2. Billy Elliot
• 2000 British drama film.
• The first feature film directed by
Stephen Dalry.
• Set in north-eastern England during
the 1984-5 coal miners' strike
A shy 11-year-old's passion for ballet
angers and upsets his working-class
family, who are struggling to survive
in an industrial Britain hit hard by the
80s miners' strike.
3. Cast & Crew
• Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot
• Julie Walters as Sandra Wilkinson
• Gary Lewis as Jackie Elliot
• Jamie Draven as Tony Elliot
• Jean Heywood as Grandma
• Stuart Wells as Michael Caffrey
• More than 200 people took
part in the production of the
film.
• Nicola Blackwell as Debbie Wilkinson
• Colin Maclachlan as Tom Wilkinson
• Billy Fane as Mr. Braithwaite
• Janine Birkett as Jenny Elliot
• Adam Cooper as Billy Elliot, age 28
• Merryn Owen as Michael Caffrey, age 28
• Stephen Mangan as Dr. Crane
4. Box Office
Budget
$5,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
• $215,681 (USA) (15 October 2000) (10 Screens)
• £1,541,109 (UK) (1 October 2000) (335 Screens)
In 2001, author Melvin Burgess
was commissioned to write the
novelisation of the film based on
Lee Hall's screenplay. The story
was adapted for the West End
stage as Billy Elliot the Musical in
2005; it opened in Australia in 2007
and on Broadway in 2008.
• The premiere of the film was on 29 of September 2000 in
the UK and Ireland.
• Overall, the film made £72,853,509.
• The film was shot in UK and the mining scenes were
filmed at the Ellington and Lynemouth colliery in
Northumberland.
5. Distribution
Production Companies:
• Arts Council of England (in
association with) (presents)
• BBC Films (presents)
• StudioCanal (A Canal+
Company)
• Tiger Aspect Productions
(as A Tiger Aspect Pictures
Production)
• WT2 Productions (in
association with) (as WT²)
• Working Title Films
(presents)
6. Critical Reception & Accolades
Awards:
2001 British Academy of Film and Television Arts
• Best British Film
• Best Actor in a Leading Role – Jamie Bell
• Best Actress in a Supporting Role – Julie Walters
2000 British Independent Film Awards
• Best British Independent Film
• Best Director – Stephen Daldry
• Best Newcomer – Jamie Bell
• Best Screenplay
• The film received
generally positive reviews,
holding an 85% approval
rating on Rotten Tomatoes
• Roger Ebert gave the film
three out of four stars,
complimenting the
performances of Julie
Walters, Gary Lewis and
Jamie Bell in particular.
• The Motion Picture
Association of America
gave it an R rating due to
language
2001 Young Artist Awards
• Best International Family Film
• Best Young Actor in an
International Film – Jamie Bell
7. Harry Potter an the Philosopher’s Stone
• Fantasy film directed by Chris
Columbus and distributed by Warner
Bros. Pictures. It is based on the novel
of the same name by J. K. Rowling.
• Production began in the United
Kingdom in 2000, with Columbus. The
production also included different
directors such as Steven Spielberg and
Rob Reiner.
• Warner Bros. bought the film rights to
the book in 1999 for a reported £1
million.
8. Cast & Crew
• Richard Harris as Albus Dumbledore
• Maggie Smith as Minerva McGonagall
• Robbie Coltrane as Rubeus Hagrid
• Daniel Radcliffe as Harry Potter
• Fiona Shaw as Petunia Dursley
• Harry Melling as Dudley Dursley
• Richard Griffiths as Vernon Dursley
• Rupert Grint as Ron Weasley
• Emma Watson as Hermione
Granger
• John Cleese as Nearly Headless
Nick
• Warwick Davis as Filius Flitwick
• Ian Hart as Professor Quirrell
• John Hurt as Mr Ollivander
• Alan Rickman as Severus Snape
• Julie Walters as Molly Weasley
• Zoë Wanamaker as Rolanda
Hooch
• Ralph Fiennes - Voldemort
• J. K. Rowling insisted that the
entire cast be British or Irish, in
keeping with the cultural integrity
of the book.
• Almost 800 people
took part in the
production.
9. Box Office
Budget
$125,000,000 (estimated)
Opening Weekend
• $90,294,621 (USA) (18 November 2001) (3,672 Screens)
• £16,335,627 (UK) (18 November 2001) (507 Screens)
• ARS 1,844,450 (Argentina) (6 December 2001) (178 Screens)
• AUD 12,174,437 (Australia) (5 December 2001) (476 Screens)
• €1,480,332 (Austria) (25 November 2001) (142 Screens)
• HUF 82,577,166 (Hungary) (19 December 2001)
• €1,999,000 (Netherlands) (25 November 2001) (243 Screens)
• RUR 28,664,522 (Russia) (24 March 2002)
• SGD 1,559,616 (Singapore) (25 November 2001)
• Filming began in September 2000 at
Leavesden Film Studios and
concluded in April 2001, with final
work being done in July.
• The film was shot at Leavesden Film
Studios and historic buildings around
the UK.
• The film made more than $974 million
at the worldwide box office.
• The film had its world premiere on 4
November 2001, in London's
Leicester Square.
• The film also had the highest grossing
5-day.
10. Distribution
Marketing:
• The first tester poster was released New
Year's Day 2001.
• The first teaser trailer was released via
satellite on 2 March 2001 and debuted in
cinemas with the release of See Spot Run.
• The soundtrack was released on 30
October 2001 in a CD format.
• Warner Bros. signed a deal worth US$150
million with Coca-Cola to promote the film
and Lego produced a series of sets based
on buildings and scenes from the film, as
well as a Lego Creator video game.
Home media:
• Warner Bros. first released the film on VHS
and DVD on 11 February 2002 in the E3
U.K.11 May 2002 in the U.K. and 28 May
2002 in the U.S. They later released an
Ultimate Edition in the U.S. only that
included a Blu-ray and DVD.
11. Critical reception & Accolades
• The film received positive reviews from
critics, garnering an 80% "Fresh" rating on
Rotten Tomatoes.
• Praise was echoed by both The Telegraph and
Empire reviewers, with Alan Morrison of the
latter naming it the film's "stand-out
sequence".
• Brian Linder of IGN.com also gave the film a
positive review, but concluded that it "isn't
perfect, but for me it's a nice supplement to a
book series that I love".
Nominations:
• The film was nominated for three Academy Award
nominations: Best Art Direction, Best Costume Design, and
Best Original Score for John Williams.
• The film was nominated for seven BAFTA Awards.
• It was nominated for the AFI Film Award for its special
effects and the Art Directors Guild Award for its production
design.
• The film was nominated for Best Child Performance (for
Daniel Radcliffe) and Best Composer (John Williams) for
Best Live Action Family Film.
Awards:
• The film won a Saturn Award for its costumes.
• It received the Broadcast Film Critics Award.
• It won other awards from the Casting Society of America and the
Costume Designers Guild.
