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Billy Elliot
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.
2000 · Directed by Stephen Daldry · 111 min · Drama · Comedy · Music · 20 frames
Tagline
Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
Crew
- Written by: Lee Hall
- Cinematography: Brian Tufano
- Edited by: John Wilson
- Music: Stephen Warbeck
- Production design: Maria Djurkovic
- Produced by: Greg Brenman, Jonathan Finn
Cast
- Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot
- Gary Lewis as Jackie Elliot
- Julie Walters as Mrs Wilkinson
- Jean Heywood as Grandma
- Jamie Draven as Tony Elliot
- Stuart Wells as Michael Caffrey
- Mike Elliot as George Watson
- Billy Fane as Mr Braithwaite
- Nicola Blackwell as Debbie Wilkinson
- Carol McGuigan as Librarian
Production
- Country: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England
- Budget: $5,000,000
- Box office: $109,280,263
- Themes: dancing, friendship, dreams, dancing class, northern england, workers' quarter, strike, homophobia, hope, mentor
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