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Witness

Movie (1985)


A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.

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Released: Feb 8th, 1985
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Witness Main Cast

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Harrison Ford
Harrison Ford
plays John Book
Kelly McGillis
Kelly McGillis
plays Rachel
Josef Sommer
Josef Sommer
plays Schaeffer
Lukas Haas
Lukas Haas
plays Samuel
Jan Rubes
Jan Rubes
plays Eli Lapp
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  • In the scene where Book sits down to early morning breakfast with the Lapps, he quips, "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee," shocking Rachel by seeming to refer to her as "honey". He then explains that this was a joke, from some commercial. Among the personal quotes for Harrison Ford appears the basis for this line when the actor was commenting on the early days of his career: "I started by chasing a Folger's commercial. But I just somehow couldn't manage to say, 'Honey, that's a great cup of coffee'".
  • Movie Goof (revealing mistake): When Carter pulls the police files on Samuel and his mother, he finds a folder marked "Rachel Lapp" and removes it. He then flicks past a few more files and finds the one marked "Samuel Lapp". Although this might be correct if they were in alphabetical order by the entire name, the files would be more likely to have been held in order of surname, then first name, so the files would probably have been held consecutively.
  • As realistic as the actors playing background roles as Amish people are, no actual Amish were in the film because they do not (as is correctly stated in the film itself) like to have their pictures taken. They were intensely interested in the filming, though, and many Amish people were often out of camera range politely watching the filming.
  • Movie Goof (continuity error): When Samuel looks at the hand gun in the drawer, it is lying in two different positions, in the different camera angles.
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