Billy Elliot

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.

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Top of the call sheet

• 
  Jamie Bell
  as Billy Elliot
• 
  Gary Lewis
  as Jackie Elliot
• 
  Julie Walters
  as Mrs Wilkinson
• 
  Jean Heywood
  as Grandma
• 
  Jamie Draven
  as Tony Elliot
• 
  Stuart Wells
  as Michael Caffrey

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