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Quick Info

Rating

7.6/10

Release2000

Runtime1h 50m

StatusReleased

Budget$5,000,000

Revenue$109,280,263

Production

StudioCanal

BBC Film

Tiger Aspect

Arts Council of England

Working Title Films

WT² Productions

Universal Pictures

Movie

Billy Elliot

2000

1h 50m

7.6

Drama

Comedy

Music

Synopsis

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.

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