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1989 film

Fun Down There

Directed by	Roger Stigliano
Written by	Roger Stigliano Michael Waite
Produced by	Roger Stigliano
Starring	Michael Waite
Cinematography	Peggy Ahwesh Eric Saks
Edited by	Peggy Ahwesh Roger Stigliano
Music by	James Baker Wayne Hammond
Distributed by	Frameline
Release dates	February 1989 (1989-02) (Berlinale) August 17, 1990 (1990-08-17) (U.S.)
Running time	89 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

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.

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 seriocomic". He praised lead actor Michael Waite for playing his role with "great inner humor and intelligence".

References

"Films: Fun Down There", Frameline, archived from the original on July 4, 2010, retrieved May 12, 2010
^ 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

v t e 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)

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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