RIP Michael Apted, director of the decades-spanning documentary series Up

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Thunderheart, and Incident at Oglala. And Contitental Divide, with John Belushi.

And the greatest anomally, given his documentary background, The World is Not Enough.

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So sad. I’ve seen all but the last of the wonderful Up series, haven’t been able to find it. Anyone here know of a platform that offers it?

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Doesn’t seem to have had video or streaming release yet.

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Thanks. Strange, since it’s been out for awhile now.

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Just to be precise, he worked on the first series, but he didn’t take over director duties until 7 Plus Seven. Still an impressive achievement. I wonder if someone else will take over now.

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Apparently Snow White thought seven up was a TV series…

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I hope so. The project can’t really be complete until it covers the complete lives of the remaining subjects (although it already has for one of them, and soon likely another).

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And Gorky Park! A detective story set in the 1980s Soviet Union, which also serves as a description of what life was like in the final stages of that country

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I heard a radio report which suggested one of the series producers may take over, but I don’t recall her name.

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