Billy Elliot

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.

Release Date

Sep 28, 2000

Runtime

1h 51m

Director

Stephen Daldry

Country

France, United Kingdom, United States of America

Company

StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

$109,280,263