Witness 1985 M
Production still from Witness 1985 / Director: Peter Weir / Image courtesy: Paramount Pictures Australia / View full image
When
6.00 pm, Wed 4 Oct 2023 (112 mins)Where
Gallery of Modern Art & Cinema A
Accessibility
- Wheelchair Accessible
About
Harrison Ford stars in this tense thriller from celebrated Australian director Peter Weir. When a young Amish boy witnesses a murder while travelling outside of his community, his statement to Ford’s Detective Sergeant John Book inadvertently reveals a much deeper web of police corruption. Realising he has uncovered a deadly conspiracy, Book must seek shelter in the Amish community while he fights for justice and protects Samuel from those who want his silence at any cost. A taut neo-noir, Witness is all the more riveting for its canny visual language that shows rather than tells in this tale of parallel societies.
M | Medium level violence, Medium level coarse language
Production Credits
- Director: Peter Weir
- Script: William Kelley, Pamela Wallace, Earl W Wallace
- Cinematographer: John Seale
- Editor: Thom Noble
- Print Source: National Film and Sound Archive of Australia, Canberra
- Rights: Paramount Pictures Australia
- Year: 1985
- Runtime: 112 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Colour: Colour
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm