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Witness is a 1985 American neo-noir crime thriller film directed by Peter Weir. The film stars Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis , with Josef Sommer , Lukas Haas , Jan Rubeš , Danny Glover , Alexander Godunov , Patti LuPone and Viggo Mortensen (in his feature film debut).
Its plot focuses on a police detective protecting an Amish woman and her son, who becomes a target after he witnesses a brutal murder in a Philadelphia railway station. Filmed in 1984, Witness was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures in February 1985.
- Peter Weir
- Earl W. WallaceWilliam Kelley
- Edward S. Feldman
- William KelleyPamela WallaceEarl W. Wallace
Feb 8, 1985 · Witness: Directed by Peter Weir. With Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas. While protecting an Amish boy - who is the sole witness to a brutal murder - and his mother, a detective is forced to seek refuge within their community when his own life is threatened.
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- Drama, Romance, Thriller
- Peter Weir
- 1985-02-08
Witness is a movie novelization written by William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace in 1985 and based on the movie of the same name, directed by Peter Weir in 1985. The movie features Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover, Lukas Haas, Jan Rubes, Ed Crowley, and others.
- Peter Weir
- Harrison Ford
Nov 27, 2020 · The opening shot in Peter Weir’s “Witness” is of Amish men marching out of a wheat field, heading to a funeral. From the very start of Weir's 1985 film, there’s no mockery in the way this exotic world and those within it are portrayed.
A sheltered Amish child is the sole witness of a brutal murder in a restroom at a Philadelphia train station, and he must be protected. The assignment falls to a taciturn detective who goes undercover in a Pennsylvania Dutch community.
Feb 8, 1985 · ''WITNESS,'' which opens today at the Astor Plaza and other theaters, is the story of John Book (Harrison Ford), a tough, gun-toting Philadelphia narcotics detective who, to escape his own...
