Well, since it looks like we still at least a couple weeks until the Billy Ellliot OCR CD is released, I went looking for video and sound recordings. Here are some multimedia downloads that may have been linked from this board before. If you have others clips, or if you need help sharing your clips on the Internet, please reply:
Trailer This short video promoting the search for the next Billy Elliot was released on Sir Elton John’s site prior to the opening. It features a boy singer (I have never seen his name) recording Electricity. Watch for a younger Liam Mower in a white shirt and gray track pants doing back flips and a pirouette, as well as James Lomas with spiky hair near the end. The first link has better sound, but you cannot zoom the image.
http://www.uvmedia.co.uk/billyelliot/thesearch.html http://www.eltonjohn.com/billy/vcd.asx Electricity and The Letter Clips Although these short clips are housed on the BE official site, I’m not sure how you find them without this direct link. They feature the same boy singer from the trailer. This is the first time I had heard The Letter (Dear Billy) since seeing Liam perform it in London last month, and I could feel the tears rolling down my face. Not sure how I will make it through the whole CD when it finally arrives.
http://www.billyelliotthemusical.com/ntrackplayer.swf Liam Interview This is a funny and informative interview with Liam and Ryan Longbottom from a Whatsonstage.com Radio podcast taped in July 2005. I urge you to listen to the whole thing, but you can skip to the end to hear a clip of Liam singing Electricity.
http://www.whatsonstage.com/wos/radio/Billy_Elliot_Pod.mp3 Billy Elliot Diaries This documentary for the new box set of the Billy Elliot movie shows the boys at their presentation to the press in October 2004, in their homes and dancing to Elton John’s rendition of Electricity at the Royal Variety Performance in December. Although they don’t sing, Liam’s pirouette at the end is amazing. The first link takes you to a place where you can download the four parts. The followiung 4 are a faster download, but cannot be zoomed.
http://www.savefile.com/projects.php?pid=221526 http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/videoClips/diary1qt.mov http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/videoClips/diary2qt.mov http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/videoClips/diary3qt.mov http://www.workingtitlefilms.com/videoClips/diary4qt.mov Electricity Video This is professional video shows Liam dancing with the “older Billy” while Elton John sings at the piano. Here are the Real Player links for broadband and modem.
http://astream.net/links/eltonjohn/electricity_350.ram http://astream.net/links/eltonjohn/electricity_56.ram Press Launch, June 2004 At the official press lanch almost a year before the opening, Sir Elton John performed Express Yourself. As most know, in the musical, this is the song performed by Billy and Michael as they dance while wearing women’s clothing.
http://eltonjohn.com/now/projects/billy_elton_bband.ram http://eltonjohn.com/now/projects/billy_elton_modem.ram BE Official Site - Media Page You can stay tuned to this page for future videos and tracks, but I did not have much success with any of the links. The ones above are better IMO.
http://billyelliotthemusical.com/media.html Again, please let me know of other links, or e-mail me at accordcanada@gmail.com if you have video or sound clips that you don’t know how to share on the Internet (I can help).
Accy
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unfortunately I can't make it to his last performance! He was brilliant though.
