🎬 Drama, Comedy, Music

Billy Elliot

"Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it."

⭐ 7.6/10 2000 1h 51m Dir. Stephen Daldry

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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.

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7.6/10 4,104 votes

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Year
2000
Runtime
1h 51m
TMDB Rating
⭐ 7.6/10
Votes
4,104
Genre
Drama, Comedy, Music
Director
Language
EN
Budget
$5.0M

Cast

🎭 Drama 🎭 Comedy 🎭 Music 🎬 Stephen Daldry 👤 Jamie Bell 👤 Gary Lewis 👤 Julie Walters
dancing friendship dreams dancing class northern england workers' quarter strike homophobia hope mentor sadness socialism

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Billy Elliot has a runtime of 1h 51m (1 hour and 51 minutes).
Billy Elliot was directed by Stephen Daldry and released in 2000.
Billy Elliot is a Drama, Comedy, Music film (2000).
The cast of Billy Elliot includes Jamie Bell, Gary Lewis, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Jamie Draven.
Billy Elliot has a TMDB rating of 7.6/10 based on 4,104 votes.

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