Release Date

30 Oct, 1977

Runtime

01:26: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

A dramatic feature from Cine Manifest, Over-Under, Sideways-Down explores the politics of everyday life in America. The film centers on a working-class couple, Roy and Jan Stennis (played by Robert Viharo and Sharon Goldman), who live, with their two children, in a cramped tract home. An assembly line worker in a steel plant, Roy entertains the escapist fantasy of moving from the local semi-pro baseball team for which he plays third base, to the big leagues. "It's just a matter of being in the right place at the right time," he figures. However, when Roy simultaneously loses his job (by being at the right place at the right time - coming to the defense of a black co-worker and thus being branded a trouble-maker) and his one chance to impress an interested baseball scout, his life begins to unravel. The strains on his marriage increase, intensified by Jan's decision to take a job, and Roy begins to isolate himself both from his family and his fellow workers.

Original Title

Over-Under Sideways-Down

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Actors

Robert Viharo

Sharon Chatten

Roy Andrews

Robert Behling

Michael Cavanaugh

Vera Conrat

Fran Furey

Esteban Oropreza

Jordan Weiner

Joe Spano

Johnny Tidwell

Crew

Steve Wax

Peter Gessner

Steve Wax

David Ozzie Ahlers

Peter Gessner

Eugene Corr

Eugene Corr

Stephen Lighthill