As a daily activity, Billy goes down to the local gym where he boxes, or at least tries to.
Unlike here in America where kids play basketball, baseball or football (the American kind), up in England, sports like Boxing, Wrestling and Soccer are popular. You see…”Billy Elliot” is all about the ballet! We see the town in many ways, and by the end we’re used to seeing armed guards with plexiglass shields line the streets. On top of all this, the family has just lost their mother (it never says how) and is coping with the death and her loss in their own ways. The Dad, Jackie (Gary Lewis), and Brother, Tony (Jammie Draven) both are both currently unemployed and are part of the mob that is attacking the scabs on a daily basis. Billy lives with his father, brother and Grandmother in their house. They are striking against their union and in the meantime have nothing better to do than taunt and throw eggs at the “scabs” (the people who are working at the coal mine while the strike is going on). The story takes place in Northern England, a blue-collar town that is currently in the midst of a coal workers strike. The film seemed to follow a certain formula (that’s usually a shoo-in for a “hit” at the movies) and that was the story of one “Billy Elliot” (Jamie Bell). That never happened, as much as Universal would have liked it to. If we could turn back the clock eleven years, we’d see that there was much talk of “Billy Elliot” and a possible mention nod for Best Picture.
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