Witness
A big city cop. A small country boy. They have nothing in common... but a murder.
Country
Production
Budget
$12 000 000
Box office
$68 706 993
Director
Actors
Scenario
Pamela Wallace
Producer
Edward S. Feldman
Camera operator
Composer
Artist
Stan Jolley
Audition
Dianne Crittenden
Editing
Thom Noble
Whole Team (52)
Whole 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 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.
- 20th Century Fox refused to greenlight the 'rural film' project; however, the script caught the interest of Phil Gersh, Harrison Ford's agent. Thanks to that big name, funding was successfully secured.
- Ford suggested Australian Peter Weir as director, who had gained fame with films about the survival of archaic cultures in the modern world. Although 'Witness' touches upon the same theme, Weir agreed to participate in the project only after the filming of his movie 'The Mosquito Coast' fell through due to financial problems.
- In the film's most famous scene, the radio plays not the original version of Sam Cooke's famous song '(What a) Wonderful World,' but a cover version performed by Greg Chapman.
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