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.
DirectorStephen Daldry
ProducersGreg Brenman, Jonathan Finn
WritersLee Hall
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LanguageEnglish
Production companiesStudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, Universal Pictures, WT² Productions
Budget5000000
TaglineInside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
