![]() In preparation for her role, Kelly McGillis lived with an actual Amish widow and her seven children for a period of time before filming began to get the speech cadence down and to observe the daily life of an Amish widowed mother. They were intensely interested in the filming, though, and many Amish people were often out of camera range politely watching the filming. The kerosene lantern they had added even more heat.Īs realistic as the actors playing background roles as Amish people are, no actual Amish were in the film because they do not (as is correctly stated in the film itself) like to have their pictures taken. The barn was blacked out and sealed, and that’s why both Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis perspire so much in that scene. The “evening serenade” scene in the barn, in which Book and Rachel dance, was actually filmed during the day in the heat of the summer. Jack Nicholson and Sylvester Stallone were considered for the role of John Book. He was offered the part in the film on the same day that he was offered to play a role in “Henry V” in Shakespeare in the Park in New York. ![]() Shot on the Paul Krantz farm in Strasburg, Pennsylvania. Harrison Ford picked the Sam Cooke song “what a wonderful world”. ![]() The movie script changed as the picture progressed, along with the ending of the movie. Jan Rubes (the grandfather) never acted before he made Witness, and was an opera singer in Canada. Kelly Mcgillis only worked in one small picture before working on Witness.Īlexander Godunov had never acted in a movie before staring in Witness. Kelly Mcgillis became very maternal with Lukas Haas while making the movie. Harrison Ford spent time with the philadelphia police to research his role. Richard from Amish Stories.Ģ1 century fox was offered the movie. In the movie Witness Harrison Fords character is supposed to be going with some others of the Amish to Strasburg, instead this small town of Intercourse is really used. It’s a phone that not only was used in the movie, its still used by many plain people in this area. This store played an important role in the movie Witness especially the pay phone shown in this post. Since we are having a “Witness” farm tour contest this week on Amish Stories,While in Lancaster this past week I thought id drop by Zimmerman’s general store in Intercourse to take a few quick pictures.
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