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Billy Elliot (2000)
Director: Stephen Daldry
Cast: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood
7.7
85%Runtime111 min
Rating15
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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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Director Stephen Daldry's heartwarming 2000 drama Billy Elliot blends humor, grit, and raw emotion as it follows the inspiring journey of a young coal miner's son who discovers a passion for ballet during the Miners' Strike in 1980s England. Newcomer Jamie Bell delivers a standout performance as the title character, bringing humanity and nuance to this story of finding one's voice and chasing one's dreams in the face of adversity.
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Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about a working-class boy who has a passion for ballet. His father objects, based on negative stereotypes of male ballet dancers. The film stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, Gary Lewis as his father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older brother, and Julie Walters as his ballet teacher.
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