Billy Elliot: The Musical Live
✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
United Kingdom · 2014
Rated PG-13 · 2h 42m
Director Stephen Daldry, Brett Sullivan
Starring Elliott Hanna, Ruthie Henshall, Liam Mower, Tom Holland
Genre Music, Drama, History
Add to Watchlist
Please login to add films to your watchlist.
Billy Elliot the Musical is a musical based on the 2000 film Billy Elliot. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. In June 2014, it was announced that the musical would be screened and broadcast live to cinemas around the UK and the world. On 28 September, the matinee of the musical was broadcast as it was being filmed at the Victoria Palace Theatre to cinemas around the UK and other countries with further encore screenings of that same performance on other dates. Billy was played by Elliott Hanna. Liam Mower, one of the three actors who originated the title role, returned to play the role of Older Billy. In addition, 25 past and present actors to have played the title role on the West End performed a specially-choreographed dance number at the finale. The live broadcast topped the UK and Ireland box office the weekend it was broadcast, a first for an event cinema release, beating The Equalizer with £1.9m.
What are people saying?
Users who liked this film also liked
Billy Elliot
A coal miner's eleven-year-old son abandons his boxing training to begin ballet classes.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- United Kingdom, France • 2000
- Director Stephen Daldry
- Cast Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis, Stephen Mangan
- Genre Drama, Comedy, Music
- Available on Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, Microsoft Store, YouTube, Spectrum On Demand
The Wing or the Thigh?
(L'Aile ou la Cuisse)
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 1976
- Director Claude Zidi
- Cast Louis de Funès, Coluche, Ann Zacharias, Julien Guiomar, Claude Gensac, Georges Chamarat
- Genre Comedy
- Available on Kanopy
Breathe
(Respire)
17-year-old girl Charlie is thrilled when she becomes friends with Sarah, but their relationship takes an ominous turn.
- ✭ ✭ ✭ ✭
- France • 2014
- Director Mélanie Laurent
- Cast Joséphine Japy, Lou de Laâge, Isabelle Carré, Roxane Duran, Claire Keim, Radivoje Bukvić
- Genre Drama
- Available on Peacock Premium, Peacock Premium Plus, Apple TV, Google Play Movies, Fandango At Home, Amazon Video, YouTube, FlixFling, Tubi TV, Freevee, Kanopy, Hoopla, Plex, Plex Channel