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Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me (1971)

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me poster
Directed by
Jeffrey Young
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 30m
Rated
R
Rating
3.5 of 10 from 8 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A student returns to his college campus in the 1960s. He gets involved with old friends and a woman from his past.

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What happens

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me is a 1971 American drama film directed by Jeffrey Young and written by Robert Schlitt and adapted from the Richard Fariña novel of the same name. The film stars Barry Primus, Susan Tyrrell, Bruce Davison and Zack Norman. The film was released on September 15, 1971, by Paramount Pictures. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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