111 minutes
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.
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.
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Cast
Billy Elliot
Jamie Bell
Jackie Elliot
Gary Lewis
Mrs Wilkinson
Julie Walters
Grandma
Jean Heywood
Tony Elliot
Jamie Draven
Michael Caffrey
Stuart Wells
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More about Billy Elliot
Languages
English
Release date
28 September 2000
Directors
Stephen Daldry
Genres
Comedy, Drama, Music
TMDB Rating
7.6
Runtime
111 mins
Billy Elliot is a Comedy film directed by Stephen Daldry and starring Jamie Bell and Gary Lewis. It has a runtime of 111 minutes and a high TMDB audience rating of 7.6 from 3991 votes.
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