Just wondering if someone was committed enough to make such a movie
There’s the “Seven Up!” series by the BBC. They filmed a bunch of kids at age 7, and then again at 14, 21, 28, etc.
The first was filmed in 1964 and 63 Up was filmed in 2019.
That’s a great series!
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Came in to say Boyhood.
Sounds like the movie Boyhood
there was some movie I read about where the actor had a heart attack walking through a doorway while filming, and the second half of the scene was shot much later after his recovery so he looks like he ages 10 years and loses 20 lbs as he walked through the door in the movie. can’t remember what film
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Benjamin Button
Pacino in The Godfather
Ha! I was going to say Tron: Legacy until you said no sequels. Damn.
Boyhood was shot over 12 years following the same cast.
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It’s a great movie too.
Anything with Richard linklater and Ethan Hawke is usually amazing
Oh wow
IT TOOK TWELVE YEARS TO MAKE!!!
I’m surprised they mentioned it in their latest BOTW, I thought they had completely forgotten it even existed by this point.
Add in the Before Sunrise trilogy, also by Linklater
“Not a prequel sequel thing” -op
I suck
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Do flashbacks count?
Yes if it was intentionally and carefully planned according to the actors age. I understand it takes a lot of commitment, but wondering if there is such a movie out there where it is an important part of the plot as well.
Oh. Erm, never mind then. I only know of examples of “I took footage from earlier that wasn’t planned but we realized was usable”.
A bit off-topic, but apparently this is one of Denis Villeneuve’s reasons for wanting a hiatus before making a third Dune movie. Besides just wanting a break, he said he would also like to have the actors age a few years for the next one.
It’s not as impressive as some of the other projects mentioned here, but there was a one-year hiatus during the filming of Cast Away to allow Tom Hanks to lose all (and more) of the weight he had gained for the first part of the movie. His beard and tan were earned honestly during that time as well.
the percentage of body weight that Disney made Carrie Fisher lose to come back for the sequels put her at a much higher risk for dying the way she did.
Not a single movie but that happened with several actors in both Star Wars and Star Trek. Or in Harry Potter. Puberty was good to Neville’s actor.
It has also happened in many TV series where you can see a kid grow up to adulthood.
It could have happened with the movie Coffee and Cigarettes which started filming in 1986 and was released in 2003. It consists of several short episodes. But as far as I recall none of the actors of the earlier episodes came back for one of the later episodes.
Puberty was good to Neville’s actor.
Dudley’s actor, Harry Melling, also got a fair bit more attractive. Maybe not as much as Matthew Lewis (Neville), but I’ve seen him in a couple of other roles where the makeup department isn’t actively sabotaging his appearance.
