Seven Up! (1964) (TV)

Director:

Paul Almond

Release Date:

5 May 1964 (UK)

Genre:

Documentary | Short | Biography

Plot:

A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects...

Plot Keywords:

Children | English Countryside | School Class | Childhood | Rich Kid

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Douglas Keay	...	Himself - Narrator (voice)
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Bruce Balden	...	Himself (as Bruce)
Jacqueline Bassett	...	Herself (as Jackie)
Symon Basterfield	...	Himself (as Simon)
Andrew Brackfield	...	Himself (as Andrew)
John Brisby	...	Himself (as John)
Suzanne Dewey	...	Herself (as Suzy)
Charles Furneaux	...	Himself (as Charles)
Nicholas Hitchon	...	Himself (as Nicholas)
Neil Hughes	...	Himself (as Neil)
Lynn Johnson	...	Herself (as Lindsay)
Paul Kligerman	...	Himself (as Paul)
Michelle Murphy	...	Herself (as Michelle)
Susan Sullivan	...	Herself (as Susan)
Tony Walker	...	Himself (as Tony)
Derek Cooper	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Davies	...	Himself (uncredited)
Wilfrid Thomas	...	Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

Directed by
Paul Almond

Produced by
Paul Almond	....	producer
Derek Granger	....	executive producer
Tim Hewat	....	executive producer

Film Editing by
Lewis Linzee		(uncredited)

Camera and Electrical Department
David Samuelson	....	camera operator (uncredited)

Other crew
Michael Apted	....	researcher
Michael Boultbee	....	technical team
Dick Fontaine	....	production team
Peter Heinze	....	technical team
Mike Hodges	....	production team
Douglas Keay	....	production team
Lewis Linzee	....	technical team
Tony Osborne	....	technical team
Denis Pitts	....	production team
David Samuelson	....	technical team
Alex Valentine	....	production team
Gordon McDougall	....	researcher (uncredited)

Production Companies

• Granada Television

Distributors

• Independent Television (ITV) (1964) (UK) (TV)
• Channel 4 Television Corporation (1985) (UK) (TV)
• First Run Features (2004) (USA) (DVD)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

39 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Latin

Color:

Black and White

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Granada Television

Quotes:

Neil Hughes:When I get married I don't want to have any children because they're always doing naughty things and making the house untidy.

Movie Connections:

Featured in A Personal History of British Cinema by Stephen Frears (1997) (TV)

Soundtrack:

What Would I Do

Groundbreaking ongoing one of a kind documentary about life as it happens

In 1964 Michael Apted filmed a documentary on a couple of seven year olds for a British television studio from various backgrounds. The idea was to see what the generation heading into the next millennium looked like at that early age, what their hopes were, their dreams, their aspirations. It was an interesting snap-shot for sure back in these days, but then again, who knew what would really become of those kids? Well, someone clever got the idea to revisit them at age 14 - and thus made another documentary. Seven years later they did it again, and more and more things began to shape and what at this time could be seen as an experiment became really extraordinarily interesting.

So it went on, a documentary on the lives of people like you and me. Today, a couple of dozen years later, we've got several more installments and have gained insight on what has become of those children of the sixties. The series as a whole is simply the most outstanding reality documentary ever filmed, it's all about life as close as it can get, impossible to copy. Groundbreaking indeed, must see.