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Wilkinson Dame Julie Walters. Soon, Billy has ditched the boxing, instead secretly attending the ballet class with Mrs. Wilkinson's blessing. She can see that Billy not only has natural talent, but passion, unlike most of the girls in the class, so much so that she believes he may have a real shot at making it into the Royal Ballet School.

However, Billy has to decide whether this path is one he wants to take, especially as it means coming clean to his family, Jackie and Tony, who may feel emasculated in the process, especially if their miner friends find out, and especially in Billy's destiny as a coal miner himself.

Billy's involvement in the ballet may tear the family apart in ways he didn't even imagine. But Billy may get guidance in following his dreams regardless of the views of others, by his best friend Michael Caffrey Stuart Wells , and a letter left to Billy by his mother before she died. In , the miners' strike is raging. Billy Elliot Jamie Bell is a young boy living in a small County Durham town, who discovers he has a talent for ballet, much to the chagrin of his widowed father Jackie Gary Lewis , leaving him torn between his dreams and the only life he's ever known.

Set against the background of the Miner's Strike, Billy Elliot Jamie Bell is an eleven-year-old boy who stumbles out of the boxing ring and onto the ballet floor. He faces many trials and triumphs as he strives to conquer his family's set ways, inner conflict, and standing on his toes! Eleven-year old Billy Elliot Jamie Bell , whose father and brother are participating in the strike, whose mother has died quite some time ago, and whose grandmother is not completely aware of what's going on, doesn't like the brutal boxing lessons at school.

Instead, he falls for the girls' ballet lessons. When his folks find out about this unusual love of his, Billy is in trouble. Being supported by the ballet teacher, Mrs. The fictitious town of Everington in the movie was actually the Easington Colliery that replicated the actual Easington that was closed in The street has now been destroyed and has a green carpet. According to an article by Movie-Locations. As the mine at Easington Colliery was closed, a few scenes had to be filmed at the Ellington and Lynemouth Mine situated in Northumberland.

A post shared by cinemadoor cinemadoor. The interior part of the youth centre where Billy practices is actually the Hanwell Community Centre in London. As the story has an ample amount of emotion altogether, it also involves some spectacular dance sequences. Even the audiences have liked the movie and have reviewed it positively. Dame Julie Walters played the fantastic Mrs.

Wilkinson in the movie, the teacher who would ultimately introduce Billy Elliot to ballet and, essentially, force him to pursue his love of ballet and join the Royal Ballet School. Easington Colliery, the town that stood in for Everington during the filming of Billy Elliot, was a former coal-mining town with close connections between its inhabitants.

In order to reflect this tight-knit community, cinematographer Brian Tufano had the scenes in the mining village feel as claustrophobic as possible. However, Tufano would open up the scenes in which Billy dances to highlight how Billy feels free when he dances, allowing him to escape the social pressure of his community. The movie grappled with several themes, some of which are still present to this day, including toxic masculinity, familial expectations, and social pressure to conform to a particular role based on your gender.

With reference to ballet, the film helped introduce several new young men to the ballet art form. The New York Times reported in January that three of the four men in a recent performance of Swan Lake said that Billy Elliot had a direct influence on them. Writer living in Adelaide, Australia. Long-suffering post-graduate student and lover of pop culture from Game of Thrones to DC. Twitter: samchinson. By Sam Hutchinson Published Oct 28,