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Watch: Billy Elliot
Billy Elliot
Drama • Comedy • Music


Premiere Release (US)
~ Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it. ~
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.
Director:
Stephen Daldry
Status:
Released
Language:
English
Buget:
$5,000,000.00
Revenue:
$109,280,263.00
Key words:
- dancing
- friendship
- dreams
- dancing class
- northern england
- workers' quarter
- strike
- small person
- homophobia
- hope
- mentor
- sadness
- socialism
- youngster
- letter
- ballet dancer
- street riots
- coming of age
- ballet
- 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
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