Over-under, sideways-down /

Duration: 85

Year Published: 1977

Creator: Cine Manifest ; directed by Eugene Corr, Peter Gessner, and Steve Wax ; written by Eugene Corr and Peter Gessner ; produced by Steve Wax.

Format: 16mm

Color: Color

Sound: sound

Credits: Gessner, Peter, 1939- film director, screenwriter.; Corr, Eugene, film director, screenwriter, editor of moving image work.; Wax, Steve, film director, film producer.; Schickele, David, editor of moving image work.; Lighthill, Stephen, director of photography.; Ahlers, Ozzie, composer (expression); Andrews, Roy, actor.; Behling, Robert, actor.; Bellan, Joe, actor.; Goldman, Sharon, actor.; Viharo, Robert, 1942- actor.; Cine Manifest (Organization), production company.

Description: Also broadcast in 1977 as part of the PBS "Visions" anthology program.; Aspect ratio: 1.33:1; Credit information taken from IMDb, 06/2017.; Pacific Film Archive collection; non-circulating. Access by appt. only. CBPF.; PFA 1620-01-16886. Restricted: Not for research use. CBPF; Original music by Ozzie Ahlers; cinematography by Stephen Lighthill; film editing by Eugene Corr and David Schickele.; Roy Andrews (Wilbury); Robert Behling (Frank); Joe Bellan; Michael Cavanaugh (Rich); Lonnie Ford (Luke); Fran Furey (A.J.); Sharon Goldman (Jan Stennis); Esteban Oropreza (Tomas); Larry Patterson (Johnson); Robert Viharo (Roy Stennis)..; "A dramatic feature from Cine Manifest, the San Francisco- based group of independent filmmakers who produced Northern Lights, 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. Roy Stennis's options are the real subject of Over-Under, Sideways- Down."--Pacific Film Archive program note, 1981.; PFA 1620-01-16886. D0359 donation 2015/01/16 CBPF; PFA 1620-01-16886. Edge code: EK SP 1977. CONDITION NOTE : inspected 2015/08/31 gc; faded (3+); light to fair scratches; slight warp; cement splices.

Metadata Source:BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE