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Improper Channels(Movie, 1981)

1h 32min | Genre: Comedy
Improper ChannelsRating: 5.0/5 (with 11 vote)
Improper Channels is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Eric Till and released in 1981. The film stars Alan Arkin as an architect named Jeff Martley, and Mariette Hartley as his estranged wife Diana. After their daughter Nancy is mildly injured in a car accident, an overzealous social worker (Monica Parker) wrongly accuses him of child abuse, and takes custody of the child away. The film received four Genie Award nominations at the 3rd Genie Awards in 1982, for Best Foreign Actor (Arkin), Best Foreign Actress (Hartley), Best Original Screenplay (Adam Arkin, Morrie Ruvinsky and Ian Sutherland) and Best Art Direction/Production Design (Ninkey Dalton and Charles Dunlop). Arkin won the award for Best Foreign Actor. ()
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About Improper Channels

A father brings a young child to an emergency room to get treatment for a minor injury occurring in an innocent accident, but he gets accused of child abuse. Child welfare agencies commit grossly unfair over-reactions to remove the child forcibly from the Father, who must brave the arcane system to reclaim his daughter.

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Additional Information

Production country: Canada
Original language: English (EN)
Spoken languages: English (EN)
Translated into 3 languages: German (DE), English (EN), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)
Status: Released
Release date DE: 04/17/1981
Director: Eric Till
Screenwriter: Adam Arkin
Director of Photography: Anthony B. Richmond

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WatchPlayStream ID: MOVIES:73697, Added: 03/15/2018, Last updated: 03/26/2024