Hide in Plain Sight
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Hide in Plain Sight (1980)
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Star James Caan made his directorial debut in the fact-based Hide in Plain Sight. Caan plays a divorced husband and father who comes to visit his ex-wife and children, only to discover that they've evidently disappeared from the face of the earth. Running up against the stonewall tactics of the authorities, Caan eventually learns that his wife's present husband is a witness against the mob, and that his family members have been given a new home and new identities via the Justice Department's new witness relocation program. Denied information concerning his children's whereabouts, Caan desperately attempts to find them himself. Hide in Plain Sight was adapted by Spencer Eastman from the book by Leslie Waller
Divorced father Thomas Hacklin shows up one day at his ex-wife's address to visit his children. No one is there.
Unable to find or contact them, Hacklin goes to the authorities, but they refuse to be of any help. Hacklin is mystified until becoming aware that his former wife's new husband has been placed in the federal government's witness protection program.
Hacklin becomes determined to locate his children's whereabouts with or without the law's help.
Hide in Plain Sight received a mixed reception from critics.[3]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two stars (out of a possible four) praising the acting, but ultimately viewing the film negatively, calling it "...a frustrating real-life thriller that makes the fatal mistake of being more true to real life than to the demands of narrative."[4] Variety also wrote the film a mixed review, stating, "Hide in Plain Sight has some of the makings of a good, honest film. It tells the true story of a working man's fight against the system, features several poignant moments, and makes a number of political messages in an effective yet unobtrusive manner. But in his directorial debut, James Caan never musters the energy or emotion needed to break the unbearably slow, dismal tone
Divorced father Thomas Hacklin shows up one day at his ex-wife's address to visit his children. No one is there.
Unable to find or contact them, Hacklin goes to the authorities, but they refuse to be of any help. Hacklin is mystified until becoming aware that his former wife's new husband has been placed in the federal government's witness protection program.
Hacklin becomes determined to locate his children's whereabouts with or without the law's help.
Hide in Plain Sight received a mixed reception from critics.[3]
Roger Ebert of the Chicago Sun-Times gave the film two stars (out of a possible four) praising the acting, but ultimately viewing the film negatively, calling it "...a frustrating real-life thriller that makes the fatal mistake of being more true to real life than to the demands of narrative."[4] Variety also wrote the film a mixed review, stating, "Hide in Plain Sight has some of the makings of a good, honest film. It tells the true story of a working man's fight against the system, features several poignant moments, and makes a number of political messages in an effective yet unobtrusive manner. But in his directorial debut, James Caan never musters the energy or emotion needed to break the unbearably slow, dismal tone
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