42 Up (1999)

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Release Date: Nov 17, 1999

Running Time: 139 mins.

Country Of Origin: United Kingdom

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director: Michael Apted

Michael Apted's renowned series tests the maxim by returning every seven years to 14 British children originally profiled in 7 UP (1964). He began the series seeking to confirm the class distinctions were alive and well in England. And while their accents are a dead give-away as to who studied ballet and who drives a cab, there are also remarkable similarities--as youth gives way to middle-age, parents die, and children prepare to leave the nest.

In 1963, Granada TV's World In Action investigative group assembled 14 7-year-old English children from different economic strata, documented their play and asked them questions about their aspirations and attitudes on life, promising that what the audience saw would no doubt give an insightful glimpse at the future. The result was one of the best-known documentaries of our time, "Seven Up", directed by Canadian filmmaker Paul Almond.

From there, researcher Michael Apted (now a famed dramatic…