Over-Under Sideways-Down

Over-Under Sideways-Down (1977)

Drama

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.

Directors: Peter Gessner, Steve Wax, Eugene Corr.

Casts

	Robert Viharo as Roy Stennis
	Sharon Chatten as Jan Stennis
	Roy Andrews as Wilbury
	Robert Behling as Frank
	Michael Cavanaugh as Rich
	Vera Conrat as Jan and Roy's daughter
	Fran Furey as A.J
	Esteban Oropreza as Tomas
	Jordan Weiner as Jan and Roy's son
	Joe Spano as Bit (uncredited)
	Johnny Tidwell as

Crew