Tonight at a glance
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Age rating
- R
- Language
- English
- Country
- France, United Kingdom, United States
Why tonight?
- Reviewed better than most films in the catalogue.
The story
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.
- dancing
- friendship
- dreams
- dancing class
- northern england
- workers' quarter
- strike
- homophobia
- hope
- mentor
The look
A few frames, chosen rather than collected.
The bill
- Jamie Draven — Tony Elliot
- Stuart Wells — Michael Caffrey
- Mike Elliot — George Watson
- Billy Fane — Mr Braithwaite
- Nicola Blackwell — Debbie Wilkinson
- Carol McGuigan — Librarian
- Joe Renton — Gary Poulson
- Colin MacLachlan — Mr Tom Wilkinson
- Janine Birkett — Billy's mother
- Trevor Fox — PC Jeff Peverly
- Charlie Hardwick — Sheila Briggs
- Directed
- Stephen Daldry
- Written
- Lee Hall
Production
- Rating
- 7.6 / 10 · 4,147 ratings
- Studio
- StudioCanal, BBC Film, Tiger Aspect, Arts Council of England, Working Title Films, WT² Productions
If this stayed with you
Then these are the nearest things Cue holds — chosen for what they share with it, not for what happens to be popular.
