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Billy Elliot (2000)

Billy Elliot (2000)

Drama Comedy Music

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

Release Date: 2000, September 28
Directors: Stephen Daldry
Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Production: StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, WT² Productions, Universal Pictures
Cast: Julie Walters, Zoë Bell, Diana Kent, Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Patrick Malahide, Stephen Mangan, Adam Galbraith, Darren Jacobs, Merelina Kendall, Paul Ridley, Imogen Claire

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.

Keywords:

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