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Billy Elliot (2000) | User Rating
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Release Date
• USA: Oct 13, 2000
• UK: 29 Sep 2000
DVD Release Date
• R1: Apr 17, 2001
• R2: 11 Aug 2003
Budget $5,000,000
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Billy Elliot Website
MPAA Rating
Rated PG-13 for some thematic material. (edited version)
Running Time
1 hour, 50 minutes
Country UK | France
Production Companies
Arts Council of England (in association with) (presents), BBC Films (presents), Studio Canal (A Canal+ Company), Tiger Aspect Productions (as A Tiger Aspect Pictures Production), WT2 Productions (in association with) (as WT²), Working Title Films (present
Studio Arts Council of England, BBC, Tiger Aspect Pictures, Title Films, WT2
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Other Titles
• Billy Elliot (2000)
• Dancer
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Genre: Comedy, Coming Of Age, Suspense, Teenage, Martial Arts, Gay/Lesbian, Tragedy, Police, Christmas
Tagline: Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
Plot: The life of 11-year old Billy Elliot (Jamie Bell), a coal miner's son in Northern England, is forever changed one day when he stumbles upon a ballet class during his weekly boxing lesson. Before long he finds himself in dance, demonstrating the kind of raw talent seldom seen by the class's exacting instructor, Mrs. Wilkinson (Julie Walters). With a tart tongue and a never-ending stream of cigarettes in her hand, Mrs. Wilkinson's zest for teaching is revived when she sees Billy's potential. Rather forgetting the other ballerinas, she's drawn into teaching her new protégé.But Billy must keep his participation in the class a secret from his widowed father (Gary Lewis) and overbearing brother (Jamie Draven), as both men are on strike from their jobs at the mine, and are struggling just to keep food on the table. Their pent up frustrations finally explode when they discover Billy has been squandering his boxing money on less than manly pursuits. Banned from ballet, and troubled by the diminishing mental capacity of his grandmother (Jean Heywood), Billy finds solace with his school friend Michael (Stuart Wells) which deepens into a touching friendship. Meanwhile, Mrs. Wilkinson encourages Billy to try out for the Royal Ballet School in London, where he can refine his craft while
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| Directed by |
Stephen Daldry
The Hours, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay, Everest |
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| Written by |
Lee Hall
The Student Prince, Gabriel & Me, Hippie Hippie Shake |
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| Cast |
Jamie Bell
King Kong, Jumper, Flags of Our Fathers |
 | Julie Walters
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone, Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets, Mamma Mia! |
 | | | Gary Lewis
Gangs of New York, Eragon, Shallow Grave | | | |
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