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28 Up

  • TV Movie
  • 19841984
  • 2h 16m
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28 Up (1984)
DocumentaryBiography
Director Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.Director Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.Director Michael Apted interviews the same group of British-born adults after a 7 year wait as to the changes that have occurred in their lives during the last seven years.
IMDb RATING
8.2/10
2.9K
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POPULARITY
45,344
4,460
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    • Director
      • Michael Apted
    • Stars
      • Bruce Balden
      • Jacqueline Bassett
      • Symon Basterfield
    Top credits
    • Director
      • Michael Apted
    • Stars
      • Bruce Balden
      • Jacqueline Bassett
      • Symon Basterfield
  • See production, box office & company info
    • 11User reviews
    • 15Critic reviews
  • See production, box office & company info
    • Won 1 BAFTA Award
      • 3 wins & 3 nominations total

    Photos7

    Seven Up! (1964)
    28 Up (1984)
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    28 Up (1984)
    28 Up (1984)
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    Bruce Balden
    Bruce Balden
    • Self
    • (as Bruce)
    Jacqueline Bassett
    Jacqueline Bassett
    • Self
    • (as Jackie)
    Symon Basterfield
    Symon Basterfield
    • Self
    • (as Simon)
    Andrew Brackfield
    Andrew Brackfield
    • Self
    • (as Andrew)
    John Brisby
    John Brisby
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as John)
    Peter Davies
    Peter Davies
    • Self
    • (as Peter)
    Suzanne Dewey
    Suzanne Dewey
    • Self
    • (as Suzi)
    Charles Furneaux
    Charles Furneaux
    • Self
    • (archive footage)
    • (as Charles)
    Nicholas Hitchon
    Nicholas Hitchon
    • Self
    • (as Nick)
    Neil Hughes
    Neil Hughes
    • Self
    • (as Neil)
    Lynn Johnson
    Lynn Johnson
    • Self
    • (as Lynn)
    Paul Kligerman
    Paul Kligerman
    • Self
    • (as Paul)
    Susan Sullivan
    Susan Sullivan
    • Self
    • (as Sue)
    Tony Walker
    Tony Walker
    • Self
    • (as Tony)
    Michael Apted
    Michael Apted
    • Interviewer
    • (voice)
    • (uncredited)
    Michelle Murphy
    • Self (age 7, with Tony)
    • (archive footage)
    • (uncredited)
    • Director
      • Michael Apted
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    • Trivia
      Peter Davies lost his job as a teacher because of the anti-Thatcher comments he made in this film.
    • Quotes

      Neil Hughes: If the state didn't give us any money, it would probably just mean crime and I'm glad I don't have to steal to keep myself alive. If the money runs out then for a few days there's nowhere to go and that's all you can do, I simply have to find the warmest shed I can find.

    • Connections
      Featured in 35 Up (1991)
    • Soundtracks
      What Would I Do
      Written by Stanley Alexander

      Performed by The Monotones

    User reviews11

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    9/10
    the voyage of life
    "Give me the child until he is seven, and I will give you the man." So goes the old proverb, and the proof is in this fascinating documentary, the fourth chapter in an ambitious, ongoing epic of non-fiction filmmaking already two decades in the making at the time.

    The project began in the middle 1960s as a modest examination of English class divisions in a group of seven-year old children from different social backgrounds, and has been updated every seven years to show their progress through adolescence to young adulthood. Each individual biography resists the pre-determined notions of (specifically English) status and privilege around which the entire cycle of films is based, becoming instead a record of the same, sometimes rocky path to maturity followed by everyone, regardless of upbringing. At age seven every child is carefree and impressionable; at fourteen most are sullen and inhibited, uncomfortable in puberty; at twenty-one they are, by degrees, poised to reach their potential: eager and naive or cynical and confused.

    And by age 28 their niche in society has been secured, for better or (sadly) for worse. The candid self-analysis, and the range of insight and opinion, makes the film (individually, and as a series) an invaluable document of human growth and development, as well as an irresistible reminder of our own personal destiny.
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    • Jan 11, 2011

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    • Release date
      • February 1986 (United States)
    • Country of origin
      • United Kingdom
    • Languages
      • English
      • Latin
    • Also known as
      • Twenty Eight Up
    • Production company
      • Granada Television
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    • Runtime
      2 hours 16 minutes
    • Color
      • Black and White
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Mono

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