Witness /

Witness / producer, David Bombyk; producer, Edward S. Feldman; producer, Wendy Weir. - 1 videodisc (107 min.) ; 12cm. - 014700

Made in 1985. Credits: director, Peter Weir; writer, W. Wallace Kelley; writer, Earl Wallace; writer, Pamela Wallace; director photography, John Searle; music, Maurice Jarre. DVDC.

Cast: Jan Rubes, Harrison Ford, Lukas Haas, Kelly McGillis, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Danny Glover, Patti LuPone, Brent Jennings, Angus MacInnes, Frederick Rolf, John Garson.

When a young Amish boy (Lukas Haas) witnesses a murder in a big city train station, detective Jon Book (Harrison Ford) is given the job of protecting him. Suspecting that the murder was part of a police conspiracy, Book retreats to the small farming community where the boy lives. As time passes, and despite massive cultural difference, the detective falls in love with the boy's widowed mother (Kelly McGillis). 'Witness', the first Hollywood film from Australian director Peter Weir, was nominated for eight Oscars and won two (editing and original screenplay).

BBFC code: 15.


DVD.

5014437926234

PHE9262 Paramount Home Entertainment