Witness (Special Collector's Edition)(Widescreen)
by Peter Weir
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Actor: Harrison Ford, Jan Rubes, Josef Sommer, Kelly McGillis, Lukas HaasDirector: Peter Weir
Brand: FORD,HARRISON
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language); German (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, NTSC, Special Edition
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 112 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2005-08-23
Audience Rating: R (Restricted)
Studio: Paramount
Movie Reviews of Witness (Special Collector's Edition)(Widescreen)
Movie Review: Milestone
Summary: 4 Stars
A favorite of mine. Viewed so much lost count and will again. Knew nothing of Amish until this and the whole thing works brilliantly. Set the standard for others to follow and does not date. Harrison Ford could not have been better.
Summary of Witness (Special Collector's Edition)(Widescreen)
No Description Available.Genre: Feature Film-Drama
Rating: R
Release Date: 2-JAN-2007
Media Type: DVD
When Samuel (Lukas Haas), a young Amish boy traveling with his mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis), witnesses the murder of a police officer in a public restroom, he and his mother become the temporary wards of John Book (Harrison Ford), a detective who's been assigned to solve the crime. After suspect lineups and mug-shot books yield nothing, Samuel, in the most memorable scene of the film, recognizes the murderer as a narcotics agent whose picture he sees in the precinct. Once Book realizes that the police chief is in on it, too, he whisks Samuel and Rachel back home to Amish country, where he himself goes into hiding as a plain Amish man. The juxtaposition between the life of the Amish and the violence of inner-city police corruption work surprisingly well for the story, and Kelly McGillis as the falling in love widow gives an almost perfect performance. Directed by Peter Weir, the film is extremely successful in drawing the viewer into its world and, accordingly, is immensely entertaining. The only thing that mars its polish is the one-dimensional, almost cartoonish handling of the upper-echelon police corruption--a subtler, more realistic treatment of this aspect of the story would have rendered the film near perfect. --James McGrath
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