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Show a a TTT? B3 COURIER REAL Si Pu Real Estate eS DALDRY. WRITTEN BY JAMIE BELL, JULIE JAMIE DRAVEN AND BELL | tion. screenwriter Lee Hall’s conceit. Billy, buyer may bring in experts to deter-. -mine the condition of the less visible dence. Daldry and Hall rated Billy’s best: ~~ of whose reverie is so out. with sets him Sympathetic to Tony QUJamie Draven) are being harassed by scabs on the picket line and cops in the streets. They haven’t a clue about what’s going on in Billy’s head. He’s funneling the weekly five pence his dad has _ scrimped for boxing lessons for his pre-pubescent son to the other occupant of the neighborhood gym; Mrs. Wilkinson (Julie Waters), the to S her own dashed dreams)—an> empathetic but insufficient proxy for his dead mother. Their scenes together are some of the best in the movie, as - Billy learns not only the skills of a demanding profession, but feels the freedom and sensuality of dance. (“You don’t fancy me or anything, . do you?” he asks secre at one point.) Julie Walters, who was so memo- _ tough, earthy, middle-aged discipli- rable. in Educating Rita, more than narian who’s teaching ballet to a a decade ago, has a face and body gaggle of tutued little girls. that have that lived-in look—just Those first images of Billy amid looking at her tells its own story. As the twirling girls in the gym, his ‘Mrs. Wilkinson, she’s fiery, fervent, Suday Basal: determined face fixed in fierce con- | and yes, middle-aged-sensual in centration, give us a glimpse of an. that newly awakened way that emerging, young masculinity we’re accompanies the recognition that - not likely to see anywhere else. His there’s still something exciting left natural grace is warring with his lack to do in life: Jamie Bell, who of training and timing, but there isn’t a self-conscious bone in his body. He’s destined to be a dancer, and for the moment, his dad — who is dumbfounded and disgraced when he finds out — be damned. Cinematographer Brian Tufano shoots Billy against a variety of backdrops, including the row hous- -es of East Durham that reflect the emerged from auditions than British 200 of more pre-teens to play Billy, is fresh, spontaneous and totally convincing. _ By shifting emphasis midway through the picture from Billy’s relationship with Mrs. Wilkinson to his more problematical connection ‘11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. Justa few selections from Jean | to his dad and his brother, the film- P, rime makers deepen the movie’s comharsh poverty of the miners; the > plexity, but short-circuit the screenhilly streets that reveal a sudden play’s primary emotional flow. On flash of blue from the harbor; a phastage with Billy as an adult, his lanx of policemen behind plastic mature muscles set off by feathers - shields, their billy clubs at the in the Royal Ballet production of _ready,.as they descend on fleeing - Swan Lake, we can’t help but wonstrikers, including Billy’s brother. der about the woman who helped These © scenes, contrasted with Billy’s first sexual stirrings (during a give him his wings. You an actress of Julie Walters’ wattage only to dim her luster in the final -and Mrs. Wilkinson’s ballet tutorials. soenes:. Entrees Rib - Rédeled Pigs Challat Louis’ buffet: - Salmon - ee Chicken Side Dishes Grilled Asparagus & Vegetable Platter - Spinach Fresh Fruit - Waffles and Omelettes Salads - Smoked Salmon made - Cheese Salad to order Tray | 3 Desserts. 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Eta, of whack for ballet ‘DEN ISE PECK Wardley GMAC Real Estate aspects of the property, such as plumb- . dreamer Sale of another property, usually to free. the buyer’s funds to complete the pur- ~ ga sort Property,” j ete nn Onn tate the Approval of the. preliminary title | | report, which may reveal encumbrances or alter the description % the ! 11, Daldry’s . Denise Peck ae ee juggling the eggs and toast he’s making for his grandmother’ s breakfast— a miracle in motion — seemingly oblivious to the melancholy of his fam-ily’s economic and emotional condi- to make abound ‘in the settle- — — first with his giggling ae i chase. then in private once his dad has for- _ “Appraisal at.an agreed upon amount. Let your eeu help you; <a -bidden the pursuit of his. uo Satisfactory termite inspection. agents are used to nae with contindream—reflects the complex shap-.. — 1 Further: inspection, during which the | gencies. © ing of his individuality and self-confi-. . - whose sexual ambiguity induces Qh on Elliot Jamie Bell), the title | him to experiment with cross-dressing, a pursuit he has picked up from . ‘character of this brash little his dad. Billy is so comfortable with y British film, i is some fresh kid. his own heterosexuality, he doesn’t He moves around his working-class even flinch when Michael kisses father’s cold water flat like he’s him on the cheek. Nor does he seem plugged into some hidden electrode, particularly abashed that his passion and (435) 654-1199 {| ment of real estate transactions. 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