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
Billy Elliot the Musical Viernes alternating as Billy, with Armand Schultz as Billy’s Dad, Cynthia Darlow as grandma, Patrick Mulvey as Tony and Jim Ortlieb as George "'Billy Elliot' Dances Into Chicago March 18" . Playbill.com, 18 March 2010</ref> The production closed early on 28 November 2010 and transferred to Toronto. The show ran for 37 weeks and 288 performances. The production had been slated to run through July 2010 but was extended to the middle of January 2011, by popular demand. By September, however, ticket sales were growing bleak. According to the "Chicago Tribune", "Weekday attendance had been especially poor in recent weeks,