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About
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.
Theatrical
Nov 10, 2000
Box Office
$109.3M
Budget
$5.0M
Return
21.9x
Theaters
3
Director
Producers
Music
Studio
StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, WT² Productions, Universal Pictures
Keywords
dancing
homophobia
mentor
dreams
sadness
workers' quarter
socialism
youngster
dancing class
letter
hope
strike
ballet dancer
northern england
street riots
friendship
ballet
coming of age
young boy
cross dressing
crying
single father
audition
dance class
retrospective
lgbt
revolt
ballet school
emotional vulnerability
helping children
smart kid
street kid
dance teacher
1980s
miners strike
father son relationship
80s throwback
ballet dancing
gay theme
late 20th century
teen playing kid
ya
generational divide
celebratory
Quotes
See all →Dreams of Dance and Opportunity
Billy Elliot
Miss, what if I blown?
Sandra Wilkinson
This'll sound strange, Billy. But for sometime now, I've been thinking of the Royal Ballet School?
Billy Elliot
Aren't you a bit old, Miss?
Quotes sourced from Wikiquote (© Wikiquote contributors), licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Modified for formatting/length.
Cast
Full credits →J
Jamie Bell
Billy Elliot
G
Gary Lewis
Jackie Elliot
J
Julie Walters
Mrs Wilkinson
J
Jean Heywood
Grandma
J
Jamie Draven
Tony Elliot
M
Mike Elliot
George Watson
B
Billy Fane
Mr Braithwaite
N
Nicola Blackwell
Debbie Wilkinson
J
Joe Renton
Gary Poulson
C
Colin MacLachlan
Mr Tom Wilkinson
J
Janine Birkett
Billy's mother
T
Trevor Fox
PC Jeff Peverly
C
Charlie Hardwick
Sheila Briggs
D
Denny Ferguson
Miner
M
Matthew James Thomas
Simon
S
Stephen Mangan
Ballet Doctor
P
Paul Ridley
Tutor in Medical
P
Patrick Malahide
Principal
B
Barbara Leigh-Hunt
Vice-Principal
I
Imogen Claire
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