Book orders Samuel to run to Hochleitner's home for safety, tricks Ferguson into the corn silo, and suffocates him under tons of corn, then uses Ferguson's shotgun to kill McFee. The next day, Schaeffer, McFee, and Ferguson arrive at the Lapp farm, taking Rachel and Eli hostage as a way of luring Book and Samuel out. The fight between the bullies and the strange "Amish" man is reported to the local police and they inform Schaeffer, who had previously contacted the sheriff in his efforts to locate Book, Rachel, and Samuel.
Book retaliates, breaking with the Amish tradition of nonviolence. While in town, Hochleitner is harassed by tourists. He deduces that Schaeffer and McFee murdered Carter after discovering his role in the case to get closer to Book, with the aid of a third corrupt officer, Detective Sergeant Leon Ferguson. After accepting an invitation to a barn raising for a newly married couple, Book gains Hochleitner's respect.īook goes into town with Eli to use a payphone, where he learns that Carter has been killed. His relationship with the Amish community deepens as they learn he is skilled at carpentry and seems like a decent, hard-working man. During his convalescence, Book dresses in Jacob Lapp's clothing to avoid drawing attention to himself. The Lapps' neighbor Daniel Hochleitner had hoped to court her, and this becomes a cause of friction. Rachel's father-in-law Eli reluctantly agrees to shelter him despite his distrust of the outsider.īook slowly recovers in their care and begins to develop feelings for Rachel, who likewise is drawn to him. Book insists that going to a hospital would allow the corrupt police officers to find him and put Samuel in danger. Knowing Samuel and Rachel are now in grave danger, Book orders his partner to remove all traces of the Lapps from his files, and he drives the boy and his mother back to their community, but his loss of blood causes him to pass out in front of their farm. Since only Schaeffer knew of Book's suspicions, he realizes Schaeffer is also corrupt and tipped off McFee. Book is later ambushed and shot in a parking garage by McFee and left badly wounded.
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Book expresses his suspicions to Chief of Police Paul Schaeffer, who advises Book to keep the case secret so they can work out how to proceed. Book surmises that McFee sold the chemicals to drug dealers, and that the murdered detective had been investigating the theft. Book investigates and finds out that McFee was previously responsible for a seizure of expensive chemicals used to make black-market amphetamines, but the evidence has now disappeared. Although Samuel is unable to identify the perpetrator from mugshots or a line-up, he later sees a newspaper clipping in a trophy case of Philadelphia Police Department Narcotics Division Officer James McFee receiving an award and points him out to Book. While at 30th Street Station waiting for a connecting train to Baltimore, Maryland, Samuel goes into the men's room and witnesses the brutal murder of an undercover police officer, but manages to evade detection by hiding in the stalls.ĭetective John Book, and his partner Sergeant Elton Carter, are assigned to the case.
Rachel and Samuel travel by train to visit Rachel's sister, which takes them into Philadelphia. In 1984, an Amish community outside Lancaster, Pennsylvania attends the funeral of Jacob Lapp, who leaves behind his young wife Rachel and eight-year-old son Samuel. Wallace won the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Original Screenplay and the 1986 Edgar Award for Best Motion Picture Screenplay presented by the Mystery Writers of America. It was also nominated for seven BAFTA Awards, winning one for Maurice Jarre's score, and six Golden Globe Awards. At the 58th Academy Awards, it earned eight nominations, including Best Picture and Best Actor for Ford, winning Best Original Screenplay and Best Film Editing. The film went on to become a sleeper hit, grossing over $116 million worldwide. The film focuses on a police detective protecting an Amish woman and her young son, who becomes a target after he witnesses a brutal murder in a Philadelphia train station.įilmed in 1984, Witness was released theatrically by Paramount Pictures in the winter of 1985. Witness is a 1985 American neo-noir thriller film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, and Lukas Haas, with Jan Rubeš, Danny Glover, Josef Sommer, Alexander Godunov, Patti LuPone, and Viggo Mortensen in supporting roles.
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