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Witness is a 1985 American neo-noir crime thriller film [1] directed by Peter Weir. Starring Harrison Ford , its plot focuses on a police detective protecting an Amish woman and her son, who becomes a target after he witnesses a brutal murder in a Philadelphia railway station.
The resulting film, Witness, was released in 1985 and starred Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis. The following year, Wallace received the Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay along with William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace for Witness. [3] The script also won awards from the Mystery Writers of America and the Writers Guild of America. [4]
William Kelley (May 27, 1929 – February 3, 2003) was an American screenwriter and producer for television and film who is best known for his work on the Peter Weir-directed film Witness (1985), which starred Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis, that earned him an Academy Award along with his co-writers Earl W. Wallace and Pamela Wallace.
Kelly McGillis is an American actress. She has appeared in several films since the 1980s including: her role as Rachel Lapp in Witness (1985) with Harrison Ford, for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations, the role of Charlie in the Top Gun (1986) with Tom Cruise, and the role of attorney Kathryn Murphy in The Accused (1988).
His acting roles included an Amish farmer in Witness (1985), a comically narcissistic symphony conductor in The Money Pit (1986) and one of the thieves in Die Hard (1988). [11] He declined roles which typecast him as a dancer or as an action villain, as in Die Hard. [1] In the mid-1990s he appeared in Canadian television commercials for Labatt ...
Kelly Ann McGillis [1] (born July 9, 1957) [2] [3] is an American actress. She is known for her film roles such as Rachel Lapp in Witness (1985), for which she received Golden Globe and BAFTA nominations; Charlie in Top Gun (1986); Made in Heaven (1987); The House on Carroll Street (1988); and as Katheryn Murphy in The Accused (1988). [4]
Witness (1985 film) → – No need for the specificity, there is no other film of that name ^___^ Thanks. That Ole Cheesy Dude (Talk to the hand!) 00:33, 12 July 2011 (UTC) Oppose. There are several films titled Witness or The Witness listed at Witness (disambiguation). Big Bird (talk • contribs) 15:06, 12 July 2011 (UTC)
Peter Lindsay Weir AM (/ w ɪər / WEER; born 21 August 1944) is an Australian retired film director.He is known for directing films crossing various genres over forty years with films such as Picnic at Hanging Rock (1975), Gallipoli (1981), The Year of Living Dangerously (1982), Witness (1985), Dead Poets Society (1989), Fearless (1993), The Truman Show (1998), Master and Commander: The Far ...