Hide in Plain Sight -- 1980 (James Caan) true story

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Hide in Plain Sight (USA - 1980)

Drama

director . . . James Caan
starring . . . James Caan, Jill Eikenberry, Robert Viharo

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0080868/

Caan's passion project, took him two years to make which also included his idea of a film without music score but MGM executives prevailed.

This was based on a true story. About a man (Caan) who discovers that his ex-wife has disappeared along with their children. It seems that her new boyfriend works for some criminals. After being arrested, the government offers to let him enter the newly developed Witness Protection Program in exchange for testifying against his employers. His bosses instruct him to marry his girlfriend so that she can't testify against him, they promise that they will take care of her. When he learns that they have done nothing, he accepts the government's offer. So, he and his wife and her children enter the program. Now her ex-husband goes to a lawyer because he wants to sue the government for keeping him away from his children.

Video: XviD, 720x304, 2085 kbps, 23.976 fps, 01h31m40s
Audio: Dolby AC3, 48000 Hz, stereo, 192 kbps

DVDRip, English audio, no subtitles