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Improper Channels

Improper Channels
Improper channels.jpg
Theatrical release poster
Directed byEric Till
Produced byAlfred Pariser
Morrie Ruvinsky
Jon Slan
Written byAdam Arkin
Morrie Ruvinsky
Ian Sutherland
StarringAlan Arkin
Mariette Hartley
Monica Parker
Harry Ditson
Sarah Stevens
Music byMicky Erbe
Maribeth Solomon
CinematographyAnthony B. Richmond
Edited byThom Noble
Distributed byCrown International Pictures
Saguenay Films
Release date
  • April 17, 1981
Running time
92 minutes
CountryCanada
LanguageEnglish

Improper Channels is a Canadian comedy-drama film, directed by Eric Till and released in 1981.[1]

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.[2]

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).[3] Arkin won the award for Best Foreign Actor.[4]

Cast

  • Alan Arkin as Jeffrey Martley
  • Mariette Hartley as Diana Martley
  • Monica Parker as Gloria Washburn
  • Harry Ditson as Harold Clevish
  • Sarah Stevens as Nancy Martley
  • Danny Higham as Jack
  • Leslie Yeo as Fred
  • Richard W. Farrell as Fraser
  • Ruth Springford as Mrs. Wharton
  • Martin Yan as Hu
  • Tony Rosato as Dr. Arpenthaler
  • Philip Akin as Cop
  • Harvey Atkin as Sergeant
  • Richard Blackburn as Fraser's Assistant
  • Eugene Clark as Security Guard #1

References

  1. ^ "Laughs wrapped in red tape". The Globe and Mail, April 17, 1981.
  2. ^ "Improper Channels". The New York Times, May 22, 1981.
  3. ^ "Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
  4. ^ "Ticket To Heaven top movie". The Globe and Mail, March 5, 1982.

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