Billy Elliot (2000)

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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Top billed cast

Jamie BellBilly Elliot
Gary LewisJackie Elliot
Julie WaltersMrs Wilkinson
Jean HeywoodGrandma
Jamie DravenTony Elliot
Stuart WellsMichael Caffrey
Mike ElliotGeorge Watson
Billy FaneMr Braithwaite
Nicola BlackwellDebbie Wilkinson
Carol McGuiganLibrarian

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