49 Up

"In 1964 a group of seven year old children were interviewed for the documentary "Seven Up". They've been filmed every seven years since. Now they are 49."

2006 2h 15m EN

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7.4

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97%

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METACRITIC

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8.1

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★7.4TMDB · 57🍅97%Rotten Tomatoes●84Metacritic★8.1IMDB · 3,062

Documentary

Synopsis

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49 Up is the seventh film in a series of landmark documentaries that began 42 years ago when UK-based Granada's World in Action team, inspired by the Jesuit maxim "Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man," interviewed a diverse group of seven-year-old children from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Michael Apted, a researcher for the original film, has returned to interview the "children" every seven years since, at ages 14, 21, 28, 35, 42 and now again at age 49.In this latest chapter, more life-changing decisions are revealed, more shocking announcements made and more of the original group take part than ever before, speaking out on a variety of subjects including love, marriage, career, class and prejudice.

“In 1964 a group of seven year old children were interviewed for the documentary "Seven Up". They've been filmed every seven years since. Now they are 49.”

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Cast

Bruce Balden
Self
Jacqueline Bassett
Self
Symon Basterfield
Self
Andrew Brackfield
Self
Neil Hughes
Self
John Brisby
Self
Paul Kligerman
Self
Susan Sullivan
Self

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Apted
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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Released 20 years ago.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "The Up Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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3 / 8

RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Kim Horton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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5 / 8

CAST

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Bruce Balden and Jacqueline Bassett and Symon Basterfield carry the top of the cast.

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6 / 8

ERA

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Marketing tagline: "In 1964 a group of seven year old children were interviewed for the documentary "Seven Up". They've been filmed every seven years since. Now they are 49.".

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7 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0473434 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Apted directs. Kim Horton cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Released 20 years ago.
2Part of the "The Up Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Kim Horton shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Bruce Balden and Jacqueline Bassett and Symon Basterfield carry the top of the cast.
6Marketing tagline: "In 1964 a group of seven year old children were interviewed for the documentary "Seven Up". They've been filmed every seven years since. Now they are 49.".
7IMDB entry: tt0473434 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 57 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Kim Horton
Runtime: 135 min · 2h 15m
Status: Released
Box office: $238,073
Original language: EN
IMDB: 49 Up (2006)
Rotten Tomatoes: 97% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 84/100
IMDB rating: 8.1/10 · 3,062 votes
MPAA: Not Rated

Awards

Nominated for 2 BAFTA 6 nominations total

Part of

The Up Collection

The Up Series is a series of documentary films produced by Granada Television that have followed the lives of fourteen British children since 1964, when they were seven years old. The children were selected to represent the range of socio-economic backgrounds in Britain at that time, with the explicit assumption that each child's social class predetermines their future. Every seven years, the director, Michael Apted, films new material from as many of the fourteen as he can get to participate.