Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot

7.6 Rating2000-09-28Drama, Comedy, Music

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.

Cast

Jamie Bell

Jamie Bell

as Billy Elliot

Gary Lewis

Gary Lewis

as Jackie Elliot

Julie Walters

Julie Walters

as Mrs Wilkinson

Jean Heywood

Jean Heywood

as Grandma

Jamie Draven

Jamie Draven

as Tony Elliot

Stuart Wells

Stuart Wells

as Michael Caffrey

Mike Elliot

Mike Elliot

as George Watson

Billy Fane

Billy Fane

as Mr Braithwaite

Nicola Blackwell

Nicola Blackwell

as Debbie Wilkinson

Carol McGuigan

Carol McGuigan

as Librarian