Eyewitness

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Eyewitness is a 1981 American thriller film starring William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver that blends suspense, romance, and mystery around a murder witnessed by a New York City janitor.

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Eyewitness canonical 4

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film ⓘ
basedOn original screenplay ⓘ
characterPortrayedBy Aldo – James Woods ⓘ
linked to: Aldo

Daryll Deever – William Hurt ⓘ
Joseph – Christopher Plummer ⓘ
linked to: Christopher Plummer

Tony Sokolow – Sigourney Weaver ⓘ
linked to: Sigourney Weaver
cinematographyBy Matthew F. Leonetti ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States ⓘ
director Peter Yates ⓘ
distributor 20th Century Fox ⓘ
editedBy Cynthia Scheider ⓘ
filmingLocation New York City ⓘ
genre mystery ⓘ
romantic thriller ⓘ
thriller ⓘ
hasElement mystery ⓘ
romance ⓘ
suspense ⓘ
hasTheme romantic relationship between witness and reporter ⓘ
witness to crime ⓘ
mainCharacter Daryll Deever ⓘ
Tony Sokolow ⓘ
medium feature film ⓘ
motionPictureRating R ⓘ
musicBy Stanley Silverman ⓘ
narrativeFocus murder investigation ⓘ
notableFor pairing of William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver early in their careers ⓘ
originalLanguage English ⓘ
plotSummary A New York City janitor becomes entangled in a murder investigation after witnessing a killing. ⓘ
producer Peter Yates ⓘ
productionCompany 20th Century Fox ⓘ
releaseDate 1981-02-13 ⓘ
releaseYear 1981 ⓘ
runtimeMinutes 103 ⓘ
screenwriter Steve Tesich ⓘ
settingLocation New York City ⓘ
starring Christopher Plummer ⓘ
James Woods ⓘ
Morgan Freeman ⓘ
Sigourney Weaver ⓘ
William Hurt ⓘ
timePeriodOfSetting late 20th century ⓘ
title Eyewitness ⓘ
writer Steve Tesich ⓘ

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Peter Yates → directed → Eyewitness ⓘ
Eyewitness → title → Eyewitness ⓘ
Steve Tesich → notableWork → Eyewitness ⓘ
Steve Tesich → wroteScreenplayFor → Eyewitness ⓘ