Billy Elliot Poster

Billy Elliot

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

Starring: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven

Writer: Lee Hall

Release Date:
September 28, 2000
Ratings:
7.6 / 10
Director:
Stephen Daldry
Companies:
StudioCanal

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.