Billy Elliot

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Billy Elliot is a 2000 British coming-of-age film about a working-class boy who discovers a passion for ballet amid the backdrop of the UK miners' strike.

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Billy Elliot canonical 17
Billy Elliot the Musical 7
Billy Elliot (film) 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf British film
coming-of-age film
film
awardReceived Academy Award for Best Director nomination for Stephen Daldry
Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nomination for Lee Hall
Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress nomination for Julie Walters
BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role nomination for Jamie Bell
BAFTA Award for Best Film
surface form: BAFTA Award for Best British Film
basedOn original screenplay by Lee Hall
cinematographer Brian Tufano
composer Stephen Warbeck
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom
director Stephen Daldry
distributor Universal Pictures
editor John Wilson
filmingLocation County Durham
surface form: Easington, County Durham
genre coming-of-age drama
dance film
drama film
hasTagline Inside every one of us is a special talent waiting to come out.
inspired Billy Elliot the Musical (Broadway)
surface form: stage musical Billy Elliot the Musical
language English
mainCharacter Billy Elliot self-link
narrativeLocation fictional town of Everington
producer Greg Brenman
Jonathan Finn
productionCompany Tiger Aspect Productions
Working Title Films
protagonistInterest ballet
protagonistOccupation student
releaseDate 2000-05-19
releaseYear 2000
runtimeMinutes 110
screenwriter Lee Hall
setInCountry United Kingdom
setInPeriod miners' strike of 1984–1985 in the United Kingdom
surface form: UK miners' strike of 1984–1985
setInRegion County Durham
stars Gary Lewis
Jamie Bell
Jamie Draven
Janine Birkett
Jean Heywood
Julie Walters
Nicola Blackwell
Stuart Wells
theme art and self-expression
class conflict
family relationships
masculinity
pursuit of dreams

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Working Title Films notableWork Billy Elliot
Dean-Charles Chapman notableWork Billy Elliot
this entity surface form: Billy Elliot the Musical
Dean-Charles Chapman appearedIn Billy Elliot
this entity surface form: Billy Elliot the Musical
Stephen Warbeck notableWork Billy Elliot
Jamie Bell notableWork Billy Elliot
Jamie Bell appearedIn Billy Elliot
Tom Holland notableWork Billy Elliot
this entity surface form: Billy Elliot the Musical
Tom Holland stageDebutWork Billy Elliot
this entity surface form: Billy Elliot the Musical
BBC Films notableWork Billy Elliot
Stephen Daldry knownFor Billy Elliot
Stephen Daldry directed Billy Elliot
Stephen Daldry directed Billy Elliot
this entity surface form: Billy Elliot the Musical
Stephen Daldry notableWork Billy Elliot
Julie Walters notableWork Billy Elliot
Julie Walters notableWork Billy Elliot
this entity surface form: Billy Elliot (film)
Eric Fellner notableWork Billy Elliot
Tim Bevan notableWork Billy Elliot
Lee Hall notableWork Billy Elliot
Lee Hall notableWork Billy Elliot
this entity surface form: Billy Elliot the Musical
Lee Hall wrote Billy Elliot
Santino Fontana notableWork Billy Elliot
this entity surface form: Billy Elliot the Musical
Billy Elliot mainCharacter Billy Elliot self-link
Patrick Malahide appearedIn Billy Elliot
Andrew James Matfin Bell notableRole Billy Elliot
this entity surface form: Billy Elliot in Billy Elliot