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.
Directed byStephen Daldry
- Status
- Released
- Runtime
- 1h 51m
- Language
- EN
- Released
- September 28, 2000
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Revenue
- $109,280,263
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Cast & crew
Jamie Bell
Billy Elliot
Gary Lewis
Jackie Elliot
Julie Walters
Mrs Wilkinson
Jean Heywood
Grandma
Jamie Draven
Tony Elliot
Stuart Wells
Michael Caffrey
Mike Elliot
George Watson
Billy Fane
Mr Braithwaite
Nicola Blackwell
Debbie Wilkinson
Carol McGuigan
Librarian
- Directed by
- Stephen Daldry
- Written by
- Lee Hall
- Produced by
- Greg Brenman
Jonathan Finn
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