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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: 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.
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.
Oct 13, 2000 · The life of 11-year-old Billy Elliot, a coal miner's son in Northern England, is forever changed one day when he stumbles upon a ballet class during his weekly boxing lesson.
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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.
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.
Dec 14, 2021 · Set in a northern English mining town against the background of the 1984 miners' strike, Billy Elliot is the inspirational story of a young boy's struggle against the odds to make his dream come true.
May 9, 2015 · The hit musical Billy Elliot is celebrating its 10th birthday. Based on the 2000 film starring Jamie Bell, the show opened at London's Victoria Palace Theatre on 12 May 2005, and has since been...
Aug 27, 2009 · Find out more about his journey and how he feels about making grown men cry! It took Tom two and a half years from his first audition to make his first performance at the Victoria Palace Theatre.
Apr 17, 2020 · Billy Elliot, the feel-good story of a miner’s son who bunks off boxing lessons to pursue a life at the barre is 20 years old this year. The scenario by veteran playwright and screenwriter Lee ...
