Movie
Billy Elliot
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2000-09-28
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Music
- Status
- Released
- Production
- StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, WT² Productions, Universal Pictures
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot
- Gary Lewis as Jackie Elliot
- Julie Walters as Mrs Wilkinson
- Jean Heywood as Grandma
- Jamie Draven as Tony Elliot
- Stuart Wells as Michael Caffrey
- Mike Elliot as George Watson
- Billy Fane as Mr Braithwaite
- Nicola Blackwell as Debbie Wilkinson
- Carol McGuigan as Librarian
- Joe Renton as Gary Poulson
- Colin MacLachlan as Mr Tom Wilkinson
Crew
- Stephen Daldry - Director
- Lee Hall - Writer
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