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Billy Elliot

film by Daldry [2000]
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  • Stephen Daldry
    Stephen Daldry

    …then unexpectedly tapped to direct Billy Elliot. The film—about a boy who finds refuge in ballet—was nominated for several Academy Awards, including best director. Daldry then helmed The Hours (2002), Hare’s adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A series of three meditations on Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, the

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    …then unexpectedly tapped to direct Billy Elliot. The film—about a boy who finds refuge in ballet—was nominated for several Academy Awards, including best director. Daldry then helmed The Hours (2002), Hare’s adaptation of Michael Cunningham’s Pulitzer Prize-winning novel. A series of three meditations on Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, the

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