Seven Up!

1964 0h 40m EN

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★7.2TMDB · 113

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Synopsis

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A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects. The filmmakers plan to re-interview them at 7 year intervals to track how their lives and attitudes change as they age.

“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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Bruce Balden
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Andrew Brackfield
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Neil Hughes
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Nicholas Hitchon
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Susan Sullivan
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Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Paul Almond
Languages: English
Countries: United Kingdom

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RUNTIME

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Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.

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ERA

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62 years old — a genuine piece of film history.

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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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ERA

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Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Lewis Linzee 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: tt0058578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

Paul Almond directs. Lewis Linzee cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in United Kingdom. Dialogue in English.

Trivia

Things worth knowing

1Tight 40-minute runtime — shorter than most television pilots.
262 years old — a genuine piece of film history.
3Part of the "The Up Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
4Lean credit list — fewer than 30 people officially credited.
5Editor Lewis Linzee shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Lynn Johnson and Tony Walker and Jacqueline Bassett carry the top of the cast.
7IMDB entry: tt0058578 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

The technical file

Editing: Lewis Linzee
Runtime: 40 min · 0h 40m
Status: Released
Original language: EN
IMDB: Seven Up! (1964)

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.