Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
County Durham, England, 1984. The miners' strike has started and the police have started coming up from Bethnal Green, starting a class war with the lower classes suffering. Caught in the middle of the conflict is 11-year old Billy Elliot, who, after leaving his boxing club for the day, stumbles upon a ballet class and finds out that he's naturally talented. He practices with his teacher Mrs. Wilkinson for an upcoming audition in Newcastle-upon Tyne for the royal Ballet school in London.
Country: GB
Genre: Drama, Comedy, Music
Release: 2000-09-28
Director: Stephen Daldry
Production: StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title, WT² Productions, Universal Pictures
Cast: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven
Tagline: Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
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