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 ...

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 ...

The Scribbler recently re-watched “Witness,” that exceptional movie made in Lancaster County in 1984 by director Peter Weir. The Scribbler was struck this time by two particular lines. The chief bad ...

Danny Cox has never seen a movie in his entire life. Harrison Ford's character in Witness, John Book, is not only good-looking but also an incredibly good person committed to fighting for justice, ...

TLC has announced "Suddenly Amish," a reality series with Amish hosts that documents six outsiders stepping into Amish life ...

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 ...

Peter Weir may have called his directing career “extinct,” but his movies remain irrevocably alive. One of his best is Witness (1985), about a detective defending an Amish boy (Lukas Haas) from a ...

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 ...

(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 ...