Billy Elliot (2000)

Name: Billy Elliot
Released: 2000
Rating: 7.7
Cast: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven

• Movies, Comedy, Drama, Music

• 110 min

7.5

Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.

Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Casting: 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, Zoë Bell, Tracey Wilkinson, Merryn Owen, Adam Cooper, Dylan Barnes, Liam Elcoat, Adam Galbraith, Darren Jacobs, Hendrick January, Sharon Percy, Ken Richardson, Leonard Silver, Lee Smikle, Catherine Turgoose, Damian Winter-Higgins
Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Premiere: 2000-09-28
Status: Released

Tags: dancing, friendship, dreams, dancing class, northern england, workers' quarter, strike, small person, homophobia, hope, mentor, sadness, socialism, youngster, letter, ballet dancer, street riots, coming of age, ballet, young boy, cross dressing, crying, single father, audition, dance class, retrospective, lgbt, revolt, ballet school, emotional vulnerability, helping children, smart kid, street kid, dance teacher, 1980s, miners strike, father son relationship, 80s throwback, ballet dancing, gay theme, late 20th century, teen playing kid, ya, generational divide, celebratory

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.