
Billy Elliot
7.6/10
Release: 28/09/2000
Duration: 1h 50m

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.
Country: France, United Kingdom, United States of America
Language: English
Director:Stephen Daldry
Writers
| Writer:Lee Hall
Production
StudioCanal
BBC Film
Tiger Aspect
Arts Council of England
Working Title Films
WT² Productions
Budget: $5,000,000
Revenue: $109,280,263