Synopsis
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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Technical team
Stephen Daldry Directing
Lee Hall Writing
Stephen Warbeck Music
Greg Brenman Producing
Jonathan Finn Producing
Charles Brand Executive Producing
Tessa Ross Executive Producing
David M. Thompson Executive Producing
Natascha Wharton Executive Producing
Production
StudioCanal
BBC Film
Tiger Aspect
Arts Council of England
Working Title Films
WT² Productions
Universal Pictures
$5,000,000
$109,280,263