Improper Channels | |
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Directed by | Eric Till |
Written by |
Adam Arkin Morrie Ruvinsky Ian Sutherland |
Produced by |
Alfred Pariser Morrie Ruvinsky Jon Slan |
Starring |
Alan Arkin Mariette Hartley Monica Parker Harry Ditson Sarah Stevens |
Cinematography | Anthony B. Richmond |
Edited by | Thom Noble |
Music by |
Micky Erbe Maribeth Solomon |
Distributed by |
Crown International Pictures Saguenay Films |
Release date |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
Country | Canada |
Language | English |
Box office | $1,250,000 [1] |
Improper Channels is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Eric Till and released in 1981. [2]
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. [3]
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). [4] Arkin won the award for Best Foreign Actor. [5]