Cinematic background from Billy Elliot 2000 - 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.

Billy Elliot

2000

Drama, Music

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Official poster of Billy Elliot 2000 directed by Stephen Daldry

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A person is playing a record on a record player; Extreme Close Up shot, Overhead angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy's face; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy with his mouth wide open and his arms stretched out; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy in a yellow shirt is cutting a cake; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy in a yellow shirt is cutting a cake; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A boy sitting at a table in a room; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A woman sitting in front of a bunk bed; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy is sitting at a table in the kitchen; Wide shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A brick building with a blue door in front of it; Wide shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy is looking at a man in a field; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy running through the woods in a yellow tank top; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A woman holding her hand out to another woman in a field; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy and an older woman in a grassy field; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – An older woman and a young boy holding hands; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – Two people in bed with one of them reading a book and the other listening to headphones; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A man and a woman laying in a bed watching television; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A boy is playing a piano with his finger on it; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A man standing next to a door in a room; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A man standing in front of a door; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young man is standing next to a sleeping child; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young man holding a sign that reads " strike now "; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A man standing in front of an open door in a room; Medium shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A man and a young boy sitting in a room together; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy sitting in a chair in a dark room; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy is looking down at his face; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A man standing in front of a green door; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – An older woman sitting in a chair with her head resting on a pillow; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A man standing in front of a door; Medium shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young man is playing the piano in a dark room; Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A fireplace mantle in a dark room; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A couple of pictures of a woman and a man and a woman; Extreme Close Up shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A group of police officers standing next to each other in front of a tree; Medium shot, High angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A boy with a teddy bear in his hand; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young man holding a boxing glove in his right hand; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A man standing in front of a red wall looking at himself in the mirror; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A man wearing boxing gloves and a white t - shirt; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young boy leaning up against a wooden wall; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young man wearing a white shirt and a pair of brown leather gloves; Close Up shot, Low angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A young man leaning against a wall with his head down; Close Up shot, Over the shoulder angle

Movie still from “Billy Elliot” (2000), directed by Stephen Daldry – A person sitting on a barrel near a building; Wide shot, Low angle