Witness
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Witness

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Time Out says

Weir's first film set in America explores a theme familiar from his earlier work: the discovery of an all but forgotten culture in modern society: in this case the Amish, a puritanical sect whose life in Pennsylvania has remained unchanged since the 18th century. Threat explodes into this community when an Amish boy witnesses a murder; cop Ford investigates the case and, finding his own life endangered, is forced to hot-foot it back to the Amish ranch with the bad guys in pursuit. The film also allows Ford to fall in love with the boy's mother (McGillis), and comments on the distance between the messy world Ford leaves behind and the cloistered one in which he takes refuge. Powerful, assured, full of beautiful imagery and thankfully devoid of easy moralising, it also offers a performance of surprising skill and sensitivity from Ford.

Release Details

  • Duration:112 mins

Cast and crew

  • Director:Peter Weir
  • Screenwriter:Earl W Wallace, William Kelley
  • Cast:
    • Harrison Ford
    • Kelly McGillis
    • Josef Sommer
    • Lukas Haas
    • Jan Rubes
    • Alexander Godunov
    • Danny Glover
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