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Eyewitness (released in the UK as The Janitor) is a 1981 American neo-noir [4] thriller film produced and directed by Peter Yates and written by Steve Tesich. It stars William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer, Morgan Freeman and James Woods. The story involves a television news reporter and a janitor who team to solve a murder. [5]
Eyewitness, a film starring Mark Lester Eyewitness (1981 film) , a thriller starring William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver and Christopher Plummer Eyewitness (1999 film) , nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Documentary
William McChord Hurt [1] [2] (March 20, 1950 – March 13, 2022) was an American actor. He is widely known for his performances on stage and screen, he received various awards including an Academy Award, a BAFTA Award, and a Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor, in addition to nominations for five Golden Globe Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards.
Peter James Yates was born on 24 July 1929 [1] in Aldershot, Hampshire, [2] the son of an army officer. [3]He attended Charterhouse School.After graduating from the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art, he worked for some years as an actor, director, and stage manager.
Palme d'Or (Cannes Film Festival): Man of Iron (Człowiek z żelaza), directed by Andrzej Wajda, Poland. Golden Lion (Venice Film Festival): Marianne and Juliane (Die Bleierne Zeit), directed by Margarethe von Trotta, W. Germany. Golden Bear (Berlin Film Festival): Faster, Faster (Deprisa, deprisa / Vivre vite), directed by Carlos Saura, Spain ...
Tesich reunited with Peter Yates, the director of Breaking Away, on the 1981 thriller Eyewitness starring Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Morgan Freeman, and Christopher Plummer. [11] His next screenplay was for the semi-autobiographical film Four Friends which was directed by Arthur Penn which covered the activism and turbulence of the 1960s.
Eyewitness (1981 film) F. Fade to Black (1980 film) The Fantasist; Frantic (film) H. He Died with His Eyes Open; The Hound of the Baskervilles (1983 film)
In 1981, she starred alongside William Hurt in the neo-noir Eyewitness. Her next role was opposite Mel Gibson in the Peter Weir–directed The Year of Living Dangerously (1982). [8] She played Dana Barrett in Ghostbusters (1984), later returning to the franchise in Ghostbusters II (1989), Ghostbusters (2016), and Ghostbusters: Afterlife (2021).