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Billy Elliot

2000 film directed by Stephen Daldry
Movie film Q458629
Billy Elliot
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Summary

Billy Elliot is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 1% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (22,963 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Award received: Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], Silver nugget for the best foreign film[4], BAFTA Award for Best British Film[5], National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[6]
  • Director: Stephen Daldry[7]
  • Screenwriter: Lee Hall[8]
  • Composer: Stephen Warbeck[9]
  • Genre: coming-of-age film[10], comedy drama[11], drama film[12]
  • Cast member: Jamie Bell[13], Julie Walters[14], Gary Lewis[15], Jamie Draven[16], Adam Cooper[17], Barbara Leigh-Hunt[18], Jean Heywood[19], Patrick Malahide[20], Zoë Bell[21], Stuart Wells[22], Mike Elliott[23], Billy Fane[24], Nicola Blackwell[25], Stephen Mangan[26]
  • Producer: Greg Brenman[27], Jon Finn[28]
  • Production company: BBC Film[29], Tiger Aspect Productions[30], StudioCanal[31]
  • Director of photography: Brian Tufano[32]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[33]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[34]
  • Review score: 7.3/10[35], 85%[36], 74/100[37]
  • Color: color[38]
  • Country of origin: United Kingdom[39]
  • Publication date: September 29, 2000[40], November 30, 2000[41]
  • Distributed by: Universal Pictures[42]
  • Narrative location: Durham Coalfield[43], London[44], County Durham[45]
  • Official website: http://www.billyelliot.com[46]
  • Main subject: ballet[47], working class[48], gender role[49], masculinity[50], toxic masculinity[51], self-discovery[52], parental death[53], stereotype[54]
  • Film editor: John Wilson[55]
  • Participant in: 13th European Film Awards[56]
  • Nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actress[57], Academy Award for Best Director[58], Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay[59], European Film Award for Best Film[60], European Film Award for Best Actress[61], European Film Award for Best Actor[62]
  • Title: Billy Elliot[63]

Why It Matters

Billy Elliot has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[64] It is known by 20 alternative names across languages and contexts.[65]

FAQs

What awards did Billy Elliot receive?

Honors received include Amanda Award for Best Foreign Feature Film[3], Silver nugget for the best foreign film[4], BAFTA Award for Best British Film[5], and National Board of Review: Top Ten Films[6].

Related Entities

film Fred Astaire Jamie Bell Julie Walters London Stephen Daldry United Kingdom

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [7] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [8] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [9] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  4. [10] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [13] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  8. [14] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [15] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
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  11. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  13. [19] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [21] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [22] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [23] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  20. [26] ↑ . Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. wikidata.org.
  21. [27] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [28] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  23. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . kinokalender.com. Retrieved . kinokalender.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . Billy Elliot. wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . Billy Elliot. wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . Billy Elliot. wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  45. [47] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  46. [48] ↑ . Billy Elliot. wikidata.org.
  47. [49] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  48. [50] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  49. [51] ↑ . Billy Elliot. wikidata.org.
  50. [52] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  51. [53] ↑ . Billy Elliot. wikidata.org.
  52. [54] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  53. [55] ↑ . europeanfilmawards.eu. Retrieved . europeanfilmawards.eu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  54. [56] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  55. [57] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  56. [58] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  57. [59] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  58. [60] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  59. [61] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  60. [62] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  61. [63] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [64] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [65] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'ary', 'arz', 'ast', 'bg', 'ca', 'cs', 'cy', 'da', 'de', 'el', 'eml', 'en
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    Set in period → 1984, 1990s, 1985 +1
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