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Demisemicenturian 
"Four ever European"
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 Posted - 01/28/2011 : 23:57:30
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I'm looking for films in which the entire span of a human character's life is shown. They should at least reach adulthood, and I'll raise the age if there are a lot of examples. If there are not too many, the birth and death do not need to be seen but it should get pretty close: for example, if we don't witness the birth then at least the parents should be shown as a couple beforehand and the character should be on screen by toddlerhood at the latest (although I'm not even being quite that strict yet).
So far, I can think of these.
Do we get to the Last Emperor's death? |
Edited by - Demisemicenturian on 01/29/2011 09:25:28 |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/29/2011 : 00:11:06
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| I guess a lot of biopics will apply, but I may as well include them. Please tell me of the specific cases as for many of them I don't know whether they go all the way from birth to death. |
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Larry 
"Larry's time / sat merrily"
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Posted - 01/29/2011 : 13:26:05
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Little Big Man? |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/29/2011 : 13:55:29
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| Good one. I also had that in mind for my hundred-years accolade (though depending on the structure it may not qualify) but forgot about it. Thanks. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/29/2011 : 14:04:11
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Unfortunately, it doesn't technically fit either accolade, but I'm tempted to reconfigure one or both to squeeze it in.
I remember that when I saw it 121 seemed like a ridiculous age, but it has since been achieved! |
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GHcool 
"Forever a curious character."
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Posted - 01/30/2011 : 02:04:19
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 01/31/2011 : 04:05:59
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| I just watched it again tonight.... "Up", definitely, if you're counting animated movies. |
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Sean
"Necrosphenisciform anthropophagist."
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clay 
"Viewer discretion is revised."
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Posted - 01/31/2011 : 04:25:14
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Jim Thorpe, All-American
The Elephant Man |
Edited by - clay on 01/31/2011 04:25:33 |
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TitanPa
"Here four more"
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Posted - 01/31/2011 : 16:40:26
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| would The Truman Show fit? |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/31/2011 : 19:38:27
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Originally posted by 1i1anPa
would The Truman Show fit?
Well, he's alive, young and healthy at the end, so not really, but I see what you mean in that one life of his is over. |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 01/31/2011 : 19:42:43
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Originally posted by demonic
I just watched it again tonight.... "Up", definitely, if you're counting animated movies.
Damn, I knew that I'd get some spoilers when I started this thread!  Anyway, thanks, and to others for their suggestions too. |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 01/31/2011 : 23:59:40
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| Have no fear- that's not a spoiler. It's just you see about 60 or 70 years of the main character's life in the first ten minutes. Given your cinema hit rate I'm amazed you missed it. Best film of last year, easily. :) |
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Demisemicenturian
"Four ever European"
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Posted - 02/01/2011 : 00:28:18
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Yes, I was really sorry to miss it: I guess I was in Poland for its main release (where it would have been dubbed, as a children's film); I later saw it listed on Saturday mornings in the kids' slot, but I never made it. It's probably the biggest film I've missed in the last five years, but there are others: I haven't seen that tedious-looking Iraq film that won the Oscar, for example.
I've seen part of that back story and it's very touching. However, is it at the very beginning or a flashback? If the latter and/or we don't get at least close to his death then I'm not sure it qualifies, although I hadn't thought about flashbacks before despite this also affecting one of the films above. |
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demonic
"Cinemaniac"
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Posted - 02/01/2011 : 02:26:13
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Oh you really didn't miss much with the tedious-looking Iraq movie. It may have won an Oscar but no one will remember it in a couple of years time, it's that ordinary.
As for "Up" it's the opening sequence not a flashback, from when he's about 4 or 5 at a guess, and progresses rapidly through his life, and then about 80% of the film takes place when he's 78. Given male mortality rates he probably isn't too far off shuffling on...  |
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el guapo
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Posted - 02/07/2011 : 15:57:34
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Hi
If you're still looking i guess these would fit:
Dragon The Bruce Lee story (1993)
The Life of Brian - i think (it's been a while)
10 Commandments
How the West was Won - many lives shown here
Jack
There are hundreds if you include films about Jesus and Bio's
Good Luck with the accolade
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