Movies by Michael Apted
As part of the cast:
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Short: International Release #3 (2001)
Cast: Michael Apted, Crispin Letts, Frank O'Gehry …
Directed by: Peter Capaldi
This unique video combines award-winning short films from around the world with informative interviews, featuring acclaimed filmmakers and exciting performances by international musicians…
As a director:
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The Chronicles of Narnia: The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2010)
Cast: Georgie Henley, Skandar Keynes, Ben Barnes …
Directed by: Michael Apted
With their dour, bookish cousin Eustace (Will Poulter) in tow, the youngest Pevensie offspring -- Lucy (Georgie Henley) and Edmund (Skandar Keynes) -- take an unexpected trip back to Narnia…
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The Power of the Game (2007)
Directed by: Michael Apted
Renowned filmmaker Michael Apted -- best known for his entries in the epic documentary series Seven Up! -- examines the social impact of soccer in the shadow of the 2006 World Cup by blending…
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Married in America 2 (2007)
Directed by: Michael Apted
After closely following nine couples as they prepared to wed in the 2001 documentary Married in America, director Michael Apted returns with this engrossing sequel, which charts the…
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Amazing Grace (2006)
Cast: Ioan Gruffudd, Albert Finney, Michael Gambon …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Based on actual events, this historical drama tells the story of William Wilberforce, an 18th-century English politician who launched an aggressive campaign to abolish British slavery,…
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49 Up (2005)
Cast: Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield …
Directed by: Michael Apted
In 1964, British filmmaker Michael Apted interviewed a diverse group of 7-year-olds living in England and vowed to track how their lives progressed every seven years. Now, those "kids" are 49…
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Enough (2002)
Cast: Jennifer Lopez, Billy Campbell, Tessa Allen …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Abused wife Slim realizes Mitch isn't the wonderful man she thought she married. She and her daughter try to escape, but Mitch pursues them relentlessly. Fearing for her daughter's…
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Married in America (2002)
Directed by: Michael Apted
Noted filmmaker Michael Apted (known for his groundbreaking 7 Up documentary series) talks to nine engaged couples to examine the institution of marriage and discern what makes us want to be…
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Enigma (2001)
Cast: Dougray Scott, Saffron Burrows, Kate Winslet …
Directed by: Michael Apted
During the early days of World War II, the Nazis change the Enigma Code that commandeers their fleet of U-boats -- and now it's up to brilliant code breaker Tom Jericho (Dougray Scott)…
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Me & Isaac Newton (2000)
Cast: Steven Pinker, Michio Kaku, Maja Mataric …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Directed by Michael Apted, this humorously intellectual documentary tackles a complex subject: scientific genius. To that end, Apted interviews seven scientists, including physicist Michio…
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The World Is Not Enough (1999)
Cast: Pierce Brosnan, Sophie Marceau, Robert Carlyle …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Greed, revenge, world domination, high-tech terrorism: It's all in a day's work for cunning secret agent James Bond, who's on a mission -- and in a race against time -- to…
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42 Up (1998)
Cast: Bruce Balden, Jacqueline Bassett, Symon Basterfield …
Directed by: Michael Apted
When documentarian Michael Apted catches up with the group of people he's been tracking every seven years since 1964, he brings up a variety of topics, including the past, the future,…
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Always Outnumbered, Always Outgunned (1998)
Cast: Laurence Fishburne, Cicely Tyson, Daniel Williams …
Directed by: Michael Apted
After getting out of prison, convicted murderer Socrates Fortlow (Laurence Fishburne) begins building a new life in a crumbling Los Angeles neighborhood, where he struggles to stay out of…
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Inspirations (1997)
Cast: David Bowie, Roy Lichtenstein, Dale Chihuly …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Where do the world's greatest artists get their creative spark? In this fascinating documentary, director Michael Apted (Coal Miner's Daughter, Gorillas in the Mist) presents an…
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Extreme Measures (1996)
Cast: Hugh Grant, Gene Hackman, Sarah Jessica Parker …
Directed by: Michael Apted
In director Michael Apted's medical thriller, emergency room doctor Guy Luthan (Hugh Grant) is haunted by the disappearance of a strange patient's records. Against the advice of his…
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Nell (1994)
Cast: Jodie Foster, Liam Neeson, Natasha Richardson …
Directed by: Michael Apted
When Dr. Jerome Lovell (Liam Neeson) and Dr. Paula Olsen (Natasha Richardson) discover Nell (Jodie Foster), who lives alone in a remote backwoods area of North Carolina, they're…
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Blink (1994)
Cast: Madeleine Stowe, Aidan Quinn, James Remar …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Blind since she was a child, Emma Brody (Madeleine Stowe) gets the gift of sight when a dead woman's eyes are donated to her. But her vision is still a bit blurry right after the…
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Incident at Oglala: The Leonard Peltier Story (1992)
Cast: Robert Redford, Norman Zigrossi, Robert Sikma …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Narrated by Robert Redford, this provocative documentary chronicles the controversial events surrounding the shooting of two FBI agents on South Dakota's Pine Ridge Reservation in 1975,…
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Thunderheart (1992)
Cast: Val Kilmer, Sam Shepard, Graham Greene …
Directed by: Michael Apted
When the FBI can't crack a string of murders on an Indian reservation, they send in untested field agent Ray Levoi, who holds a trump card: his Sioux heritage. But as he gets closer to…
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Class Action (1991)
Cast: Gene Hackman, Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio, Colin Friels …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Attorney Jebediah Ward (Gene Hackman) fights for the rights of those who have been victimized by the negligence of large corporations. He begins a David vs. Goliath battle, fighting to…
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35 Up (1991)
Directed by: Michael Apted
Now in their mid-thirties, Suzi, Symon, Paul, Bruce and Neil -- five of the 14 subjects filmmaker Michael Apted has followed since they were 7 years old -- face enormous challenges as they…
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Gorillas in the Mist (1988)
Cast: Sigourney Weaver, Bryan Brown, Julie Harris …
Directed by: Michael Apted
This beautifully filmed drama is based on the true story of anthropologist Dian Fossey (Sigourney Weaver). Lured to deepest Africa by the chance to study rare mountain gorillas, Fossey learns…
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Critical Condition (1987)
Cast: Richard Pryor, Rachel Ticotin, Rubén Blades …
Directed by: Michael Apted
After faking insanity to avoid prison, convicted criminal Eddie Lenahan tries to escape from the hospital psych ward by disguising himself as a doctor during a blackout -- but he soon finds…
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28 Up (1985)
Directed by: Michael Apted
See how Suzi, Symon, Paul, Peter and Neil -- just five of the 14 subjects that filmmaker Michael Apted has followed over the course of their lives from the time they were 7 years old -- have…
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Firstborn (1984)
Cast: Teri Garr, Peter Weller, Christopher Collet …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Teri Garr stars as a young divorced mother trying to balance her relationship with her kids and her new drifter boyfriend. The boys think they see the man for what he is and need to save…
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Gorky Park (1983)
Cast: William Hurt, Lee Marvin, Brian Dennehy …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Honest Moscow police inspector Arkady Renko (William Hurt) persistently investigates a mysterious triple homicide in which the mutilated bodies have been wiped clean of identification,…
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Continental Divide (1981)
Cast: John Belushi, Blair Brown, Allen Garfield …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Gruff Chicago newspaperman Ernie Souchak (John Belushi) is a guy who thinks communing with nature means sitting on a bench in Lincoln Park. Nell Porter (Blair Brown) is an ornithologist…
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Coal Miner's Daughter (1980)
Cast: Sissy Spacek, Tommy Lee Jones, Levon Helm …
Directed by: Michael Apted
Sissy Spacek shines in her Oscar-winning role as country singer Loretta Lynn in this biopic that charts the queen of country music's rise -- from her hardscrabble upbringing in…
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21 Up (1977)
Directed by: Michael Apted
In the second follow-up to the original film Seven Up, Michael Apted continues his documentary saga that began when his subjects, 14 students from varied social backgrounds, were 7 years old.…