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Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot

Billy Elliot

7.6/10

1hr 50mins

Country:GB

2000

DramaComedyMusic
Spoken Languages: English

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.

Budget

$5,000,000.00

Production companies

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

Genre

Drama, Comedy, Music

Runtime

1hr 50mins

Rating

7.6/10

Release Date

2000-09-28