Billy Elliott DVD

BILLY ELLIOT (DVD) Bundle and save! From the makers of Four Weddings and a Funeral and Notting Hill 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. 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. British comedy British drama Independent film Coming of age Miners strike Ballet Boxing Working class story Comedy Drama Period piece 1980s UK