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Michael Apted

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7 Up / 14 Up7 Up / 14 Up (Seven Plus Seven) (1964-1970) Recommended
Dir. Paul Almond, Michael Apted
The first two parts of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of…
Up Series BoxsetUp Series Boxset (7-49UP) (1964-2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Apted
All 49 years of Michael Apted's extraordinary documentary series chronicling the evolving lives of ordinary Brits.
Follyfoot (TV Series)Follyfoot (TV Series) (1971)
Dir. Stephen Frears, Michael Apted , Vic Hughes
Feat. Gillian Blake, Desmond Llewelyn
Young Dora (Gillian Blake), discarded in the country by her globe–trotting parents, takes to caring for the neglected horses of Follyfoot Farm,…
Stardust (1974) Recommended
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. David Essex, Adam Faith, Larry Hagman
Musical biopic of fictional 60s British popsters The Stray Cats (the name later adopted by 80s rockabillies) and their invasion of America. 70s pop…
21 Up21 Up (1977) Recommended
Dir. Michael Apted
The third part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of different…
AgathaAgatha (1979)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Vanessa Redgrave, Dustin Hoffman, Timothy Dalton
Speculating over the 11 days in 1926 when detective–writer Agatha Christie (Vanessa Redgrave) went missing, this gently–toned drama sees…
Coal Miner's DaughterCoal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones
Biopic of country legend Loretta Lynn.
P'Tang Yang KipperbangP'Tang Yang Kipperbang (1982)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. John Albasiny, Abigail Cruttenden
A cricket–obsessed 14–year–old courts the girl of his dreams, only for painful shyness and the terror of playing opposite her in…
Gorky ParkGorky Park (1983) Recommended
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy
William Hurt plays a brooding Russian detective investigating horrific murders in Moscow. Meaty, convincing thriller.
28 Up28 Up (1985) Recommended
Dir. Michael Apted
The fourth part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of…
Gorillas in the MistGorillas in the Mist (1988)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris
Impressive biopic of American primatologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver), who ventured to the volitile African jungle to study the…
Class ActionClass Action (1990)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio
A lawyer becomes forced to prosecute a case in which his estranged daughter will act for the defence. Courtroom ethics are violated in style by Gene…
35 Up35 Up (1992) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Apted
The fifth part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of different…
Incident at OglalaIncident at Oglala (1992)
Dir. Michael Apted
A compelling case is made for the innocence of a native American accused of murdering two FBI agents in 1976, though it's sense of social injustice…
ThunderheartThunderheart (1992)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham (Actor) Greene
Part–Sioux FBI agent Val Kilmer is awakened to his heritage when assigned to investigate a murder on a reservation. An absorbing account of a…
NellNell (1994)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Liam Neeson, Jodie Foster
Small–town doctor Liam Neeson discovers a young woman untouched by twentieth century developments who has even developed her own language.…
BlinkBlink (1994)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar
A blind woman (Madeleine Stowe) becomes a sole yet unreliable murder witness after successful eye surgery gives her troubling side–effects.…
Extreme MeasuresExtreme Measures (1996)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker
Hugh Grant sniffs out conspiracy in the corridors of medicine. The potential intrigue of scientific ethics is undone by the melodramatic hyperbole…
World Is Not Enough, TheWorld Is Not Enough, The (1999)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Pierce Brosnan, Robert Carlyle, Sophie Marceau
Pierce Brosnan is back for a third time in the most cartoonish entry in many a season, with in–jokes, sexual allusions and fire–power…
42 Up42 Up (1999) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Apted
The sixth part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britishers of different…
EnigmaEnigma (2001) Recommended
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Kate Winslet, Dougray Scott, Jeremy Northam
Superior period–thriller, loosely set around the dedicated cryptanalysts of Bletchley Park who led the race to crack the Nazi’s Enigma code…
EnoughEnough (2002)
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Juliette Lewis
As a battered housewife fighting back, Jennifer Lopez gives a reasonably appealing performance in a story that adds dashes of violence to the core…
49 Up49 Up (2005) Aro Favourite
Dir. Michael Apted
The seventh part of the extraordinary television documentary series that documents the attitudes, personalities and lives of 14 Britons of different…
Amazing GraceAmazing Grace (2006) Recommended
Dir. Michael Apted
Feat. Ioan Gruffudd, Romola Garai, Albert Finney
Stirring dramatisation of the true story of 18th–century abolitionist William Wilberforce and his revolt against Britain’s slave…
56 Up56 Up (2012)
Dir. Michael Apted
The eighth part of the extraordinary television documentary series that has documented the attitudes, personalities and lives of a group of Britons…

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