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.| Status: | Released (2000-09-28) |
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| Awards: | Nominated for 3 Oscars. 55 wins & 71 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $21,995,263 |
| Screen: | Lee Hall |
| Productions: | StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures, WT² Productions |
| Production Countries: | France, United Kingdom, United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 478: Jamie Bell - Billy Elliot
- 480: Gary Lewis - Jackie Elliot
- 477: Julie Walters - Mrs Wilkinson
- 481: Jean Heywood - Grandma
- 479: Jamie Draven - Tony Elliot
- 482: Stuart Wells - Michael Caffrey
- 1241113: Mike Elliot - George Watson
Crews
- 1576: Peter Darling - Choreographer - Crew
- 474: Jina Jay - Casting - Production
- 473: Brian Tufano - Director of Photography - Camera
- 463: Jonathan Finn - Producer - Production
- 468: Stephen Daldry - Director - Directing
- 469: Stephen Warbeck - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 472: Mark Holding - Sound Designer - Sound
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I hadn't seen this film since it was released when it was shown recently as a part of the Glasgow Youth Film Festival. The fact that it was chosen by the kids of today in what would have been just as unlikely a setting for this film as the North of England speaks volumes as to it's e ....
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