Multimedia Collection
The UP Series
DVD
576 min
2004
HQ783 .U67 2004 DVD
Starting in 1964 with Seven Up, The UP Series has explored this Jesuit maxim. The original concept was to interview 14 children from diverse backgrounds from all over England, asking them about their lives and their dreams for the future. Every seven years, renowned director Michael Apted, a researcher for Seven Up, has been back to talk to the same subjects, examining the progression of their lives.
From cab driver Tony to East End schoolmates Jackie, Lynn and Susan and the heart-breaking Neil, we see, as they enter their 40s, how close these subjects are to realizing their ambitions.
An extraordinary look at the structure of life in the 20th century, The UP Series is, according to critic Roger Ebert, "an inspired, almost noble use of the film medium. Apted penetrates to the central mystery of life."
This is the entire series of films documenting the lives of fourteen seven year-olds, every seven years until they are forty-two year-olds.
Distributed by First-Run Features (www.firstrunfeatures.com).
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