Fun Down There
{{Short description|1989 film}}
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{{Infobox film
| name = Fun Down There
| image = FunDownThere.jpg
| caption =
| director = Roger Stigliano
| producer = Roger Stigliano
| writer = Roger Stigliano
Michael Waite
| narrator =
| starring = Michael Waite
| music = James Baker
Wayne Hammond
| cinematography = Peggy Ahwesh
Eric Saks
| editing = Peggy Ahwesh
Roger Stigliano
| distributor = Frameline
| released = {{Film date|1989|02| |Berlinale|1990|08|17|U.S.}}
| runtime = 89 minutes
| country = United States
| language = English
| budget =
| gross =
}}
Fun Down There is a 1989 drama film directed by Roger Stigliano. It stars Michael Waite, who co-wrote the script with Stigliano. It premiered at the 1989 Berlin International Film Festival where it won the Teddy Award for Best Feature Film. It was released onto DVD by Frameline.{{Citation |title=Films: Fun Down There |newspaper=Frameline |url=http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=1133&fid=38 |accessdate=May 12, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100704134012/http://www.frameline.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=1133&FID=38 |archive-date=July 4, 2010 |url-status=dead }}
Plot
Buddy, a young gay man leaves his small-town home in rural Upstate New York to make a new life in New York City.
Cast
- Yvonne Fisher as Sandy
- Martin Goldin as Angelo
- Nickolas B. Nagourney as Joseph
- Jeanne Smith as Judy Fields
- Gretchen Sommerville as Greta
- Betty Waite as Mrs. Fields
- Harold Waite as Mr. Fields
- Michael Waite as Buddy Fields
Reception
Writing for The New York Times, Vincent Canby called the film "carefully muted [and] seriocomic".{{Citation|last=Canby |first=Vincent |author-link=Vincent Canby |title=Adapting to Being Gay Without Sturm und Drang |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 17, 1990 |url=https://movies.nytimes.com/movie/review?res=9C0CE6D7123EF934A2575BC0A966958260 |accessdate=May 12, 2010}} He praised lead actor Michael Waite for playing his role with "great inner humor and intelligence".
References
{{Reflist}}
External links
- {{IMDb title|0095187}}
{{Teddy Award for Best Film}}
Category:1989 LGBTQ-related films
Category:American LGBTQ-related films
Category:1980s English-language films
Category:American independent films
Category:Films set in New York City
Category:1980s LGBTQ-related drama films
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