Billy Elliot

Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.

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.

1h 51m2000RTMDb 7.6

DramaComedyMusic

English

Crew and Cast

Storyline

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.

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Info

Status: Released
Released: 28 September 2000
Runtime: 1h 51m
Rating: R
TMDB score: 7.6 / 10 (4,201 votes)

Production

Director: Stephen Daldry
Writers: Lee Hall
Studios: StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect
Countries: France, United Kingdom, United States of America

Box Office

Budget: $5.0M
Revenue: $109.3M
Profit: $104.3M
Return: 21.9×

Languages

Original: English
Spoken: English