Billy Elliot
Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
2000-09-28
France, United Kingdom
110 minutes.
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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.
Year 2000
Studio StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures, WT² Productions
Director Stephen Daldry
Crew Greg Brenman (Producer), Jonathan Finn (Producer), Stephen Daldry (Director), Stephen Warbeck (Original Music Composer), Maria Djurkovic (Production Design), Mark Holding (Sound Designer)
Popularity 9
Language English
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