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28/09/2000 Drama, Comedy, Music 1h 51m
75
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Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.

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.

  1. Stephen Daldry

    Director

  2. Lee Hall

    Writer

Top billed cast

  1. Jamie Bell

    Billy Elliot

  2. Gary Lewis

    Jackie Elliot

  3. Julie Walters

    Mrs Wilkinson

  4. Jean Heywood

    Grandma

  5. Jamie Draven

    Tony Elliot

  6. Stuart Wells

    Michael Caffrey

  7. Mike Elliot

    George Watson

  8. Billy Fane

    Mr Braithwaite

  9. Nicola Blackwell

    Debbie Wilkinson

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2023-10-21
I hadn't seen this film since it was released when it was shown recently as a part of the Glasgow Youth Film Festival. The fact that it was chosen by the kids of today in what would have been just as unlikely a setting for this film as the North of England speaks volumes as to it's effect on challenging and breaking the stereotypical moulds that the British working class in the early 1980s was steeped in. The sylph-like "Billy" (the hugely engaging Jamie Bell) goes to boxing class each week but is soon more preoccupied by the adjacent dancing class of the no-nonsense "Mrs. Wilkinson" (Julie Wa...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$5,000,000.00

Revenue
$109,280,263.00

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