| Record Number |
805518 |
| Title |
Billy Elliot [videorecording]. |
| Publisher/Date |
[Australia] : Distributed by Universal Pictures (Australasia), ©2003. |
| Pagination etc. |
1 DVD-video (105 minutes) : sound, colour ; 12 cm. |
| Contents note |
Catalogued from container. |
| Universal Pictures : 8203724A. |
| Originally released as a motion picture in 2000. |
| Includes bonus features. |
| Creation Note |
Written by Lee Hall; produced by Greg Brenman, Jon Finn; directed by Stephen Daldry. |
| Performer note |
Julie Walters, Gary Lewis, Jamie Bell, Jamie Draven. |
| Summary Note |
The life of a coal miner's son in Northern England is forever changed one day when he stumbles upon a ballet class on his way to boxing lessons. Joining the class, but keeping it a secret from his widowed father and overbearing brother. Billy shows a raw talent that dancing instructor, Mrs. Wilkinson immediately recognises. Billy is torn between his responsibility to his family and his desire to pursue his passion for dance. |
| Target audience note |
Censorship classification : M 15+. |
| Language note |
In English with subtitles. |
| Subject |
Fathers and sons -- England -- Drama |
| Teenage boys -- England -- Drama |
| Male dancers -- England -- Drama |
| Ballet dancers -- England -- Drama |
| Coal miners -- England -- Drama |
| Working class -- England -- Drama |
| Social classes -- England -- Drama |
| Motion pictures, British |
| England, North East -- Drama |
| Feature films. |
| Fiction films. |
| Added Author |
Daldry, Stephen director. |
| Corporate Author |
Universal Pictures (Firm) |
| Arts Council of England |
| BBC Films |
| Working Title Films |
| Tiger Aspects Pictures production company. |
| Added title |
Billy Elliot (Motion picture : 2000) |
| Shelf Location |
DVD F BILL |
