Billy Elliot the performances of Julie Walters, Gary Lewis and Jamie Bell in particular. In 2004, the magazine "Total Film" named "Billy Elliot" the 39th greatest British film of all time. Stephen Warbeck scored the music for the film. The soundtrack was released on 11 March 2002, and includes several well-known glam rock and punk songs from the likes of T. Rex and the Clash. The soundtrack also contains pieces of dialogue from the film. In 2004, English singer/songwriter Elton John joined forces with the film's screenwriter Lee Hall to produce a musical adaptation of the film, which premiered 31 March 2005
The Carpetbaggers William Boyd, who became famous as Hopalong Cassidy. Others say that Smith was based on cowboy actor Ken Maynard. A 1966 movie entitled "Nevada Smith" starring Steve McQueen was based on Smith's role in this book. The role of Billy the Kid in Hughes' "The Outlaw" was played by Jack Buetel, who prior to his movie career was neither an outlaw nor a cowboy, but an insurance clerk. Murray Schumach's review in "The New York Times" on June 25, 1961, opens: "It was not quite proper to have printed "The Carpetbaggers" between covers of a book. It should have been