The 1985 film “Witness” was a surprise hit — part cop thriller, part Amish romance, with a pair of stars in Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis at the top of their game, a crackerjack script and a ...

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The actor visited the film festival in 1985 on behalf of Peter Weir’s crime thriller, in which he played a police detective called upon to protect an Amish woman and her son. By Gregg Kilday Freelance ...

STRASBURG, Pa. (AP) — The 82-acre farm featured in the 1985 movie thriller “Witness” is tucked into a small valley, hidden from the view of travelers on Lancaster County’s back roads. But that hasn’t ...

Before we see a gun, a bullet or a drop of blood, we see tall grass swaying in the breeze. Amid the grass there is a mass of men, women and children walking peaceably but confidently. We soon discern, ...

And, of course, the 1985 film “Witness” inspired interest in the Amish, despite what Nolt describes as its “improbable plot.” (A Philadelphia cop, played by Harrison Ford, discovers corruption in the ...

Today the Oscar-nominated film, which garnered eight Academy Award nominations and rave reviews for its beautiful cinematography and thoughtful depiction of the Amish, is once more a cause for ...

(RNS) — The 1985 film “Witness” was a surprise hit — part cop thriller, part Amish romance, with a pair of stars in Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis at the top of their game, a crackerjack script and ...