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Billy Elliot

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

7.6/ 10 · 4K votes
2000-09-28
1h 51m
EN
Released

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.

Budget

$5M

Box Office

$109M

Production

StudioCanalStudioCanal
BBC FilmBBC Film
Tiger AspectTiger Aspect
Arts Council of EnglandArts Council of England

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