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7-49 Up [2005] [DVD]
enlarge	Director: Michael Apted Studio: Network Category: DVD List Price: ~~£49.99~~ Buy New: £27.83 as of 24/11/2009 12:47 GMT details You Save: £22.16 (44%) New (9) Used (1) from £27.83 Seller: findprice Rating: 4 reviews Sales Rank: 6603 Format: Box set, Black White, Colour, PAL Language: English (Unknown) Rating: Exempt Region: 2 Number Of Discs: 6 Running Time: 500 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.3 Dimensions (in): 8 x 5.8 x 1.9 EAN: 5027626301842 ASIN: B001LQW686 Theatrical Release Date: 2005 Release Date: February 16, 2009 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Customer Reviews: damn fine documentary March 13, 2009 Mr. Paul Byrne (Wicklow, Ireland) 5 out of 5 found this review helpful Had been looking for this long-running documentary series for some years, so, delighted that it's finally available at a box-set. Pretty much unsurpassable in its portrait of childhood, growing up, life through the 50s, 60s, and beyond... 7 Up forever! April 27, 2009 Uneken Dan (Jerez, Spain) 4 out of 4 found this review helpful I have been following this series ever since the 21-up broadcasts. I am of the same age as the participants. To say that I eagerly anticipated the next episode during every minute of each seven year interval is perhaps a little exagerated, but it is true that each and every issue in the series has riveted me to the screen and brought me to tears, made me laugh and made me feel that these people are like a family to me, whom I wish success, health and happiness as I would wish my own family and friends. br /It is due to the extraordinary work of Michael Apted and his team that we can be witnesses of the lives of these people, so close to own own lives, yet totally unique in themselves. br /I would like to see the series continue into eternity and of course live to see it on screen every seven years. Give me a child until he is seven and I will give you the man November 18, 2009 Mrs. M. Forey (Oxfordshire, England) The saying that I have chosen as a title was the impetus behind this series. A group of children from widely different social backgrounds was filmed and interviewed for television in 1964 at the age of seven, and thereafter every seven years. The first interviews in the series are hilarious, for the most part, though some are poignant. We found it compulsive viewing: it is fascinating to see people - and society - changing and developing, and to discover something of how their lives turned out, and one comes to care about what happens to them. One disadvantage of the format is a certain amount of repetition at the start of each new programme, as new viewers needed to have it explained to them what happened in the past, but by spinning out our viewing over several days we minimised the nuisance - in fact we came to look forward to some moments, like the little boy who didn't like greens. We also enjoyed the absence of background music. The interviewers kept out of sight and did not compete for attention with the subjects, who were all interesting in their different ways. The first programme was black and white, so it showed television developing too. It was quite a heart-warming programme: one could respect and like all the subjects, varied though their lives and personalities are, and in spite of the considerable social gap (discussed thoughtfully, without rancour on one side or snobbery on the other)the final impression is of the basic decency of human beings, and the unity of human experience in the journey through life. It was not clear at the end whether another set of interviews will take place in 2012: I do hope so. The Up Series July 30, 2009 Riseleyj (Australia) 3 out of 3 found this review helpful I watched the first three series every seven years whilst growing up in England. It was most enjoyable back then ~ and some of the children involved, particularly Neil and Tony have always remained a vivid picutre in my memory. That is why I was most excited when I managed to track down a copy of 7-49. It is just how I remembered it. Extremely entertaining although quite pertinent at times with it's portrayal of the class difference and social issues. br /My only minor critism in each series would be the constant flashbacks to previous interviews. I realise that this was only meant to be viewed every seven years ~ therefore we would need to be reminded of previous questions and subsequent answers given by the children. I chose to watch 4 series in one week ~ so naturally by the fourth series of flashbacks I was growing a little tired of the same footage! br /That said I am finding the series extremely entertaining and love watching them all finding their place in society!

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