- Witness 1985 movie#
- Witness 1985 license#
This turns the entire case into a very personal matter for Book. Black Dude Dies First: Elton Carter, John's partner, gets murdered by the corrupt cops.Bilingual Dialogue: Samuel talks in this fashion, mixing words from English and German.This even includes jokes told between the Amish. Bilingual Bonus: Knowing German helps a lot with numerous scenes, as there is no translation provided.Big Damn Heroes: The entire Amish community shows up in the end.Well, maybe second most famous (see Shower Scene below) Barn Raising: Probably the film's most famous scene.
The Bad Guys Are Cops: The reason Book has to hide among the Amish is because so many of his own fellow officers are corrupt drug dealers, including his superior, Schaeffer. Bad-Guy Bar: John and Elton, his partner, raid one early on to get a suspect for Sam. Best shown when the entire town, from the oldest elder to the youngest child, confronts Schaeffer, an armed known murderer with a shotgun, and simply stand watching til he gives up and surrenders. Witness 1985 license#
Artistic License – Gun Safety: Defiantly averted, see Reckless Gun Usage below. While the life of the Amish is portrayed as peaceful, calm and with a closely knit community that supports all members, it doesn't shy from also portraying all the hard work it takes to run a farm, especially one with only basic tools, while also showing the concept of shunning. Book immediately apologizes, and tells him it's just he doesn't want to see Samuel get hurt. 
Anger Born of Worry: Book yells at Samuel when he sees him looking at Book's gun. He still is the mastermind behind a massive drug deal, but remains much more humane than his underlings. Affably Evil: Police Chief Schaeffer remains calm, collected, cordial and keeps up a friendly attitude rather than trying to antagonise Book or Carter. At the opposite end, the movie, by this same logic, avoids having Book kill Schaeffer in favor of a nonviolent conclusion. As satisfying as it may be to the viewer, Book angrily punching the Jerkass tourist who was bullying Daniel is what allows Schaeffer to track him down. An Aesop: The film depicts violence as never being the answer and depicts it unpleasantly and having negative consequences. Though in a very humanizing moment, that doesn't mean Daniel can't enjoy the sight of some jerks who were harassing him getting their asses kicked. At the funeral dinner, they're joshing around about a horse with one testicle, and Hochstetler says "One good ball, that's all it takes". note Truth in Television, Amishmen are farmers and don't mind this kind of sexual humor. 
During the milking scene, Eli asks Book, who is having trouble with it, "You never had your hands on a teat before?" to which Book deadpans "Not one this big." You expect the dour Eli to get indignant at this fairly sexual quip, but after taking a second to realize what Book means, he instead gives a roar of laughter and claps him on the back in a You're all right, kid manner. 
Eventually both Rachel and John end up laughing about all the things she repeats to him.
After spending a night in Eleine's house, Rachel has a talk with John about him and his sister, working almost like a mouthpiece and a mediator for Eleine. Witness 1985 movie#
The movie has only a few - albeit nail-bitingly intense and suspenseful - action scenes in the first and third acts, the entire middle portion of the film is tender, elegaic romantic drama. Action Film, Quiet Drama Scene: Inverted.But their idyllic lifestyle is soon shattered once the villains figure out where they went and descend upon the unsuspecting Amish town with their guns. After a shootout, Book is wounded and hides with the Lapps on their farm, and ends up developing a relationship with Rachel as he recovers, adapting to the Amish lifestyle and being tentatively accepted by the community. Detective John Book takes the boy into custody to protect him when it turns out that the killers are crooked narcotics cops. Samuel Lapp, a young Amish boy journeying to Baltimore with his mother, the recently widowed Rachel, witnesses two men kill an undercover police officer in a Philadelphia train station bathroom. Also starring Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas and Danny Glover. A 1985 film directed by Peter Weir and starring Harrison Ford, who also earned an Academy Award nomination for Best Actor.
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