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42 Up
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NR,2hrs 15min
Released:
November 17, 1999
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First Run Features
Synopsis: In 1964, England's Granada Television produced a documentary called 7 Up, in which 14 seven-year-old British children from a wide variety of social and economic backgrounds were interviewed about their ideas and opinions on the adult world. In 1971, director Michael Apted tracked down the same youngsters for a follow-up, 7 Plus 7. Since then, Apted has revisited his subjects every seven years in a series of remarkable films that allow us to watch these children grow into adults before our eyes. In ... Full Synopsis
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This series should be sealed in a time capsule. It is on my list of the 10 greatest films of all time, and is a noble use of the medium. Full Review
Metascore
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86
Universal Acclaim
out of 100
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