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Billy Elliot (2000)

Directed by Stephen Daldry

Drama | Comedy | Music

Overview

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.

Rated PG-13 | Length 110 minutes

Actors

Jamie Bell | Gary Lewis | Julie Walters | Jean Heywood | Jamie Draven | Stuart Wells | Mike Elliot | Billy Fane | Nicola Blackwell | Carol McGuigan | Joe Renton | Colin MacLachlan | Janine Birkett | Trevor Fox | Charlie Hardwick | Denny Ferguson | Dennis Lingard | Matthew James Thomas | Stephen Mangan | Paul Ridley | Patrick Malahide | Barbara Leigh-Hunt | Imogen Claire | Diana Kent | Neil North | Lee Williams | Petra Siniawski | Merelina Kendall | Zoe Bell | Tracey Wilkinson | Merryn Owen | Adam Cooper

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