themoviespoiler.com /Spoilers/billyelliot.html (634 words)

	Billy Elliot
		Billy Elliot, the son of a miner wants to be a dancer.
		Once he realises that being a dancer doesn't make him gay, Billy is determined to audition for the Royal Ballet School under the strict regime of his feisty ballet teacher, Mrs Wilkinson, played by Julie Walters, whose zest for teaching comes alive when she discovers Billy's natural talent.
		Once Billy's father discovers that his son's 50 pence was not spent on more manly pursuits, all hell breaks loose and he bans Billy from taking the lessons.
	www.sensesofcinema.com /contents/00/10/billy.html (1344 words)

	Amazon.com: Billy Elliot: DVD: Stephen Daldry,Julie Walters,Jamie Bell,Jamie Draven,Gary Lewis (III),Jean ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is a slim, pugnacious boy who doesn't enjoy his boxing lessons but casts a jealous glance at the dance class that rehearses nearby.
		Billy is sent to boxing lessons, where, by happenstance, he discovers a true vent for his budding creativity -- and especially his joy in dancing.
		Billy is forced by his father to attend boxing classes and one day accidentally he see the girl ballet classes that occur in same room and he find ballet much more interesting than hated stupid boxing.
	www.amazon.com /Billy-Elliot-Stephen-Daldry/dp/B00003CXPD (2926 words)

	Billy Elliot : film review
		Such is the case with the absolutely winning and uplifting drama Billy Elliot, a small British film that is one of the best films of the year so far.
		Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is an eleven-year old boy who decides that he would rather be a ballet dancer rather than a boxer.
		Billy Elliot has a lot in common with another winner from this year, Almost Famous - they are both about young men reaching for the dreams in life and not allowing anyone or anything to dissuade them in the process.
	www.musicomh.com /films/billy.htm (569 words)

	BILLY ELLIOT Review at the Victoria Palace Theatre London 2005
		Billy reluctantly gets despatched each week by his father to attend boxing lessons at the local community hall, but is distracted by Mrs Wilkinson and her ballet class.
		Gradually, Billy is drawn to dance because of his need for self-expression in the midst of a reality that is almost a cultural desert.
		As for Billy Elliot himself aka 'Liam Mower' he is a bright and talented young actor, his dancing skills are absolutely amazing and certainly worth the ticket price to be in his presence and to watch his performance.
	www.londontheatre.co.uk /londontheatre/reviews/billyelliot05.htm (1935 words)

	Billy Elliot
		Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is a motherless eleven-year-old, living with his father and older brother, both coal miners, and his grandmother, who wanders off occasionally.
		Billy shares with her a letter from his dead mother, which he has memorized.
		Billy Elliot will probably make it onto everyone's top ten list of favorites for the year.
	www.reelmoviecritic.com /2000/id622.htm (527 words)

	Billy Elliot, a CurtainUp London review
		Billy Elliot the musical is refreshing, gritty, poignant, outlandish, funny, original and I would guess set to grace the London stage for some time.
		The journey made in Billy Elliot is that of the father coming to terms with his son's desire to be a dancer and the realisation that, without the backing of governments, the traditional employment alternative, coal mining, is a dying profession.
		The romantic ballad "Dear Billy (Mam's letter)" is pretty and emotive as Billy reads a letter written for him by his mother (Stepahnie Putson) when she knew she wouldn't live to see him grow up.
	www.curtainup.com /billyelliot.html (1375 words)

	Billy Elliot
		Billy Elliot wraps a stock formula in a nicely observed script by Lee Hall that avoids the obvious cliches, then adds a charismatic young actor in the central role surrounded by skilled supporting players.
		Billy Elliot adds gender-reversal issues to the mix: young Elliot, in a family of macho coal miners, finds his bliss in ballet dancing and aspires to the Royal Ballet School.
		While his father believes he is at boxing lessons, Billy has discovered a ballet class under the tutelage of crusty, chain-smoking Mrs.
	www.culturevulture.net /Movies/BillyElliot.htm (489 words)

	Billy Elliot (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The hardships of life in the North of England in the mid-'80s, and how an eleven-year-old boy struggles to overcome those hardships through the expressive outlet of dance, are effectively dramatized in Billy Elliot, an unashamedly "feel good" movie that draws upon the charismatic charm of its lead, newcomer Jamie Bell.
		Bell is excellent as the toe-tapping titular Billy who, without his overbearing father's knowledge, hangs up his boxing gloves and spends his 50p a week on ballet lessons given by the crotchety, chain-smoking Mrs.
		For all of its successes, though, Billy Elliot is hamstrung by scenes and directorial decisions which work against it.
	members.dca.net /dnb/reviews/billyelliot.htm (312 words)

	Billy Elliot - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Billy's mother had died when Billy was younger, and his father, an admirer of real life world boxing champion Ken Buchanan, has dreams that Billy could help the family out of their economic situation by becoming a boxer.
		Billy, however, is more interested in music, a passion he inherited from his late mother, and he sometimes plays her piano when he feels he needs her by his side.
		Billy starts a fight with a boy from a rich background, but is accepted by the ballet school on the strength of his commitment to dancing.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Billy_Elliot (1770 words)

	Amazon.co.uk: Billy Elliot [2000]: Video: Jamie Bell,Jean Heywood,Stephen Daldry,Jamie Draven,Gary Lewis (III),Stuart ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When Billy Elliot chooses ballet classes over boxing lessons his life is changed forever.
		"Billy Elliot, I will dance" is a nice movie about a boy that rebels against his whole environment, because he's al ballett dancer.
		I saw Billy Elliot for the first time when I was quite young, and didn't understand the numerous complex issues involved in the story.
	www.amazon.co.uk /Billy-Elliot-Jamie-Bell/dp/B000059ZAJ (909 words)

	Title: "Billy Elliot" - Topics: Dance, England, Ballet, 1984 Coal Miners Strike
		Billy, the 11 year old son of an English mining family, stumbles onto a ballet class held in the same community center as his boxing lessons.
		Billy's father, a miner of limited education, and his older brother, are walking the picket lines during the violent and unsuccessful 1984 British miner's strike.
		(Billy lovingly takes care of his grandmother.) In this film a friendship between two boys survives the fact that one is homosexual and the other is not.
	www.teachwithmovies.org /guides/billy-elliot.html (654 words)

	Netribution > Features > Reviews > Film > Billy Elliot
		‘Billy Elliot’ is the first big screen feature film to focus on the mining communities of County Durham and amongst the first to unashamedly expose audiences to the dialects and lifestyles of modern day working class people in the North East of England.
		Julie Walters is loveable in her role as the chain smoking ballet instructor Mrs Wilkinson and Jean Heywood, as Billy’s grandmother, nearly steals the show several times.
		Though ‘Billy Elliot’ never attempts to be a political statement, it boldly uses the potent Miner’s Strike as the backdrop to the story but remains neutral throughout.
	www.netribution.co.uk /features/reviews/film/billy_elliot.html (393 words)

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		Debbie, one of the young ballerinas, challenges Billy to try out the exercises and not to back down; he tags on to the back of the class, surprising the somewhat jaded teacher.
		Meanwhile at home, Billy's father and older brother, Tony are out on strike and spend most of their day on a picket line.
		Billy tries to keep his interest in ballet a secret, from everyone but his best friend Michael.
	perso.wanadoo.fr /alain.krizic/Docs/Billy_Elliot.doc (747 words)

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