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Jonathan Cullum <[log in to unmask]>
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Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:06:34 -0500
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A good example:  
-Shine (Hicks, 1996)
 
 
Others to consider:
-Now and Then (Glatter, 1995)
-The Last Emperor (Bertolucci, 1987)
-Big (Marshall, 1988)
-13 Going on 30 (Winick, 2004)
-The Emperor's Club (Hoffman, 2002)
-Superman (Donner, 1978)
-Disney's The Kid (Turteltaub, 2000)
-Frailty (Paxton, 2001)
-Ray (Hackford, 2004)
-Walk the Line (Mangold, 2005)
 
And, if you're not limited to human protagonists, you will find this
conceit in some of the Disney animated animal films:  Bambi, The Fox and
the Hound, etc.
 
Regards, 
Jonathan A. Cullum
Auburn University


>>> Barry Langford <[log in to unmask]> 6/20/2007 11:54 AM >>>
Dear All

Can anyone think of any movies which begin with a child protagonist and
then 
move on to dramatise the same character's experiences as an adult? I'm
not 
thinking here of film series (e.g. 400 Blows & sequels), nor films with
brief 
childhood flashbacks (e.g. Silence of the Lambs, Day for Night,
countless 
others), but individual films significantly structured  in this way
(presumably 
employing different actors). I'm sure there must be several but at
present all I 
can think of is Once Upon a Time in America (strictly speaking this of
course 
starts in adulthood, then reverts to childhood, then advances to old
age...but 
you get the idea). Any suggestions very gratefully received.

Tx Barry

Dr Barry Langford
Senior Lecturer in Film & Television Studies
Department of Media Arts
Royal Holloway, University of London
Egham, Surrey TW20 0EX
(01784) 443734/443833
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