Billy Elliot

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Billy Elliot

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Billy Elliot

Release Date: September 28, 2000

Year    :   2000
Slogan    :   «Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.»
Genres    :   Drama, Comedy, Music
Production Companies    :   StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect Productions, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, WT2 Productions, Focus Features, Universal Pictures
Director    :   Stephen Daldry
Producers    :   Greg Brenman, Jonathan Finn, Charles Brand, Tessa Ross, David M. Thompson, Natascha Wharton, Jina Jay
Writers    :   Lee Hall
RunTime    :   110 mins.
Budget    :   5000000
Revenue    :   109280263

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 stubbles 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 the audition is for the royal Ballet school in London.


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