Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

Been Down So Long It Looks Like Up to Me

The man who saw it coming before it hit the fan.

1971 · 90 min · ★ 3.5 · Drama

Free-thinking student tries to put up with life at a straight-laced college in 1958.

Directed by Jeffrey Young · Written by Robert Schlitt

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