Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
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.
DramaComedyMusicdancingfriendshipdreamsdancing classnorthern englandworkers' quarterstrikehomophobiahopementorsadnesssocialism
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Character
Earnest, classical in form, effortless and character-led.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- effortlessdemanding
- character-ledplot-driven
- resolvedopen-ended
Who loves it, who doesn't
37 profiled raters. Loved most by The Comfort Seekers; disliked most by The Archivists.
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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
Crew
- Stephen DaldryDirector
- Lee HallWriter
- Brian TufanoDirector of Photography
- Stephen WarbeckOriginal Music Composer
- John WilsonEditor
- Jonathan FinnProducer
- Greg BrenmanProducer
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