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Witness
1985
· Movie
· 112 min
B
MEANRANK
76/100
Where it ranks
- Mean Score #1303
- IMDb #1501
- Google retired #1593
- Rotten Tomatoes #993
- Metacritic #828
- Letterboxd #1494
+9 more
- Rotten Tomatoes Critics #821
- Rotten Tomatoes Audience #1659
- Metacritic Critics #983
- Metacritic Audience #788
- Criticker #973
- Douban #1608
- Kinopoisk #2333
- AlloCiné #1530
- Trakt #1844
Every rating
58–92
out of 100
Split
Lowest is Criticker on 58, highest is Rotten Tomatoes critics on 92.
See the films the platforms disagree about most →A young Amish boy traveling with his mother is the sole witness to a brutal murder in a Philadelphia train station bathroom. A hardened city detective takes the case and, to protect the boy from corrupt cops involved in the killing, must hide within the peaceful, non-violent Amish community. He finds himself drawn to the boy’s mother and their way of life, while the killers close in on their location.
Details
- Director
- Peter Weir
- Writers
- Earl W. Wallace, Pamela Wallace, William Kelley
- Studio
- Paramount Pictures
- Released
- 8 February 1985
- Country
- United States
- Language
- English, German
- Runtime
- 112 min
- Rated
- R
- Budget
- $12.0M
- Box office
- $116.1M
- Awards
- 8 wins, 21 nominations
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Cast
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Awards & nominations
See all 29 →4 major awards won · 8 wins from 29 nominations across 10 ceremonies
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Original Screenplay | Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Film Editing | Thom Noble | Winner |
| BAFTA Awards 1985 | Best Music | Maurice Jarre | Winner |
| Writers Guild of America 1985 | Best Original Screenplay | Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace | Winner |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Director | Peter Weir | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Actor | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Art Direction | Stan Jolley and John H. Anderson | Nominee |
| Academy Awards 1985 | Best Cinematography | John Seale | Nominee |
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Academy Awards
8 nominations, 2 won
| Best Film Editing | Thom Noble | Winner |
| Best Original Screenplay | Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace | Winner |
| Best Actor | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| Best Art Direction | Stan Jolley and John H. Anderson | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Nominee |
| Best Director | Peter Weir | Nominee |
| Best Original Score | Maurice Jarre | Nominee |
| Best Picture | Edward S. Feldman | Nominee |
BAFTA Awards
7 nominations, 1 won
| Best Music | Maurice Jarre | Winner |
| Best Actor | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| Best Actress | Kelly McGillis | Nominee |
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Nominee |
| Best Editing | Thom Noble | Nominee |
| Best Film | Nominee | |
| Best Original Screenplay | Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace | Nominee |
Writers Guild of America
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Original Screenplay | Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace | Winner |
Golden Globe Awards
6 nominations
| Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama | Harrison Ford | Nominee |
| Best Director | Peter Weir | Nominee |
| Best Motion Picture – Drama | Nominee | |
| Best Original Score | Maurice Jarre | Nominee |
| Best Screenplay | Earl W. Wallace, William Kelley and Pamela Wallace | Nominee |
| Best Supporting Actress | Kelly McGillis | Nominee |
Directors Guild of America
1 nomination
| Outstanding Directing | Peter Weir | Nominee |
Grammy Awards
1 nomination
| Best Score | Maurice Jarre | Nominee |
Kansas City Film Critics Circle
2 nominations, 2 won
| Best Actor | Harrison Ford | Winner |
| Best Film | Winner |
American Cinema Editors
1 nomination, 1 won
| Best Edited Feature Film | Thom Noble | Winner |
Australian Cinematographers Society
1 nomination, 1 won
| Cinematographer of the Year | John Seale | Winner |
British Society of Cinematographers
1 nomination
| Best Cinematography | John Seale | Nominee |