Editing Billy Elliot (section)

==Reception and legacy==

=== Box office ===
''Billy Elliot'' premiered on 19 May at the [[2000 Cannes Film Festival]] under the title ''Dancer''.<ref name=cannespremiere></ref> 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 in the United Kingdom by Universal Pictures through [[United International Pictures]]. In the United States,  [[Universal Focus]] released the film on 13 October 2000.<ref name=":9" /> Against expectations, the film grossed $109,280,263 worldwide, including $24 million in the United Kingdom and $22 million in the United States and Canada.<ref name=":9">{{Cite web|url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt0249462/?ref_=bo_se_r_1|title=Billy Elliot|website=Box Office Mojo|access-date=2019-12-25}}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine|magazine=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|page=32|title=U.K.'s Top 10 in 2000|date=February 19, 2001|edition=AFM 2001: Film Market Preview}}</ref> [[Universal Home Entertainment]] released ''Billy Elliot'' on [[VHS]] on 20 April 2001, and on [[Blu-ray]] on 10 January 2012. The Blu-ray includes a short documentary of the film's production.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.the-numbers.com/movie/Billy-Elliot|title=Billy Elliot (2000) – Financial Information|website=The Numbers|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Billy Elliot Blu-ray|url=https://www.blu-ray.com/movies/Billy-Elliot-Blu-ray/33802/|website=blu-ray.com|access-date=2020-04-03}}</ref>

=== Critical response ===
[[File:Jamie Bell by Gage Skidmore.jpg|thumb|[[Jamie Bell]] (pictured in 2015) received acclaim for his performance as Billy.|216x216px]]
On review aggregator website [[Rotten Tomatoes]], the film holds an approval rating of 85% based on 119 critic reviews, with an average rating of 7.30/10. The site's critical consensus reads: "''Billy Elliot'' is a charming movie that can evoke both laughter and tears."<ref name="tomatoes">{{cite web|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/billy_elliot|title=Billy Elliot (2000)|publisher=[[Rotten Tomatoes]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171127040601/https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/billy_elliot/|archive-date=27 November 2017|access-date=9 August 2021}}</ref> At [[Metacritic]], the film has a weighted average score of 74 out of 100, based on 34 critics, indicating "generally favourable reviews".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.metacritic.com/movie/billy-elliot|title=Billy Elliot Reviews|publisher=[[Metacritic]]|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180505230815/http://www.metacritic.com/movie/billy-elliot|archive-date=5 May 2018|access-date=9 April 2018}}</ref> Audiences polled by [[CinemaScore]] gave the film an average grade of "A−" on an A+ to F scale.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cinemascore.com/|title=CinemaScore|publisher=[[CinemaScore]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180102130540/https://www.cinemascore.com/|archive-date=2 January 2018|access-date=2020-01-02}} (Type 'Billy Elliot' in the search box.)</ref>

Film critic [[Roger Ebert]] gave the film three out of four stars, calling the film "as much parable and fantasy as it is realistic". He said Bell's performance was "engaging", Lewis was "convincing" and Walters was "spirited and colourful".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/billy-elliot-2000/ |title=Billy Elliot |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |work=RogerEbert.com |publisher=Ebert Digital LLC |access-date=9 April 2018 |date=13 October 2000 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171227212916/https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/billy-elliot-2000 |archive-date=27 December 2017 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Peter Bradshaw]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' praised the film saying, "This is a film with a lot of charm, a lot of humour and a lot of heart. Daldry's direction and the screenplay by Lee Hall distinguish themselves further in the discreet, intelligent way ... ''Billy Elliot'' has a freshness that makes it a pleasure to watch; it's a very emphatic success".<ref>{{Cite news|date=2000-09-29|title=Billy Elliot|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/sep/29/1|url-status=live|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191229004813/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2000/sep/29/1|archive-date=29 December 2019|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> David Rooney of ''[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]'' also praised the cast, writing, "Relationships between all the characters are well observed—the father and his sons, the two brothers, and Billy and his grandmother, his friend Michael and jaded Mrs. Wilkinson—all of them yielding sweet, unforced feel-good moments". Rooney also praised the cinematography, visuals and soundtrack in showing Billy's rebelliousness.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Rooney|first=David|date=2000-05-22|title=Billy Elliot|url=https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/billy-elliot-4-1200462157/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226180206/https://variety.com/2000/film/reviews/billy-elliot-4-1200462157/|archive-date=26 December 2019|access-date=2019-12-26|website=Variety|language=en}}</ref> Charlotte O'Sullivan of ''[[The Independent]]'' wrote the cast are "near perfect", adding the film is "as raw a slice of escapism as you could wish for".<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Sullivan|first=Charlotte|date=2008-11-21|title=First Impressions: Billy Elliot (2000)|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/first-impressions-billy-elliot-2000-1027341.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102223256/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/reviews/first-impressions-billy-elliot-2000-1027341.html|archive-date=2 January 2020|access-date=2020-01-02|website=[[The Independent]]|language=en}}</ref> [[William Gallagher (writer)|William Gallagher]] from the BBC gave the film five out of five stars, writing, "It's a simple tale but one that is extremely well told and acted. Fittingly for a story about dance, it doesn't put a foot wrong and is engrossing, funny, very sad, very moving and very uplifting."<ref>{{Cite web|last=Gallagher|first=William|date=2000-10-11|title=BBC – Films – Billy Elliot|url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/09/11/billy_elliot_review.shtml|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201015718/http://www.bbc.co.uk/films/2000/09/11/billy_elliot_review.shtml|archive-date=1 December 2017|access-date=2020-01-02|website=BBC}}</ref>

Some critics gave a mixed response. [[Time Out (magazine)|''Timeout'']] magazine believes that "Daldry overuses the dance as a metaphor for escape and frustration, and choreographer Peter Darling's grandstanding ballet numbers sit a little uneasily, given the realist comedy pitch".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.timeout.com/london/film/billy-elliot|title=Billy Elliot|website=Time Out London|date=10 September 2012 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-26|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190707225240/https://www.timeout.com/london/film/billy-elliot|archive-date=7 July 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> [[A. O. Scott]] of ''[[The New York Times]]'' notes that there were "patches of thinness and predictability", and that "the first half seems to acknowledge its own triteness". However, he compliments the pacing of the scenes and the actors who "inhabit their roles like second-hand suits".<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/13/movies/film-review-escaping-a-miner-s-life-for-a-career-in-ballet.html|title=Film Review; Escaping a Miner's Life For a Career in Ballet|last=Scott|first=A. O.|author-link=A.O. Scott|date=2000-10-13|work=The New York Times|access-date=2019-12-26|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191226180206/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/10/13/movies/film-review-escaping-a-miner-s-life-for-a-career-in-ballet.html|archive-date=26 December 2019|url-status=live}}</ref> Mark Holcomb, writing for ''[[IndieWire]]'', took issue with the "odd, unsuccessful mix of theatrical whimsy and social realism", and a dance scene which he describes as a "cringe-inducing '80s-style music video routine".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2000/10/review-mixed-steps-pleasing-and-predictable-billy-elliot-81347/|title=Review: Mixed Steps, Pleasing and Predictable "Billy Elliot"|last=Holcomb|first=Mark|date=2000-10-12|website=IndieWire|language=en|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200102223244/https://www.indiewire.com/2000/10/review-mixed-steps-pleasing-and-predictable-billy-elliot-81347/|archive-date=2 January 2020|access-date=2020-01-02}}</ref>

=== Themes ===
Poverty and [[social class]] have been seen as major themes of the film. Author Rebecca Mahon observed the film has a realistic setting; the early scenes emphasising the miners' strike, the death of Billy's mother and the family's financial situation.<ref>{{Cite book|title=Billy Elliot|last=Mahon, Rebecca.|date=2003|publisher=Pascal Press|others=Daldry, Stephen.|isbn=1-74125-037-4|location=Glebe, NSW|pages=14|oclc=224040491}}</ref> Daldry adds, "It doesn't matter where you are in the world, people understand the idea that you're part of an industrial, working class group that is being discarded. And its question—of what happens to communities devastated by de-industrialisation and [[privatisation]]". In addition to social class, Daldry states that the film is about finding a voice—"someone trying to express himself or herself".<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://qz.com/1096401/director-stephen-daldry-on-billy-elliot-the-meaning-and-message-behind-the-films-most-memorable-scene/|title=Why Billy Elliot's most memorable scene still resonates across the world|last=Mohdin|first=Aamna|website=Quartz|date=6 October 2017 |language=en|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103120809/https://qz.com/1096401/director-stephen-daldry-on-billy-elliot-the-meaning-and-message-behind-the-films-most-memorable-scene/|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref> Koller-Alonso writes that gender differences are expressed by showing girls attending ballet classes, while their male counterparts are having [[boxing]] lessons. Homosexuality, a taboo subject in the 1980s, as well as [[police brutality]] are depicted and explored in the film.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/what-billy-elliot-taught-us-about-british-history/|title=What Billy Elliot Taught Us About British History|last=Koller-Alonso|first=Sara|website=Culture Trip|date=4 March 2016|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103120811/https://theculturetrip.com/europe/united-kingdom/england/london/articles/what-billy-elliot-taught-us-about-british-history/|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>

===Accolades===
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|+
! scope="col" |Award
! scope="col" |Category
! scope="col" |Recipients)
! scope="col" |Result
! scope="col" class="unsortable" |Ref
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| rowspan="3" |[[73rd Academy Awards|Academy Awards]]
|[[Academy Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|{{sort|Daldry|Stephen Daldry}}
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" |<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |date=2001-02-13 |title=Walters leads UK Oscars charge |language=en-GB |work=BBC |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1168138.stm |url-status=live |access-date=2020-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103101155/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1168138.stm |archive-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
|[[Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
|{{sort|Walters|Julie Walters}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Best Original Screenplay]]
| {{sort|Hall|Lee Hall}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[American Cinema Editors]]
|Best Edited Dramatic Feature Film
|''Billy Elliot''
|{{nom}}
|align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://cinemajam.com/mag/interviews/john-wilson|title=John Wilson Interview – "Billy Elliot" and "Downton Abbey" editor|date=2017-01-23|website=The Spread|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103111026/http://cinemajam.com/mag/interviews/john-wilson|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=dead}}</ref>
|-
|[[Art Directors Guild]]
|Feature Film
|''Billy Elliot''
|{{nom}}
|align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://adg.org/awards/adg/winners/2001/|title=ADG Awards Winner & Nominees|website=adg.org|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190805211840/https://adg.org/awards/adg/winners/2001/|archive-date=5 August 2019|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[Australian Film Institute]]
|Best Foreign Film
|''Billy Elliot''
|{{nom}}
|align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Past Awards |url=https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/past-awards/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191225184513/https://www.aacta.org/aacta-awards/past-awards/ |archive-date=25 December 2019 |access-date=2020-01-03 |website=www.aacta.org |language=en-AU}} Click on 'Additional Awards'.</ref>
|-
| rowspan="13" |[[54th British Academy Film Awards|British Academy of Film and Television Arts]]
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Film|Best Film]]
|''Billy Elliot''
| {{nom}}
| rowspan="13" align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film in 2001 {{!}} BAFTA Awards |url=http://awards.bafta.org/award/2001/film |access-date=2023-04-08 |website=awards.bafta.org}}</ref>
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role|Best Actor in a Leading Role]]
|{{sort|Bell|Jamie Bell}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Direction|Best Direction]]
|{{sort|Daldry|Stephen Daldry}}
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[BAFTA Award for Outstanding Debut by a British Writer, Director or Producer|Carl Foreman Award for Most Promising Newcomer in British Film]]
|{{sort|Daldry|Stephen Daldry}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|{{sort|Hall|Lee Hall}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Original Screenplay|Best Original Screenplay]]
|{{sort|Hall|Lee Hall}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Outstanding British Film]]
|''Billy Elliot''
| {{won}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Supporting Role|Best Actor in a Supporting Role]]
|{{sort|Lewis|Gary Lewis}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role|Best Actress in a Supporting Role]]
|{{sort|Walters|Julie Walters}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Anthony Asquith Award for Film Music]]
|{{sort|Warbeck|Stephen Warbeck}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography|Best Cinematography]]
|{{sort|Tufano|Brian Tufano}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Editing|Best Editing]]
|{{sort|Wilson|John Wilson}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[BAFTA Award for Best Sound|Best Sound]]
|{{sort|Holding|Mark Holding}}, {{sort|Smith|Mike Prestwood Smith}}, and {{sort|Hayward|Zane Hayward}}
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="4" |[[British Independent Film Awards]]
|[[BIFA Award for Best British Independent Film|Best British Independent Film]]
|''Billy Elliot''
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="4" align="center" |<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/billy-elliot-wins-four-major-titles-at-british-awards-638168.html|title='Billy Elliot' wins four major titles at British awards|date=2000-10-26|website=The Independent|language=en|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103103038/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/films/news/billy-elliot-wins-four-major-titles-at-british-awards-638168.html|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
|-
|[[British Independent Film Award for Breakthrough Performance|Best Newcomer]]
|{{sort|Bell|Jamie Bell}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[British Independent Film Award for Best Director|Best Director]]
|{{sort|Daldry|Stephen Daldry}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[British Independent Film Award for Best Screenplay|Best Screenplay]]
|{{sort|Hall|Lee Hall}}
|{{Won}}
|-
| rowspan="2" |[[58th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe Awards]]
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture – Drama|Best Motion Picture – Drama]]
|''Billy Elliot''
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="2" align="center" |<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1379168/Billy-Elliot-is-nominated-for-Golden-Globe-award.html|title=Billy Elliot is nominated for Golden Globe award|journal=The Daily Telegraph|last=Davis|first=Simon|date=2000-12-22|access-date=2020-01-03|language=en-GB|issn=0307-1235|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103103031/https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/1379168/Billy-Elliot-is-nominated-for-Golden-Globe-award.html|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref>{{Cite news |last=Kelso |first=Paul |date=2000-12-22 |title=Billy Elliot listed for Golden Globe award |language=en-GB |work=The Guardian |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/22/filmnews.film |url-status=live |access-date=2020-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103103026/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2000/dec/22/filmnews.film |archive-date=3 January 2020 |issn=0261-3077}}</ref>
|-
|[[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture|Best Supporting Actress – Motion Picture]]
|{{sort|Walters|Julie Walters}}
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="3" |[[7th Screen Actors Guild Awards|Screen Actors Guild Awards]]
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role|Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role]]
|{{sort|Bell|Jamie Bell}}
|{{nom}}
| rowspan="3" align="center" |<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1154689.stm|title=Jamie's dance to fame|date=2001-02-06|access-date=2020-01-03|work=BBC|language=en-GB|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103103030/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1154689.stm|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref><br /><ref name=":5">{{Cite web |title=The 7th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards {{!}} Screen Actors Guild Awards |url=https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/7th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706041918/https://www.sagawards.org/awards/nominees-and-recipients/7th-annual-screen-actors-guild-awards |archive-date=6 July 2019 |access-date=2020-01-03 |website=www.sagawards.org |language=en}}</ref>
|-
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role|Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Supporting Role]]
|{{sort|Walters|Julie Walters}}
|{{nom}}
|-
|[[Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture|Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture]]
|''Billy Elliot''
|{{nom}}
|-
| rowspan="6" |[[London Film Critics Circle Awards 2000|London Film Critics' Circle]]
|British Newcomer of the Year
|{{sort|Bell|Jamie Bell}}
|{{Won}}
| rowspan="6" align="center" |<ref name=":6">{{Cite news |date=2001-02-15 |title=Awards flow for Billy Elliot |language=en-GB |work=BBC News |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1172629.stm |url-status=live |access-date=2020-01-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103103036/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1172629.stm |archive-date=3 January 2020}}</ref>
|-
| rowspan="2" |British Producer of the Year
|{{sort|Brenman|Greg Brenman}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|{{sort|Finn|Jon Finn}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|British Director of the Year
|{{sort|Daldry|Stephen Daldry}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle Award for British or Irish Film of the Year|British Film of the Year]]
|''Billy Elliot''
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[London Film Critics' Circle Award for British Actress of the Year|British Actress of the Year]]
|{{sort|Walters|Julie Walters}}
|{{Won}}
|-
|[[Motovun Film Festival]]
|Propeller Award
|''Billy Elliot''
|{{Won}}
|align="center" |<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://motovunfilmfestival.com/en/motovun-film-festival-has-a-new-cinema-cinema-billy/|title=Motovun Film Festival has a new cinema – Cinema Billy!|date=2019-02-21|website=Motovun Film Festival|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-03|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200103111053/https://motovunfilmfestival.com/en/motovun-film-festival-has-a-new-cinema-cinema-billy/|archive-date=3 January 2020|url-status=live}}</ref>
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