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