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Prisoners is a film directed by Peter Werner with Tatum O'Neal
Prisoners (1981)
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Add to a movie listPrisoners is a 1981 American-New Zealand drama film directed by Peter Werner and starring Tatum O'Neal, Colin Friels and David Hemmings.
Although its budget was roughly $4.2 million it was never released. Although myth has arisen that Tatum's father Ryan O'Neal purchased the rights to the film to prevent its release, this is in fact untrue. The New Zealand producers of the film state that in actuality there was a dispute between the film's completion guarantor and 20th Century Fox and Fox elected not to release the film as it protected their financial status.
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An American moves his family to New Zealand where he takes charge of a prison in Wellington. His young daughter begins to have a love affair with one of the prisoners in his charge.Actors
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