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Witness Details

1985 Certificate 15
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A young Amish boy, visiting Philadelphia with his widowed mother, witnesses a murder. When the detective on the case discovers a police cover up, he realizes his, the boy's and the mother's lives are in jeopardy. He hides out in Amish country, living amongst the community and having to abide by their peaceful customs. Things .. Read more

Starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover, Josef Sommer
Director Peter Weir
Genres Thriller

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Witness

A young Amish boy, visiting Philadelphia with his widowed mother, witnesses a murder. When the detective on the case discovers a police cover up, he realizes his, the boy's and the mother's lives are in jeopardy. He hides out in Amish country, living amongst the community and having to abide by their peaceful customs. Things get more complicated when he falls in love with the young widow. But, soon the idyllic life is shattered when the villains discover his whereabouts.

Starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Danny Glover, Josef Sommer, Lukas Haas, Alexander Godunov, Patti Lupone, Timothy Carhart, Viggo Mortensen, Brent Jennings, Ed Crowley, Angus MacInnes, Frederick Rolf, Jan Rubes, William Francis
Director Peter Weir
Studio PARAMOUNT HOME ENTERTAINMENT
Run time DVD: 1 hr 48 mins
Certificate Certificate 15
Collections 100 Eighties Greats
Genres Thriller
Language DVD: English
Dubbed Czech, French, German, Italian, Polish, Spanish
Hearing-impaired English
Subtitles DVD: Croatian, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Hungarian, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish, Turkish
Released Production year: 1985

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DVD: 02 Oct 2000

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    • 4 stars out of 4  

      As much about the meeting of cultures as about cops and robbers, this is one of those lucky movies which works out well on all counts and shows that there are still craftsmen lurking in Hollywood.

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    • Rated - 4.0 stars  

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      Classic Weir

      Harrison Ford has done very few films actually worth watching. Peter Weir's Witness is definitely one of them however. Set amongst the backdrop of Amish ... read more »

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    • Rated - 3.0 stars  

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      pretty good

      unusual story a bit if a change to the normal not often the amish are highlighted in movies and this one does work

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      Witness Witness

      Good film with a different slant on an old story. The film bogs down in the middle losing itself as it looks into the Amish way of life rather than the main ... read more »

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      A classic

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      When attempting to compile a list of my favourite films, I always tend to forget this one, although I don't know why, because it's certainly up there ... read more »

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