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Nebs
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 Witness Witness Quote: Witness is a 1985 American thriller film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis. The screenplay by William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, and Earl W. Wallace focuses on a detective protecting a young Amish boy who becomes the target of a ruthless killer after he witnesses a brutal murder in Philadelphia's 30th Street train station.
The film was nominated for eight Academy Awards and won two, for Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. It was also nominated for seven BAFTA Awards, winning one for Maurice Jarre's score, and was also nominated for six Golden Globe Awards. William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and the 1986 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay presented by the Mystery Writers of America. The film is also notable as the screen debut of future stars Viggo Mortensen and Lukas Haas.
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Thegun
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Re: Witness Really great thriller as well as fish out of water drama. Its a good film with solid direction and a superb performance by Harrison Ford, apart from a relatively weak reason as to why the main baddie gave up in the end, its an interesting film that delves into the very rarely seen on screen Amish population.
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Grill
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Re: Witness A great movie and major props to Harrison Ford and the director, Peter Weir.
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Riggs
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Re: Witness One of those movies I really have to see again.
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David
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Re: Witness Superb. One of my favorite films of the 1980s. It is successful on multiple levels: as a police drama, as a romance (Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis' kiss in the field is so beautiful; genuine passion), and as an exploration of the Amish culture. Ford's performance here is, IMO, his career-best.
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Tyler
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Re: Witness Seriously underrated. Weir is awesome.
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Algren
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Witness
Good film. Cute Kid. A unique and memorable score. Some good shots from Peter Weir, a director that I've never really been too familiar with. One shot that was good was when the bent cops were coming over the brow of the hill to search for Book. Nice shot, with some stylishly eerie and cool sounds to carry them over. The film drags in the middle. Despite the very interesting look at Amish life and the romantic simmerings betweek John and Rachel, the middle part was just not in keeping with the first 30 minutes. Also, the ending is weak.
I spotted a young Viggo Mortensen in this. And that blonde guy from Die Hard. He looks very different here, though. Overall, Witness is not among Ford's best work, but it is interesting and beautiful in its own way. Anyway, glad I've seen it.
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David
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Re: Witness One of my favorite films ever. Riveting mystery/suspense film. Moving love story. Interesting, if fairly romanticized exploration of the Amish lifestyle. Amazing original score by the wonderful Maurice Jarre. The scene where they join together to construct the barn is pure magic, and, on the flip side, the death of the one cop in the silo scared me as a child.
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Algren
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Re: Witness The barn scene is nice. I kept seeing a narrative that just wasn't there, though.
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Algren
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Re: Witness McGillis has some nice nipples.
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stuffp
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Re: Witness Well made film, solid score and cinematography make it a good watch, but it misses some kind of punch to stand out. It's trying to dip both into the police detective and romance areas and ends up not really succeeding in either. So I'm a bit surprised it did that well at the box office, 8th highest grossing film of 1985. I guess it shows what a star Ford was at the time, and he's good in it too, as are McGillis and Haas as his Amish co-stars and a nice role from Danny Glover too. But if the highlights of the film are McGillis' topless scene and Viggo Mortensen first film appearance then it's just not that great. It really was a different time in film when this came out, and maybe the feature of Amish in a high profile film, drove this to success. There's also a certain quality to the film making itself, but I don't think it adds that much to film history.
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