Witness 1985 M
Production still from Witness 1985 / Director: Peter Weir / Image courtesy: Paramount Pictures Australia / View full image
When
6.00pm, 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.
Witness will screen from an archival 35mm print.
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
- Shooting Format: 35mm
- Screening Format: 35mm
- Year: 1985
- Runtime: 112 minutes
- Country: United States
- Language: English
- Colour: Colour