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FIRST RUN FEATURES is proud to continue its 21 year connection with the monumental UP SERIES . . .
49 UP
A film by Michael Apted
2005, 135 minutes, color & b/w, English
Synopsis
ˇ°THE UP SERIES is on my list of the ten greatest films of all time!ˇ± - Roger Ebert
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 ˇ°Give me the child until he is seven and I will give you the man,ˇ± 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 ˇ°childrenˇ± 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.
The entire UP Series (Seven UP through 42 UP) is currently available in a DVD box set from First Run Features.
