Billy Elliot (2000)

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Hot Dave’s Summer Film Fest Vol. 4: Not THAT’S What I Call Dance Movies! keeps playing the hits, and this time we’ve got a tearjerker for ya. That’s right, we’re going back in time to the radical 80s as we watch a young boy stick it to his father by enrolling in ballet class with Billy Elliot.
I’m your host, Dave, and joining me as we bang a gong and get it on are fellow cinephiles and Royal Ballet Academy dropouts Mike and Ryan.
Topics of discussion in this episode include the last forty minutes of this movie turning me into a broken down, sobbing mess; Billy Elliot shows off his skills by dance-fighting his Dad; and finally, we wonder what the deal is with the lone little girl that hangs out on Billy’s street…and whether or not she’s an apparition from beyond the grave…
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That’ll do it for this week’s class everybody. Remember to leave your fifty quid at the door and don’t forget to show up next week as Channing Tatum returns to show us how to properly Step Up. You won’t want to miss it!