28 Up

"Imagine yourself at 7, 14, 21 & 28."

1984 2h 16m EN

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7.5

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★7.5TMDB · 77

Documentary

Synopsis

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Just two years away from turning 30, participants in Michael Apted's documentary series are facing serious questions of identity and purpose, wondering whether they've found their place in the world.

“Imagine yourself at 7, 14, 21 & 28.”

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Cast

Lynn Johnson
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Tony Walker
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Jacqueline Bassett
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Bruce Balden
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Andrew Brackfield
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Paul Kligerman
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Symon Basterfield
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Neil Hughes
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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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42 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 / 8

DIRECTOR

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Editor Oral Norrie Ottey 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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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "Imagine yourself at 7, 14, 21 & 28.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0088650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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8 / 8

WILD

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Only 77 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Michael Apted directs. Oral Norrie Ottey cuts. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

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142 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 Oral Norrie Ottey 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.
6Marketing tagline: "Imagine yourself at 7, 14, 21 & 28.".
7IMDB entry: tt0088650 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
8Only 77 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.

The technical file

Editing: Oral Norrie Ottey
Runtime: 136 min · 2h 16m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: 28 Up (1984)

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.