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Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age comedy - 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.
Billy Elliot: Directed by Stephen Daldry. With Jamie Bell, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven, Gary Lewis. A talented young boy becomes torn between his unexpected love of dance and the disintegration of his family.
- Stephen Daldry
- 8 min
Apr 8, 2013 · The dramatic final scene of Billy Elliott, as a grown man, dancing the lead in Swan Lake as his emotionally overwhelmed father watches his son's triumphant debut.
- 3 min
- 4.6M
- LaDance McFever
Billy Elliot: The Musical is a coming-of-age stage musical based on the 2000 film of the same name. The music is by Elton John, and the book and lyrics are by Lee Hall, who wrote the film's screenplay. The plot revolves around Billy, a motherless British boy who begins taking ballet lessons.
When a boy trades boxing school for ballet lessons, he sets out to take his newfound talent all the way to the top and win over his disapproving father. Watch trailers & learn more.
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In 1984, while the miners' strike rages, Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell) is a young boy living in a small County Durham town, who discovers he has a talent for ballet, much to the chagrin of his widowed father Jackie (Gary Lewis), leaving him torn between his dreams and the only life he's ever known.