Billy Elliot
2000 · 110 MIN · IMDB 7.7 · 147,338 VOTES · DIR. Stephen Daldry
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.
Dialogue Timeline — 981 lines
A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE
00:03:29 Grandma.
00:07:12 All right then, lads.
00:09:55 Not now.
00:12:24 And l trust that you'll excuse my dust
00:15:42 See? I told you it takes loads of practice.
00:20:28 Look at yourselves! Look in the mirror!
00:23:47 Thank you, Mr. Braithwaite. Step really open!
00:26:38 Perfectly normal?
00:28:56 The children of the revolution No, no, no
00:31:29 He's just under a lot of pressure. That's what mam says.
00:34:44 But what about Dad? He doesn't need to know.
00:37:45 He couldn't. What about our Tony?
00:42:18 And tap. Go!
00:48:00 All right, if you must.
00:52:21 Extend.
00:58:35 For the Royal Ballet School.
01:04:02 Here we go here we go here we go
01:07:50 And then round the corner came this wallaby--
01:13:34 Is that the lot, then ?
01:17:31 Leave us. Leave us. Let's go home, Dad.
01:21:28 Nerve-racking, isn't it ?
01:26:29 Such displays of violence cannot be tolerated under any circumstances.
01:29:38 Like there's fire in me body.
01:36:37 Miss, I just came to tell you.
Cast & Characters
Dialogue Record
Lines indexed981
Dialogue density8.9 lines / min
First line00:03:29
Final line01:36:37
Production Record
DirectorStephen Daldry
LanguageEnglish
Budget$5,000,000
Revenue$109,280,263
IMDb votes147,338