Seven Up!
- TV Movie
- 1964
- 40m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
4.1K
YOUR RATING
A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects.A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects.A group of British children aged 7 from widely ranging backgrounds are interviewed about a range of subjects.
- Awards
- 1 nomination
Douglas Keay
- Self - Narrator
- (voice)
Bruce Balden
- Self
- (as Bruce)
Jacqueline Bassett
- Self
- (as Jackie)
Symon Basterfield
- Self
- (as Simon)
Andrew Brackfield
- Self
- (as Andrew)
John Brisby
- Self
- (as John)
Suzanne Dewey
- Self
- (as Suzy)
Charles Furneaux
- Self
- (as Charles)
Nicholas Hitchon
- Self
- (as Nicholas)
Neil Hughes
- Self
- (as Neil)
Lynn Johnson
- Self
- (as Lindsay)
Paul Kligerman
- Self
- (as Paul)
Michelle Murphy
- Self
- (as Michelle)
Susan Sullivan
- Self
- (as Susan)
Tony Walker
- Self
- (as Tony)
Derek Cooper
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Peter Davies
- Self
- (uncredited)
Wilfrid Thomas
- Narrator
- (voice)
- (uncredited)
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaOnly 4 of the 14 children were girls - while the programme aimed to show children from different class backgrounds, equal gender representation was not particularly considered in 1964. Michael Apted has stated that one of his regrets about this series is that he not take feminism into account, and consequently included fewer girls and did not select them on the basis of any possible careers they might choose.
- Quotes
Susan Sullivan: What would you do if you had lots of money, about, um, two pound?
- Crazy creditsVoice-over during final credits: "If you want to see what happens to these children, look in at Granada Television on Tuesday, May the second ... in the year 2000."
- ConnectionsEdited from World in Action (1963)
Featured review
Talking without comprehension
The guiding principal is the quote "Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man." The filmmakers hope to follow these kids to see a glimpse of England in the year 2000. They follow a group of kids from varied background, and ask some probing questions.
I think most of the questions are over their head. While it's cute to ask these kids about girlfriends and love, the answers are basically meaningless. There's some interesting takes on fighting, the class system and blacks. We get limited information about their family life. Every once in awhile, they answer a question by giving a glimpse into their real lives. We need better answers by adults rather than answers from 7 year olds.
In the end, this is just setting up the rest of the series. The filmmakers get a lot of quotes that will be replay in the films to come. It's a baseline. At this point, we're just having a bit of fun watching cute kids talking without comprehension.
This is the first of an incredible series. Looking back, there are a lot of questions that the filmmakers didn't ask. If the film is taken as a stand alone, it is just a high class version of Kids say the Darndest the Things. But it is a good setup and we have to start somewhere. For that I'll give it a 7/10. If I have one minor change, they need to put the kids' names on the screen. It would make it easier to watch.
I think most of the questions are over their head. While it's cute to ask these kids about girlfriends and love, the answers are basically meaningless. There's some interesting takes on fighting, the class system and blacks. We get limited information about their family life. Every once in awhile, they answer a question by giving a glimpse into their real lives. We need better answers by adults rather than answers from 7 year olds.
In the end, this is just setting up the rest of the series. The filmmakers get a lot of quotes that will be replay in the films to come. It's a baseline. At this point, we're just having a bit of fun watching cute kids talking without comprehension.
This is the first of an incredible series. Looking back, there are a lot of questions that the filmmakers didn't ask. If the film is taken as a stand alone, it is just a high class version of Kids say the Darndest the Things. But it is a good setup and we have to start somewhere. For that I'll give it a 7/10. If I have one minor change, they need to put the kids' names on the screen. It would make it easier to watch.
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- SnoopyStyle
- Nov 13, 2013
Details
- Runtime40 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.33 : 1
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