Fun Down There
1989 film
- February 1989 (1989-02) (Berlinale)
- August 17, 1990 (1990-08-17) (U.S.)
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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.[1]
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".[2] He praised lead actor Michael Waite for playing his role with "great inner humor and intelligence".[2]
References
- ^ "Films: Fun Down There", Frameline, archived from the original on July 4, 2010, retrieved May 12, 2010
- ^ a b Canby, Vincent (August 17, 1990), "Adapting to Being Gay Without Sturm und Drang", The New York Times, retrieved May 12, 2010
External links
- Fun Down There at IMDb
- Fun Down There at AllMovie
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Teddy Award winners for Best LGBT Feature Film
- Law of Desire (1987)
- The Last of England (1988)
- Fun Down There (1989)
- Coming Out (1990)
- Poison (1991)
- Together Alone (1992)
- Wittgenstein (1993)
- Go Fish (1994)
- The Last Supper (1995)
- The Watermelon Woman (1996)
- All Over Me (1997)
- Hold You Tight (1998)
- Show Me Love (1999)
- Water Drops on Burning Rocks (2000)
- Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001)
- Walking on Water (2002)
- A Thousand Clouds of Peace (2003)
- Wild Side (2004)
- A Year Without Love (2005)
- The Blossoming of Maximo Oliveros (2006)
- Spider Lilies (2007)
- The Amazing Truth About Queen Raquela (2008)
- Raging Sun, Raging Sky (2009)
- The Kids Are All Right (2010)
- Absent (2011)
- Keep the Lights On (2012)
- In the Name of (2013)
- The Way He Looks (2014)
- Nasty Baby (2015)
- Tomcat (2016)
- A Fantastic Woman (2017)
- Hard Paint (2018)
- Brief Story from the Green Planet (2019)
- No Hard Feelings (2020)
- Miguel's War (2021)
- Three Tidy Tigers Tied a Tie Tighter (2022)
- All the Colours of the World Are Between Black and White (2023)
- All Shall Be Well (2024)
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