Standard Module C: Texts and Society

Elective: Into the World

Text: Billy Elliot, directed by Stephen Daldry

Online resources

• The official website

http://www.billyelliot.com/pages/home.html

• The Wikipedia entry. Remember, there are links at the bottom of the page.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Elliot

• Site includes a podcast discussion

http://www.musicaltalk.co.uk/episodes_0054.html

• Examines Billy Elliot as an example of a successful film genre

http://www.scriptwritermagazine.com/parkbrit.htm

• An interview with Jamie Bell, the actor playing Billy Elliot

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/25/sbst.jamie.bell/

• Interviews with director, Stephen Daldry

http://www.splicedonline.com/00features/jbell.html

http://www.indiewire.com/people/int_Daldry_Stephen_001017.html

http://archives.cnn.com/2000/SHOWBIZ/Movies/10/12/billy.elliot/

• An interview with the scriptwriter, Lee Hall

http://pubs.socialistreviewindex.org.uk/sr247/mitchell.htm

• A socialist look at the film

http://www.wsws.org/articles/2000/dec2000/elli-d18.shtml