Billy Elliot 2000

Name: Billy Elliot
Released: 2000-09-28
Cast: Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven

Synopsis:

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.

Directed by:	Stephen Daldry
Written by:	Lee Hall
Release date:	2000-09-28
Runtime:	110 minutes
Critics score:	85 / 100
Tagline:	Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.