"the performances of Julie Walters, Gary Lewis and Jamie Bell in particular. In 2004, the magazine ""Total Film"" named ""Billy Elliot"" the 39th greatest British film of all time. Stephen Warbeck scored the music for the film. The soundtrack was released on 11 March 2002, and includes several well-known glam rock and punk songs from the likes of T. Rex and the Clash. The soundtrack also contains pieces of dialogue from the film. In 2004, English singer/songwriter Elton John joined forces with the film's screenwriter Lee Hall to produce a musical adaptation of the film, which premiered 31 March 2005"
"Kiril Kulish Kiril Jacob Kulish (born February 16, 1994) is an American actor, dancer, and singer who is best known for portraying the title role in the original American production of ""Billy Elliot the Musical"". Kulish was born in San Diego, California on February 16, 1994. His parents, Raisa Kulish and KIrk Kulish are immigrants from the Ukraine. His older brother, Victor, is a singer/songwriter and recording engineer, and his older sister Beata is a TV/film producer. He grew up speaking Russian, Ukrainian, and English. He started studying ballet at age five and ballroom dancing at age 8. He studied"
"Kiril Kulish Kiril Jacob Kulish (born February 16, 1994) is an American actor, dancer, and singer who is best known for portraying the title role in the original American production of ""Billy Elliot the Musical"". Kulish was born in San Diego, California on February 16, 1994. His parents, Raisa Kulish and KIrk Kulish are immigrants from the Ukraine. His older brother, Victor, is a singer/songwriter and recording engineer, and his older sister Beata is a TV/film producer. He grew up speaking Russian, Ukrainian, and English. He started studying ballet at age five and ballroom dancing at age 8. He studied"
"- ""Billy Elliot"" Greg Brenman and Jonathan Finn - ""Billy Elliot"" London Film Critics Circle Awards 2000 The 21st London Film Critics Circle Awards, honouring the best in film for 2000, were announced by the London Film Critics Circle on 15 February 2001. ""Being John Malkovich"" ""Billy Elliot"" ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon"" • Taiwan/Hong Kong/United States/China Spike Jonze - ""Being John Malkovich"" Stephen Daldry - ""Billy Elliot"" Charlie Kaufman - ""Being John Malkovich"" Christopher Nolan - ""Memento"" Russell Crowe - ""Gladiator"" and ""The Insider Julia Roberts - ""Erin Brockovich"" Jim Broadbent - ""Topsy-Turvy"" Julie Walters - ""Billy Elliot"" Albert Finney"
"trailer, published by HarperCollins, was produced and directed by Stephen Daldry. Ko was honored by President Barack Obama at The White House on 28 May 2013 for his Broadway and literary accomplishments as an influential Asian-American in the Arts, along with Amy Tan and Lisa Ling. Alex Ko Nicholas Alexander Ko (born February 3, 1996) is an American actor, dancer and singer. He won the title role in ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" on Broadway in 2009. Ko is the middle child of three children. He was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa. Ko's father, Cheukman Sam Ko, was born"
"George Maguire (actor) George Maguire (born 11 December 1990) is an English actor and one of the three original cast members who carried the title role in ""Billy Elliot the Musical"". Maguire performed the role of ""Billy"" for the opening night performance 12 May 2005, and continued performing until 17 December 2005, when he left the cast. He was replaced by Travis Yates. Together with his two original cast mates James Lomas and Liam Mower, he alternated in the role of Billy, and after leaving, performed again in a first anniversary Gala show of ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" on 12"
"cast includes Elliott Hanna in the title role with Ruthie Henshall as Mrs. Wilkinson, Deka Walmsley as Billy’s dad, Chris Grahamson as Tony and Ann Emery as Grandma. Further cast included Claudia Bradley as Dead Mam, Howard Crossley as George, David Muscatt as Mr Braithwaite, Alan Mehdizadeh as Big Davey, Liam Mower as Older Billy and David Stoller as Posh Dad. Billy Youth Theatre was a countrywide scheme as part of which participating schools and youth groups were given the opportunity to stage their own production of the musical. ""Billy Elliot"" writer Lee Hall, together with Martin Koch (Musical Supervision"
"James Lomas (actor) James Jacob Lomas (born 1 March 1990) is a British Olivier Award-winning actor best known for his role as Billy Elliot in ""Billy Elliot the Musical"". Lomas was one of the three original Billy Elliots of the original West End theatre production of ""Billy Elliot the Musical"". He continued performing until 7 January 2006. Together with his two original colleagues Liam Mower and George Maguire, alternating in the role of “Billy”, he performed again in a first anniversary Gala show on 12 May 2006. Lomas started dancing with the Sharon Berry School of Theatre Dance in Sheffield"
"character. The story told of the making of ""Renaissance"" and was part of the ITV drama ""Moving Wallpaper"". In 2014 he made a cameo appearance in the finale of ""Billy Elliot the Musical Live"". He became a member of the actors' union Equity as George Maguire, however, another actor of the same name has been working in the West End since 1995, which has led to some confusion on the internet. George Maguire (actor) George Maguire (born 11 December 1990) is an English actor and one of the three original cast members who carried the title role in ""Billy Elliot"
"Actor in a Supporting Role for ""Traffic"", and Julie Walters won Best Actress in a Supporting Role for ""Billy Elliot"". Jamie Bell – ""Billy Elliot"" Julia Roberts – ""Erin Brockovich"" Gladiator Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) Ang Lee – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"" Gladiator Gladiator Billy Elliot Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long) ""How the Grinch Stole Christmas"" – Rick Baker and Gail Rowell-Ryan ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"" – Tan Dun Gladiator ""Traffic"" – Stephen Gaghan ""Almost Famous"" – Cameron Crowe Almost Famous Benicio del Toro –"
"Billy Bob Thornton Billy Bob Thornton (born August 4, 1955) is an American actor, filmmaker, singer, songwriter, and musician. Thornton had his first break when he co-wrote and starred in the 1992 thriller ""One False Move"", and received international attention after writing, directing, and starring in the independent drama film ""Sling Blade"" (1996), for which he won an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Actor. He appeared in several major film roles in the 1990s following ""Sling Blade"", including Oliver Stone's neo-noir ""U Turn"" (1997), political drama ""Primary Colors"" (1998), science"
"and Stephen Mangan were also in final talks to join the film, and Patrick Malahide and Barbara Leigh-Hunt were added to the cast, playing the Royal Ballet School principals. On 17 June 1999, Neil North and Lee Williams joined the cast of the film, playing the Royal Ballet School tutors. ""Billy Elliot"" was originally released at the 2000 Cannes Film Festival under the title ""Dancer"". It was later decided to re-title the film ""Billy Elliot"" to avoid confusion with ""Dancer In The Dark"", another film at Cannes that year. ""Billy Elliot"" was theatrically released on 29 September 2000 by Universal"
"a member of the British Army. Stuart Wells Stuart Wells (born 18 September 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Michael in the film ""Billy Elliot"" (2000). Wells was aged 18 at the time of filming, but he portrayed an 11-year-old. In 2001, Wells quit acting to join the British Army's 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. He left the Army in 2008 with the rank of corporal after serving three operational tours, including two in Iraq. Wells is engaged to Christine, with whom he has a daughter, Hannah-May. They live in Newcastle upon"
"Corey Snide Corey Snide (born December 19, 1993) is an American actor and dancer best known for his performance as Billy in ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" based on the hit film ""Billy Elliot"". Snide is a graduate of Colonie Central High School (class of 2011), and of Juilliard (class of 2015). He began dancing at the age of three and was trained in ""Tap"", ""Jazz"", ""Ballet"", ""Street"" and ""Contemporary"" at ""Eleanor's School of the Dance"". Snide has competed in dance competitions across the United States and won many titles and awards in the category of 13 and under. He represented"
"Stuart Wells Stuart Wells (born 18 September 1982) is an English actor. He is best known for his role as Michael in the film ""Billy Elliot"" (2000). Wells was aged 18 at the time of filming, but he portrayed an 11-year-old. In 2001, Wells quit acting to join the British Army's 1st Battalion, Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. He left the Army in 2008 with the rank of corporal after serving three operational tours, including two in Iraq. Wells is engaged to Christine, with whom he has a daughter, Hannah-May. They live in Newcastle upon Tyne. Wells' brother, John, is also"
"Mower the youngest ever winner of this award. Mower also obtained a Critics' Cirle Award the same month for Best Newcomer. Liam Mower Liam Mower (born 30 May 1992 in Kingston upon Hull, England) is an English actor and dancer. Best known for his talent for ballet, he was one of the three boys who shared the lead role in the original London cast of ""Billy Elliot the Musical"". He is currently employed by Matthew Bourne and has appeared in his production of ""Swan Lake"", ""The Nutcracker"" and ""The Car Men"". Mower is from Kingston upon Hull. His father is"
"Alex Ko Nicholas Alexander Ko (born February 3, 1996) is an American actor, dancer and singer. He won the title role in ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" on Broadway in 2009. Ko is the middle child of three children. He was born and raised in Iowa City, Iowa. Ko's father, Cheukman Sam Ko, was born in Hong Kong where he was a professional gaffer in the film industry, including Shanghai Surprise and The Protector (1985 film). Ko's father became an entrepreneur after relocating to the United States in 1992 and died of liver cancer when Alex was 11 years old. His"
"summer 2009 at the Princess Theatre Taylor performed Nijinsky’s Fire Bird Ballet Solo. On 27 November 2010 he was a leading dancer in “A Beatles Ballet” produced by the Buckingham Dance Studio. In September 2010 Taylor continued his education as an A-level student at Churston Ferrers Grammar School. He is now reading History at the University of York. Oliver Taylor (actor) Oliver Taylor (born 1994) is an English stage actor and dancer, best known for playing the title role in ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" at the Victoria Palace Theatre, London. Taylor is from Paignton, Devon. He began dancing at the"
"Shanghai"", starring Rita Hayworth and Welles; and as a judge in the 1949 crime drama, ""Flaxy Martin"", starring Virginia Mayo. His final appearance in a feature film was as the minister in George Cukor's 1952 comedy-drama, ""The Marrying Kind"", starring Aldo Ray and Judy Holliday. His final acting appearance was in the 1956 western serial, ""Perils of the Wilderness"", in the role of Homer Lynch. Elliott died on December 12, 1956 in Los Angeles, less than a year after the release of his final performance. John Elliott (actor) John Elliott (July 5, 1876 – December 12, 1956) was an American"
"Actor in a Leading Role for his role in ""Bohemian Rhapsody"". Rami Malek Rami Said Malek (born May 12, 1981) is an American actor best known for his lead role as Elliot Alderson in the USA Network television series ""Mr. Robot"". His performance in the program has earned him a Critics' Choice Award and Emmy, as well as Golden Globe, Screen Actors Guild, and TCA award nominations, among others. Though born and raised in Los Angeles, California, Malek attended the University of Evansville in Indiana, graduating with a degree in Theater. He found work in a series of supporting roles"
"Old Men)<br> - Ermanno Olmi (Centochiodi)<br> - Sean Penn (Into the Wild)<br> - Ridley Scott (American Gangster)<br> <br> Best actor in leading role<br> - George Clooney (Michael Clayton)<br> - Daniel Day-Lewis (There Will Be Blood)<br> - Emile Hirsch (Into the Wild)<br> - Viggo Mortensen (La promessa dell'assassino)<br> - Denzel Washington (American Gangster)<br> <br> Best actress in leading role<br> - Cate Blanchett (Elizabeth - The Golden Age)<br> - Julie Christie (Lontano da lei)<br> - Marion Cotillard (La vie en rose)<br> - Keira Knightley (Espiazione)<br> - Meryl Streep (Leoni per agnelli)<br> <br> Best original screenplay<br> - Caramel<br> - Centochiodi<br> - Io non"
"1. Frances McDormand – ""Almost Famous"" and ""Wonder Boys""<br> 2. Julie Walters – ""Billy Elliot""<br> 3. Madeline Kahn – ""Judy Berlin"" 1. Cameron Crowe – ""Almost Famous""<br> 2. Edward Yang – ""Yi Yi""<br> 3. Steven Soderbergh – ""Erin Brockovich"" and ""Traffic""<br> 3. Michael Winterbottom – ""The Claim"" and ""Wonderland"" 1. Cameron Crowe – ""Almost Famous""<br> 1. Steve Kloves – ""Wonder Boys""<br> 3. Mike White – ""Chuck & Buck"" 1. Peter Pau – ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long"")<br> 2. Agnès Godard – ""Beau Travail""<br> 3. Alwin H. Kuchler – ""The Claim""<br> 3. Matthew Libatique – ""Tigerland"" and ""Requiem"
"a ranch. He died there from lung cancer on November 26, 1965, aged 61. He is interred at Palm Downtown Mortuary/Cemetery in Las Vegas. Wild Bill Elliott Wild Bill Elliott (October 16, 1904 – November 26, 1965) was an American film actor. He specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films. Elliott was born Gordon Nance on a ranch near Pattonsburg, Missouri, the son of Leroy Whitfield Nance, a cattle broker, and his wife, Maude Myrtle Auldridge. The young Nance grew up within twenty miles of his birthplace; he spent most of"
"""Traffic"" Julie Walters – ""Billy Elliot"" The Perfect Storm 54th British Academy Film Awards The 54th British Academy Film Awards, given by the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, took place on 25 February 2001 and honoured the best films of 2000. Ridley Scott's Gladiator won Best Film, while Ang Lee won Best Director for ""Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon (Wo hu cang long)"". ""Billy Elliot"" was voted Best British Film of 2000, and the film's lead actor, Jamie Bell, won Best Actor in a Leading Role. In addition, Julia Roberts won Best Actress in a Leading Role for her"
"Dance Alliance) Nationals scored him a four year college scholarship to Marymount Manhattan College. In March 2011, Snide was accepted into Juilliard, from which he graduated in 2015. In July 2016, Snide started playing the understudy/alternate for the roles of ""Coricopat"" and ""Mistoffelees"" in the Broadway revival of the musical show Cats. In middle school, he was in a few school plays including one with students such as Jill Lambert. Corey Snide Corey Snide (born December 19, 1993) is an American actor and dancer best known for his performance as Billy in ""Billy Elliot the Musical"" based on the hit"
"Lee Hall (playwright) Lee Hall (born 20 September 1966) is an English playwright and screenwriter. He is best known for the 2000 film ""Billy Elliot"". Hall was born in Newcastle upon Tyne, Tyne & Wear, in 1966, the son of a house painter and decorator and a housewife. He was educated at Benfield School in Walkergate. As a youth he went to Wallsend Young People's Theatre along with Deka Walmsley and Trevor Fox who later appeared in both ""Billy Elliot"" and ""The Pitmen Painters"". He went to Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge, where he studied English literature and was taught by the"
"premiere on 31 January, Holland and two actors also playing the title role, Pflueger and Layton Williams, performed a version of ""Angry Dance"" from ""Billy Elliot the Musical"", after which Holland was interviewed by host Myleene Klass. He trained five British schoolboys for a dance routine he fronted for the final ""The Feel Good Factor"" show on 28 March 2009. On 8 March 2010, to mark the fifth anniversary of ""Billy Elliot the Musical"", four current Billy Elliots, including Holland, were invited to 10 Downing Street to meet the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown. Holland was chosen to be a lead"
"father, Jamie Draven as Billy's bullying older brother, and Julie Walters as his ballet teacher. The film was theatrically released on 29 September 2000 by Universal Pictures and Focus Features. It received positive reviews from critics and it earned £72,853,509 on a £3 million budget. 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. In 1984, Billy Elliot, an 11-year-old from the fictional"
"Jamie Bell Andrew James Matfin Bell (born 14 March 1986) is an English actor and dancer. He rose to prominence for his debut role in ""Billy Elliot"" (2000), for which he won the BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role. He is also known for his roles in the films ""King Kong"" (2005), ""Jumper"" (2008), ""The Adventures of Tintin"" (2011), ""Snowpiercer"" (2013), and ""Fantastic Four"" (2015), as well as starring as Abraham Woodhull in the television series """" (2014). Bell was born in Billingham, England, where he grew up with his mother, Eileen (""née"" Matfin), and elder sister,"
"theatrical, TV and film productions including leading roles for The Royal Shakespeare Company (2008) and National Theatre (2008) in London, BBC's Dr Who spin-off Torchwood (2009) and as Tony Elliot in the multi Olivier and Tony award winning Billy Elliot (2010), directed by Stephen Daldry, for which he was nominated Best Supporting Actor. More recently Craig has been starring as Luke Morris in the hit SKY1 comedy-drama Stella, created by Ruth Jones. The show ran for 6 seasons winning numerous awards and has been hailed as SKY1's most watched show ever and seen the second-biggest UK comedy launch in multichannel"
"on April 22, 2008, it was announced that Kulish would be one of three boys to play the title role in the original Broadway production of ""Billy Elliot the Musical"", along with David Álvarez and Trent Kowalik. Kulish performed in the musical's first preview performance on October 1, 2008. On June 7, 2009, Kulish, along with Trent Kowalik and David Álvarez, won the Tony Award for best leading actor in a musical. In all, ""Billy Elliot"" was nominated for 15 Tony Awards, and won 10, including Best Musical and Best Book. Kulish's last performance in ""Billy Elliot"" was on Saturday"
"Linda Hunt Lydia Susanna Hunt (born April 2, 1945), better known by her stage name Linda Hunt, is an American film, stage, and television actress. After making her film debut playing Mrs. Oxheart in ""Popeye"" (1980), Hunt's breakthrough came playing the male character Billy Kwan in ""The Year of Living Dangerously"" (1982), for which she won the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress, becoming the first person to win an Oscar portraying a character of the opposite sex. She has had great success in films such as ""The Bostonians"" (1984), ""Dune"" (1984), ""Silverado"" (1985), ""Eleni"" (1985), ""Waiting for the Moon"""
"Wild Bill Elliott Wild Bill Elliott (October 16, 1904 – November 26, 1965) was an American film actor. He specialized in playing the rugged heroes of B Westerns, particularly the Red Ryder series of films. Elliott was born Gordon Nance on a ranch near Pattonsburg, Missouri, the son of Leroy Whitfield Nance, a cattle broker, and his wife, Maude Myrtle Auldridge. The young Nance grew up within twenty miles of his birthplace; he spent most of his youth on a ranch near King City, Missouri. His father was a cattle rancher and commissioner buyer for the Kansas City stockyards. Riding"