Billy Elliot (2000)
Note: this print runs 68 minutes against a recorded 111 minutes. It is the best copy we have found; we keep looking for a complete print.
With Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Gary Lewis, Jamie Draven, Adam Cooper, Barbara Leigh-Hunt, Jean Heywood, Patrick Malahide
Directed by Stephen Daldry
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.
Synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA. Streaming from YouTube.
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