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49 Up by Michael Apted | Click to read the synopsis

In one of documentary cinema's more remarkable enterprises, "49 Up" makes its U.S. broadcast premiere as the seventh in a series of films that has profiled a group of English children every seven years, beginning in 1964. | Read the synopsis »

Premiered: Oct. 9, 2007 at 9PM | Check For Rebroadcasts

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Behind the Lens: Filmmaker Michael Apted

"There aren't many pieces of work, especially in film, that have the patience or the longevity or the time to honor the drama of ordinary life; and after all, the drama of what we all have to go through — children, jobs, marriage, the things that touch us — is the big drama of life, far more so than the drama of movies and television."
  —Michael Apted

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Roger Ebert

APTED AND EBERT

Film critic Roger Ebert and "49 Up" filmmaker Michael Apted discussed the Up series earlier this year. They talk about whether the Jesuit maxim is true, Apted's habit of asking tough questions and the legacy of the series. Watch some exclusive video outtakes from their conversation.  » 

Suzy at 14, John at 28 and Symon at 21

GROWING UP

Can't remember who's who? Familiarize yourself with the 12 grown-ups featured in "49 Up." Watch Tony, Neil, Sue, Lynn and the rest of the gang grow older in this interactive gallery of photos.  » 

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Posted October 1, 2007

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