Billy Elliot
Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
20001h 51m
- Drama
- Comedy
- Music
TMDB rating 7.6TMDB4,201 votes
Overview
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.
- Directed by
- Stephen Daldry
- Written by
- Lee Hall
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Cast
Jamie Bell
Billy Elliot
Gary Lewis
Jackie Elliot
Julie Walters
Mrs Wilkinson
Jean Heywood
Grandma
Jamie Draven
Tony Elliot
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Facts
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- English
- Budget
- $5M
- Revenue
- $109.3M
- Production companies
- StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title, WT² Productions, Universal Pictures
