Eyewitness
by John Hough
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Actor: Jeremy Kemp, Lionel Jeffries, Mark Lester, Peter Vaughan, Susan GeorgeDirector: John Hough
Cinematographer: David Holmes
Editor: Geoffrey Foot
Producer: Irving Allen
Producer: Paul Maslansky
Writer: John Harris
Writer: Ronald Harwood
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Unknown), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono; English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Mono
Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.66:1
Running Time: 92 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2002-05-21
Audience Rating: PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Starz / Anchor Bay
Movie Reviews of Eyewitness
Movie Review: Excellent "boy who cried wolf" thriller!
Summary: 5 Stars
Superbly crafted; very well acted and edited action thriller directed by John Hough; filmed in the summer of 1969 on the picturesque Mediterranean island of Malta and released in 1970. The then 11 years old Mark Lester plays a little boy called Ziggy who lives in a lighthouse with his grandfather (Lionel Jeffries) and older sister (Susan George) and who is frequently prone to telling tall tales and living in his own world of imagination. Naturally, no one, including his family, believes him when he tells them that not only did he witness a visiting President being assassinated, but that he saw the man who did it...a policeman...and the policeman saw him, too! No one, in fact, believes him except the assassins, who are out to kill him at all costs! However, it soon becomes apparent...and very nearly too late for him and his family...that for once, he is actually telling the truth!
This is an excellent, fast-paced thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat with excitement. The last ten minutes are particularly well done. Mark Lester looks radiantly beautiful all of the time and scared to death most of the time. He also does very well in a tense scene where he genuinely cries and sobs...a difficult thing to do unless you are a really good actor and Mark was a far better child actor than many gave him credit for. If only he could have stayed 11 years old indefinitely.
This is also an unusually brutal film for its period and especially for one made as a vehicle for such a famous and very popular child star as Mark Lester. The villains will stop at nothing to get Ziggy, even stooping so low as to kill a ten years old girl (a schoolfriend of Ziggy's) in whom Ziggy confides (and who therefore knows too much to be left alive by the villains) and killing a priest in cold blood before the altar as Ziggy seeks sanctuary in a church.
The extras on this DVD include the original UK and US theatrical trailers, which are identical except for the change of title from the UK "Eyewitness" to the US "Sudden Terror." The image and sound quality on the DVD are of the highest quality and the film has obviously been carefully restored for this DVD release. Exquisitely filmed in Technicolor and Highly Recommended.
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