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.
Title | Billy Elliot |
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Year | 2000 |
Genre | Drama, Comedy, Music |
Country | France, United Kingdom, United States of America |
Studio | StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures, WT² Productions |
Cast | Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven, Stuart Wells |
Crew | Greg Brenman (Producer), Jonathan Finn (Producer), Stephen Daldry (Director), Stephen Warbeck (Original Music Composer), Maria Djurkovic (Production Design), Mark Holding (Sound Designer) |
Release | Sep 28, 2000 |
Runtime | 110 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb | 7.59 / 10 by 3,852 users |
Popularity | 27 |