Billy Elliot (2000)

Movie"Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it."
Audience Score
76
PG-13 1 hr 50 minNov 10th, 2000Music, Comedy, Drama
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.

Movie Details

Theatrical Release:November 10th, 2000 - Buy Tickets
Movie Budget:$5,000,000
Movie Box Office Gross:$109,280,263 (Worldwide)
Original Language:English
Executive Producers:Charles Brand, David M. Thompson, Natascha Wharton, Tessa Ross
Production Companies:StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures, WT² Productions