35 Up (1991) (TV)

Director:

Michael Apted

Writers:

(more)

Release Date:

15 January 1992 (USA)

Genre:

Documentary | Biography

Tagline:

Every seven years, Michael Apted has returned to record the lives of 14 people, tracing their ambitions, successes, their failures, their loves and even one's madness. Seven years are up. Discover where they are now.

Plot:

Director Michael Apted revisits the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait. The subjects...

Plot Keywords:

Human Relationship | Sequel | Independent Film | Number In Title

Awards:

1 win & 1 nomination

Cast

Bruce Balden	...	Himself (as Bruce)
Jacqueline Bassett	...	Herself (as Jackie)
Symon Basterfield	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Symon)
Andrew Brackfield	...	Himself (as Andrew)
John Brisby	...	Himself (as John)
Suzanne Dewey	...	Herself (as Suzy)
Charles Furneaux	...	Himself (archive footage) (as Charles)
Nicholas Hitchon	...	Himself (as Nick)
Neil Hughes	...	Himself (as Neil)
Lynn Johnson	...	Herself (as Lynn)
Paul Kligerman	...	Himself (as Paul)
Susan Sullivan	...	Herself (as Sue)
Tony Walker	...	Himself (as Tony)
Michael Apted	...	Interviewer (voice) (uncredited)
Peter Davies	...	Himself (ages 7, 14) (archive footage) (uncredited)

Directed by
Michael Apted

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Michael Apted		uncredited

Produced by
Michael Apted	....	producer
Rod Caird	....	executive producer

Cinematography by
George Jesse Turner

Film Editing by
Kim Horton

Art Department
Phil Buckley	....	graphic artist

Sound Department
Tony Anscombe	....	dubbing mixer
Chris Atkinson	....	additional sound
Harry Brookes	....	additional sound
Mark Senior	....	dubbing editor
Nick Steer	....	sound

Camera and Electrical Department
Graham Mitchell	....	electrician
Ged Murray	....	still photographer
Howard Somers	....	additional photographer

Other crew
Paul Almond	....	programme associate: 7 Up
Margaret Bottomley	....	programme associate: 21 Up
Gayle Broughall	....	programme manager
David Buckley	....	programme accountant
Claire Lewis	....	series editor
Gordon McDougall	....	programme associate: 7 Up
Anya Noakes	....	unit publicist
Ann Pollack	....	assistant: Mr. Apted
Jacki Turner	....	production assistant

Production Companies

• Granada Television

Distributors

• Samuel Goldwyn Company, The (1992) (USA)

Also Known As:

Runtime:

123 min

Country:

UK

Language:

English | Bengali | Bulgarian

Color:

Black and White | Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Australia:PG

Company:

Granada Television

Movie Connections:

Featured in The 50 Greatest Documentaries (2005) (TV)

Soundtrack:

What Would I Do

the series continues

The fifth chapter in the ongoing seven-year cycle of documentaries catches up with all but two of the original kids, after following their development from childhood through repressed adolescence to (mostly) hopeful young adulthood, and here to a more or less stable maturity. The changes in the past seven years are less dramatic than those revealed in '28 Up', but with each new installment the series grows more rich and provocative, and seeing the latest episode is like visiting old friends.

Some of the stories have taken surprising turns: the upper class snobbery of Andrew and John (who refused to appear in the previous film) has mellowed with age. Destitute Neil is doing community theater in the Shetland Islands. And the trio of friends (Jackie, Lynn and Sue), whose lives were the least interesting seven years earlier now each deserve their own separate film (one of them is suffering, with bitterness, from an obscure neurological disorder). Director Michael Apted's socio-political assumptions have long since fallen by the wayside; the series might have started as an experiment in social upbringing with an eye on class distinctions, but if anything the films prove that time is the great equalizer.