Billy Elliot
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7.6County 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.
Released: 2000-09-28111 minDir: Stephen DaldryDrama, Comedy, Music
Cast
- Jamie Bell as Billy Elliot
- Gary Lewis as Jackie Elliot
- Julie Walters as Mrs Wilkinson
- Jean Heywood as Grandma
- Jamie Draven as Tony Elliot
- Stuart Wells as Michael Caffrey
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Ratings · OMDb
IMDb
7.7/10
151,189 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
85%
Metacritic
74/100
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- Nominated for 3 Oscars. 55 wins & 71 nominations total
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Key facts
- Directed by
- Stephen Daldry
- Written by
- Lee Hall
- Produced by
- Greg Brenman Jon Finn
- Starring
- Julie Walters Gary Lewis Jamie Bell Jamie Draven Adam Cooper
- Cinematography
- Brian Tufano
- Edited by
- John Wilson
- Music by
- Stephen Warbeck
- Production companies
- Universal Pictures StudioCanal BBC Films Working Title Films Tiger Aspect Pictures
- Distributed by
- United International Pictures
- Release date
- 29 September 2000 ( 2000-09-29 )
- Running time
- 110 minutes
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Language
Key dates
- Published
- 30 November 2000
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Participant in
- 13th European Film Awards
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- stereotype
- Director
- Stephen Daldry
- Screenwriter
- Lee Hall
- Cast member
Article
Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age drama film directed by Stephen Daldry and written by Lee Hall. Set in County Durham in North East England during the 1984–1985 miners' strike, the film is about a working-class boy who has a passion for ballet. His father objects, based on negative stereotypes of male ballet dancers. The film stars Jamie Bell as 11-year-old Billy, Gary Lewis as his father, Jamie Draven as Billy's older brother, and Julie Walters as his ballet teacher.
Adapted from a play called Dancer by Lee Hall, development on the film began in 1999. Around 2,000 boys were considered for the role of Billy before Bell was chosen. Filming began in the North East of England in August 1999. Greg Brenman and Jon Finn served as producers, while Stephen Warbeck composed the film's score. Billy Elliot is a co-production among BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Pictures and Working Title Films.