Billy Elliot - De carona no cinema

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A dança faz – de uma maneira ou de outra – parte da minha vida desde os meus 12 anos. E ela começou, como pra muitas meninas, com o ballet clássico. Logo que entrei, conheci o Érico Montes. Ele tinha, mais ou menos, a minha idade e fazíamos aula juntos. Era o único menino da turma e nós o adorávamos. Pra resumir a história, ele estudou e hoje trabalha no Royal Ballet, de Londres. Quando assisti Billy Elliot pela primeira vez, não tive como não me lembrar do Érico e encher meu coração de felicidade e boas lembranças. O filme retrata outras questões bem importantes para o contexto social da época e acho que não faz tanto sentido para crianças muito pequenas. Mas para nós, é maravilhoso!

 

Diretor: Stephen Daldry

Roteirista: Lee Hall

Gêneros: Comédia, drama, musical

País: UK |France

Lançamento 16 March 2001

Duração: 110 min

 

Sinopse

 

Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) um garoto de 11 anos que vive numa pequena cidade da Inglaterra, onde o principal meio de sustento são as minas da cidade. Obrigado pelo pai a treinar boxe, Billy fica fascinado com a magia do balé, ao qual tem contato através de aulas de dança clássica que são realizadas na mesma academia onde pratica boxe. Incentivado pela professora de balé (Julie Walters), que vê em Billy um talento nato para a dança, ele resolve então pendurar as luvas de boxe e se dedicar de corpo e alma dança, mesmo tendo que enfrentar a contrariedade de seu irmão e seu pai sua nova atividade.

 

Elenco

 

Jamie Bell  ... Billy Elliot

Jean Heywood ... Grandma

Jamie Draven ... Tony Elliot

Gary Lewis ... Dad (Jackie Elliot)

Stuart Wells ... Michael Caffrey

Mike Elliot ... George Watson

Billy Fane ... Mr. Braithwaite

Nicola Blackwell ... Debbie Wilkinson

Julie Walters ... Mrs. Wilkinson

Carol McGuigan ... Librarian

Joe Renton ... Gary Poulson

Colin MacLachlan ... Mr. Tom Wilkinson (as Colin Maclachlan)

Janine Birkett ... Billy's Mum

Trevor Fox ... PC Jeff Peverly

Charlie Hardwick ... Sheila Briggs

 

Curiosidades

 

Partly inspired by Royal Ballet dancer Philip Marsden whom writer Lee Hall met while researching the script. Marsden is from the North of England, and his family had a militant mining background.

 Jamie Bell took ballet and other dance classes while in secondary school, which caused him to often be ridiculed by his peers. He used some of these experiences as inspiration while playing Billy Elliot.

In the final scene, the ballet in which Billy performs is Mathew Bourne's version of "Swan Lake" where all the Swans are played by men. Billy plays the part of the Swan, the same part he discusses with Mrs Wilkinson earlier in the film.

One of the great qualms of the entire film was whether Mrs. Wilkinson should be there in the final scene, where the older Billy Elliot performs Swan Lake. Eventually, it came down to the fact that 'Julie Walters' wasn't available for filming.

Billy Elliot's original title was 'Dancer', but when they took the film to the Cannes Film Festival, there was another film called Dançando no Escuro, which won the Palmes D'Or, prompting confusion; indeed, Universal Studios called the directors, producers and writer up and congratulated them. They then realized they had to change the name and settled ('rather lamely', joked the writer) on 'Billy Elliot'.

When Elton John first saw the film at Cannes he immediately pitched the idea of making a stage musical of it to director Stephen Daldry.

 Jamie Bell is the only one of the four principals to actually come from the area where the film is set.

 Jamie Bell was going through puberty at the time of filming. Some of his dialog had to be post-synched as his voice had broken. And the opening scene in which he jumps up and down on a bed to T-Rex's "Cosmic Dancer" was shot over a lengthy period of time. For the latter takes, Bell had acquired hair on his legs and had to have them shaved.

The Broadway production of the musical "Billy Elliot" opened at the Imperial Theater on November 13, 2008, running for 675 performances as of June 2010 and won the 2009 Tony Award for Best Musical.

On 13 October 2010 the London musical Billy Elliot welcomed its 3 millionth patron to the Victoria Palace Theatre.

Lee Hall, who wrote the screenplay, said in an interview: "I wrote the movie of 'Billy Elliot' when I was still a neophyte playwright. I was trying to find a way of telling my own story but in a visual way. The first image that came to my mind was a kid jumping up and down on the bed like I used to do. Once I had that bit, the whole thing about dance just came tumbling out."

 

 Prêmios

 

OSCAR

Indicações

Melhor Diretor - Stephen Daldry|

Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante - Julie Walters

Melhor Roteiro Original

GLOBO DE OURO

Indicações

Melhor Filme - Drama

Melhor Atriz Coadjuvante - Julie Walters

CÉSAR

Indicação

Melhor Filme Estrangeiro

 
 

Referências:

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249462/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1

http://www.adorocinema.com/filmes/filme-11295/