Improper Channels
Improper Channels is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Eric Till and released in 1981.
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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 |
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Running time | 92 minutes |
| Country | Canada |
| Language | English |
| Box office | $1,250,000 |
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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