21 Up

1977 1h 40m EN

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7.4

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★7.4TMDB · 79

Documentary

Synopsis

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After another 7 year wait, director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born children from Seven Up! and 7 Plus Seven. The subjects are interviewed as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.

“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”

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Cast

Lynn Johnson
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Tony Walker
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Jacqueline Bassett
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Charles Furneaux
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Bruce Balden
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Andrew Brackfield
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Neil Hughes
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Nicholas Hitchon
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Michael Apted
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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ERA

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49 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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CINEMA

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

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RUNTIME

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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4 / 7

DIRECTOR

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

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CAST

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Lynn Johnson and Tony Walker and Jacqueline Bassett carry the top of the cast.

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0075610 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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7 / 7

WILD

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Only 79 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Apted directs. Andrew Page cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

149 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "The Up Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
4Editor Andrew Page shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
5Lynn Johnson and Tony Walker and Jacqueline Bassett carry the top of the cast.
6IMDB entry: tt0075610 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
7Only 79 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Andrew Page
Runtime: 100 min · 1h 40m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: 21 Up (1977)

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.