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Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot

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Status

Released

Release Date

Sep 28, 2000

Runtime

1h 50m

Genres

Drama, Comedy, Music

User Score

76%

Original Title

Billy Elliot

Production Companies

StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures, WT² Productions

Director

Stephen Daldry

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$109,280,263

Description

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.