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Eyewitness

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Eyewitness
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R,1hr 42min
Genres:
Drama,Action
Release:
1981
Director:
Peter Yates
Distributor:
Anchor Bay
Starring:
William Hurt, Sigourney Weaver, Christopher Plummer  ...more
Synopsis: Fresh off the success of Breaking Away(1979), writer Steve Tesich and director Peter Yates re-team on a thriller starring a young William Hurt as a janitor infatuated with television reporter Sigourney Weaver. When she arrives at his building to interview the tenants about a murder that's occurred on the premises, the janitor, having discovered the body, implies that he knows more than he's saying in order to keep the newswoman interested. Although he reveals nothing more, she does become interested ... Full Synopsis
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Michael Costello, AMG Review
Although Steve Tesich's script is somewhat less smoothly constructed than most Hollywood-tooled thrillers, his gift for characterization makes the film much more enjoyable than the typical genre fodder. Like many of his protagonists, Tesich's janitor is a resolutely unglamorous figure pining after a seemingly unattainable woman, and as in a fairytale, she finally discovers his inner beauty, although ... Full Review
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William Hurt
Daryll Deever
Sigourney Weaver
Tony Sokolow
Christopher Plummer
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