Billy Elliot (2000)
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.
- Released
- 2000-09-28
- Genres
- Drama, Comedy, Music
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Stephen Daldry
- TMDB rating
- 7.6/10 from 4209 votes
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