Billy Elliot (2000)

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R | 1 hr 30 mins | Comedy, Drama | Released: 10/13/2000 |Box Office Total: $21.9M

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The life of a miner's son in Northern England is forever changed one day when he stumbles upon a ballet class on his way to boxing lessons. Joining the class, but keeping it a secret from his widowed father and overbearing brother, 11-year-old Billy finds himself in love with dance, demonstrating the kind of raw talent seldom seen by the class' exacting instructor, Mrs. Wilkinson. She encourages him to try out for the Royal Ballet School in London, where he can refine his craft while escaping his oppressive surroundings. But when his father and brother find out about the ballet class and forbid him to continue, Billy is torn between his responsibility to his family and that to the gift with which he has been blessed. His overwhelming desire to dance has become much more to him than simply a means of self-expression. It is his passion, and it is his destiny.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
10/13/2000

Director	Credit
Stephen Daldry	Director
Cast	Credit
Jamie Bell	Billy
Jean Heywood	Grandma
Jamie Draven	Tony
Gary Lewis	Dad
Stuart Wells	Michael
Mike Elliot	George Watson
Billy Fane	Mr Braithwaite
Nicola Blackwell	Debbie
Julie Walters	Mrs Wilkinson
Carol McGuigan	Librarian
Joe Renton	Gary Poulson
Colin Maclachlan	Mr Wilkinson
Janine Birkett	Billy's Mum
Trevor Fox	PC Jeff Peverly
Charlie Hardwick	Sheila Briggs
Denny Ferguson	Miner
Dennis Lingard	NCB Official
Matt Thomas	Simon
Paul Ridley	Tutor in Medical
Patrick Malahide	Principal
Barbara Leigh-Hunt	Vice-Principal
Imogen Claire	Tutor No 1
Diana Kent	Tutor No 2
Neil North	Tutor No 3
Lee Williams	Tutor No 4
Petra Siniawski	Teacher
Merelina Kendall	Secretary
Zoë Bell	Sandra
Tracey Wilkinson	Geography Teacher
Merryn Owen	Michael
Adam Cooper	Billy
Stephen Mangan	Ballet Doctor
Production Credits	Credit
Natascha Wharton	Executive Producer
Greg Brenman	Producer
Charles Brand	Executive Producer
Jon Finn	Producer
Tessa Ross	Executive Producer
David M. Thompson	Executive Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Working Title Films Australia (WTA)	Production Company
StudioCanal U.S.	Production Company
Tiger Aspect Productions	Production Company
WT2	Production Company
BBC Enterprises	Production Company
Arts Council England	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Universal Focus	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Universal Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Mars Films	Foreign Theatrical Distributor
Locations
United Kingdom
Writer	Credit
Lee Hall	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Tarn Harper	Post-Production Accountant
Matthew O'Toole	Assistant Accountant
Gary Nixon	Production Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Maria Djurkovic	Production Designer
Stephen Forrest-Smith	Storyboard Artist
Goggi Lund	Sign Writer
Tatiana Lund	Set Decorator
Nick Mollo	Dresser
Adam O'Neill	Art Director
Stelios Polychronakis	Art Department - art department assistant/graphics
Anthony Caron-Delion	Art Director - stand-by art director
Casting	Credit
Jina Jay	Casting
Shaheen Baig	Casting Associate
Pippa Hall	Casting Associate
Chloe Emmerson	Casting Associate
Craft Services	Credit
Mick Norfolk	Catering - caterer
John Wood	Catering - caterer
Gus Williamson	Catering - caterer
Matt Harvey	Catering - caterer
Film Camera	Credit
Dale Wilson	Camera - camera truck driver
Brian Tufano	Director of Photography
Peter Ferrari	Grader - colour grader
John Ensby	Film Lab - laboratory contact
Giles Keyte	Photography - stills photographer
Joanne Lee	Camera Trainee
Robert Shipsey	Director of Photography - 2nd unit director of photography (2nd Unit)
Hayley Ann Farr	Camera Trainee
Film Sales Financing	Credit
UIP The Film Consortium	Foreign Distribution Sales
Legal	Credit
Marriott Harrison	Legal Services - legal services supplier
Music	Credit
Anthony Pleeth	Soloist - cello solo
Isobel Griffiths	Music Contractor - Orchestra Contractor
Dave Hartley	Music Performer - piano
Thad Jones	Song
Nick Ingman	Music Conductor - conductor
T Rex	Song Performer
Nick Angel	Music Supervisor
Stephen Warbeck	Orchestrations
Stephen Warbeck	Music
Andrew Green	Composer - composer's assistant
Douglas Corbin	Song - song arranger & performer
Stephen Gately	Song Performer
John Parricelli	Music - guitars
Andy Pask	Music - bass
Marc Bolan	Song - songs
Ian Thomas	Music - drums
Steve Mac	Song
Wayne Hector	Song
Graham Read	Music - music copying & preparations
Chris Dibble	Music - music recorder & mixer
Strummer	Song
Jones	Song
Simonon	Song
Headon	Song
Paul Weller	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Lee Sheward	Stunt Coordinator
Richard Bradshaw	Stunts - stunt performer
Neil Finnighan	Stunts - stunt performer
Steve Griffin	Stunts - stunt performer
Richard Hammatt	Stunts - stunt performer
Paul Heasman	Stunts - stunt performer
Nick Hobbs	Stunts - stunt performer
Rob Inch	Stunts - stunt performer
Andrew Lambert	Stunts - stunt performer
Derek Lea	Stunts - stunt performer
Ray L. Nicholas	Stunts - stunt performer
Seon Rogers	Stunts - stunt performer
C C Smiff	Stunts - stunt performer
Mark Southworth	Stunts - stunt performer
Alan Stuart	Stunts - stunt performer
Production Management	Credit
Francesca Dowd	Production Coordinator
Martin Harrison	Assistant Director
Christine Llewellyn-Reeve	Location Manager
Tori Parry	Line Producer
David Medlycott	Assistant Location Manager
Zoe Morgan	Script Supervisor
Nick Waldron	Unit Manager
Finn McGrath	Assistant Director
Joseph Jayawardena	Location Manager
Mike Hanley	Assistant Director
Robert Fabbri	Assistant Director
Alison Banks	Assistant Director
Alexander Bignell	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Nevette Previd	Publicity
Sound	Credit
Richard Finney	Sound - sound maintenance
Matthew Gough	Rerecording Mixer - assistant re-recording mixer
Zane Hayward	Sound Editor
Stewart Henderson	ADR Editor - dialogue & ADR editor
Michael Prestwood Smith	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Ted Swanscott	Foley Recordist
Darren McQuade	ADR - ADR recordist
Anthony Faust	Foley Editor
Hugh Johnson	Foley Recordist
Ted Swanscott	ADR - ADR recordist
Peter Eusebe	Sound - sound maintenance
Michael Yallop	Sound - sound trainee
Visual Effects	Credit
Daniel Wright	Special Effects - special effects technician
Stuart Murdoch	Special Effects Supervisor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Stewart Meachem	Costume Designer
Nikita Rae	Hair - hair/make-up artist
Alison Goss	Costume Supervisor
Daniel Brown	Wardrobe - wardrobe truck/make-up truck driver
Melissa Layton-Skorepa	Costumes - costume assistant
Carla Pope	Costumes - costume assistant

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