Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
- Directed by
- James Caan
- Genre
- drama film
- Country
- United States
- Runtime
- 1h 32m
- Rated
- PG
- Rating
- 5.7 of 10 from 18 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
A man from Buffalo tries to regain custody of his children after his ex-wife's new husband becomes involved. He struggles against a government system that has pushed his family away.
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What happens
Hide in Plain Sight is a 1980 American drama film directed by and starring James Caan with the story line based on an actual case from the files of New York attorney Salvatore R. Martoche, who represented Tom Leonhard, a real-life victim from Buffalo, New York who had sued to recover contact with his children, estranged by the culpability of the new husband and government, soon realizing his own past is coming back to get him. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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