Witness
A big city cop. A small country boy. They have nothing in common... but a murder.
Witness (1985)
Timing:
1:52 (112 min)
7.099/10
1830
1830
7.09/10
13095
13095
7.3/10
113000
113000
Country
Production
Genre
Crime, Drama, Romance, Thriller
Budget
$12 000 000
Revenue
$68 706 993
Director
Actors
Scenario
Pamela Wallace
Producer
Edward S. Feldman
Operator
Composer
Artist
Audition
Dianne Crittenden
Editing
Thom Noble
All team (52)
All team (52)
Short description
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. On the farm, he slowly assimilates despite his urban grit, and forges a romantic bond with the child's beautiful mother.
What's left behind the scenes
- The original title of the film was "Called Home".
- 20th Century Fox refused to give the "green light" to the "rural film" project, but the script attracted the attention of Phil Gersh – Harrison Ford's agent. Funding was secured thanks to this prominent name.
- The film's original title was "Called Home".
- 20th Century Fox refused to give the "rural film" project a green light, but the script interested Phil Gersh, Harrison Ford's agent. Funding was secured under that prominent name.
- Ford suggested Australian Peter Weir as the director, who had gained prominence with films about the survival of archaic cultures in the modern world. Although "Witness" touches on the same theme, Weir agreed to participate in the project only after filming of his film "The Mosquito Coast" fell through due to financial problems.
- In the film's most famous scene, a cover version of Sam Cooke's iconic melody "(What a) Wonderful World" performed by Greg Chapman is heard on the radio, not the original.
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