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
April 17, 1981 (1981-04-17)
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]
^Donahue, Suzanne Mary (1987). American film distribution : the changing marketplace. UMI Research Press. p. 297. ISBN 9780835717762. Please note figures are for rentals in US and Canada
^"Laughs wrapped in red tape". The Globe and Mail, April 17, 1981.
^"Improper Channels". The New York Times, May 22, 1981.
^"Les Plouffe, Ticket to Heaven lead the pack Academy lists Genie nominees". The Globe and Mail, February 4, 1982.
^"Ticket To Heaven top movie". The Globe and Mail, March 5, 1982.
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