Taglines: Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out. The trick is finding it.
County Durham, during the endless, violent 1984 strike against the Thatcher closure of British coal mines. Widower Jackie Elliot and his firstborn, fellow miner Tony, take a dim view of 11 year-old second son Billy’s poor record in boxing class, which worsens when they discover he sneakily transferred to the neighboring, otherwise girls-only-attended ballet class. Only one schoolmate, closet-gay Michael Caffrey, encourages Billy’s desire, aroused by the teacher, who judged him talented enough for private lesson, to train and try out for the world-renowned Royal Ballet audition. Only the prospect of a fancy career unimagined in the pauper quarter may twist pa and big brother’s opposition to indispensable support.
Billy Elliot is a 2000 British dance drama film about a boy becoming a professional ballet dancer, set in north-eastern England during the 1984–85 coal miners’ strike. It was produced by Greg Brenman and Jon Finn, music composed by Stephen Warbeck, co-produced by BBC Films, Tiger Aspect Pictures and Working Title Films, distributed by Universal Pictures and Focus Features, written by Lee Hall and directed by Stephen Daldry.
Billy Elliott (2000)
Directed by: Stephen Daldry
Starring: Jamie Bell, Julie Walters, Jean Heywood, Gary Lewis, Nicola Blackwell, Julie Walters, Colin MacLachlan, Janine Birkett, Charlie Hardwick, Trevor Fox
Screenplay by: Lee Hall
Production Design by: Maria Djurkovic
Cinematography by: Brian Tufano
Film Editing by: John Wilson
Costume Design by: Stewart Meachem
Set Decoration by: Tatiana Macdonald
Art Direction by: Adam O’Neill
Music by: Stephen Warbeck
MPAA Rating: R for language.
Distributed by: Universal Pictures, Focus Features
Release Date: September 29, 2000
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