Billy Elliot Billy Elliot Billy Elliot is a 2000 British dance drama film about a boy becoming a professional ballet dancer. It is set in North East England during the 1984–85 coal miners' strike. It was produced by Greg Brenman and Jon Finn, music composed by Stephen Warbeck, co-produced by BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Pictures and Working Title Films, distributed by Universal Pictures and Focus Features, written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry. The film stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, an aspiring dancer dealing with the negative stereotype of the male ballet dancer, Gary Lewis as his coal miner
Billy Elliot the Musical audition comes, the police come through the village, injuring Tony. When Billy fails to meet Mrs. Wilkinson at the union hall to leave for the audition, she goes to the Elliot home. There, Billy's family and some members of the community are gathered. She reveals that she has been teaching Billy ballet in preparation for this audition. The news upsets Jackie and Tony, who argue with Mrs. Wilkinson. Tony tries to force Billy to dance on the table in front of everyone. Suddenly the police approach and, as everyone escapes, Billy calls out to his father saying that his mother