A movie like eyewitness would probably not get made today, at least by a major hollywood studio. Eyewitness trailer 1981 video detective movie trailers. The original trailer in high definition of eyewitness directed by peter yates and starring william hurt, sigourney weaver, christopher plummer, james woods and irene worth. For each film, we use the first date on which it was made available to the public, which might include international theatrical or domestic video releases that were a few days, or sometimes more, earlier than the domestic uscanada theatrical release. The story involves a television news reporter and a janitor who tea. The series was given a straighttoseries order with 10 episodes in january 2016. The plot focuses on a small new england town where a mysterious figure is raping and murdering young women. Crime, drama, mystery, romance, thriller daryll deever is a janitor in an office building in new york, and a big fan of tv news reporter, tony sokolow. If search will return too many results, try to use advanced search function.
For us kids growing up in the 70s and early 80s, the 4. A janitor places himself and a beautiful television reporter in danger when he falsely claims that he witnessed a murder. It shows events involving law enforcement officers trying to maintain law and order. Stating with a scene that makes it seem like to an action film, this series features activities of a gang consisting of young men. Join sign up keep track of your favorite shows and movies, across all your devices. Released 1981, eyewitness stars william hurt, sigourney weaver, christopher plummer, james woods the r movie has a runtime of about 1 hr 43 min, and received a score of out of 100 on. Indeed, its difficult to say too much about eyewitness without giving away spoilers of one kind or another, given that so much of what happens exposes new character motivations. With william hurt, sigourney weaver, christopher plummer, james woods.
To me, it would have made sense had she thrown off her traditional shackles and ran away with him. An earthmoving machine in chicago digs up seven ancient daggers. Eyewitness released in the uk as the janitor is a 1981 american neonoir thriller film produced and directed by peter yates and written by steve tesich. The series centers around the relationship between two teenage boys, philip shea tyler young and lukas waldenbeck james paxton, after they witness a triple homicide.
To optimize your experience with your screen reading software, please use our website, which has the same tickets as our fandango. It stars william hurt, sigourney weaver, christopher plummer and james woods. Eyewitness 1981 new york city custodian daryll deever william hurt is a big fan of local news reporter tony sokolow sigourney weaver, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. The end is a shootout in the claremont horse stables, which makes little sense and doesnt do the mystery any real favors. Peter yates thriller stars william hurt as daryll, a maintenance man obsessed with tv newswoman tony sokolow sigourney weaver. Eccentric vietnam war vet turned janitor claims to have witnessed a murder of a man tied to international political underground in order to get the attention of a tv reporter he has a huge crush on. In this simple fun quiz, we expect you to know facts about the american television series titled eyewitness. Good cast the two leads look great together at the start of their careers in a rather contrived thriller. Display as images display as list make and model make and year year category importancerole date added new ones first episode appearance ep. Eyewitness has more on its mind than murder, and maybe thats why no one remembers it. Also, its pretty clear at the end of the movie that ford left and probably isnt going to turn the car around, embrace mcgillis, and suggest they go to dutch wonderland together. The incubus also known simply as incubus is a 1982 canadian horror film directed by john hough and written by george franklin, based on the 1976 novel of the same name by ray russell.
Eyewitness is a 1981 thriller film produced and directed by peter yates and written by steve tesich. Jan 21, 20 eyewitness 1981 posted on january 21, 20. Manhattan janitor daryll deever is fixated on hardcharging tv commentator, tony sokolow. After you meet the principle characters through following them, some kind of subplot, or major plot, or principle theme, will develop, and it will truly free up the entire movie.
Far more interesting is the dynamic between william hurt and sigourney weaver, its a pure pleasure to eyewitness them together. Eyewitness has more on its mind than murder, and maybe that. Daryll deever is a janitor in an office building in new york, and a big fan of tv news reporter, tony sokolow. New york city custodian daryll deever william hurt is a big fan of local news reporter tony sokolow sigourney weaver, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at his workplace. Eyewitness 1981 posted on january 21, 20 3 comments. The academy award winner of best picture of 1981 was chariots of fire. An unlikely duo made up of a television reporter and a janitor team up to solve a murder after a wealthy vietnamese businessman is murdered. William hurt, sigourney weaver, james woods, christopher plummer, morgan freeman. Eyewitness is a 1956 british thriller film directed by muriel box and starring donald sinden, muriel pavlow, belinda lee, michael craig, nigel stock and richard wattis. Jun 05, 2017 eyewitness has more on its mind than murder, and maybe thats why no one remembers it. The film ends up biting off more than it can chew and the idea of mixing a cutesy romance with a murder mystery. A janitor william hurt discovers a dead body in the building where he works and pretends to know who killed the man in order to get to know the reporter sigourney weaver who is covering the story.
Eyewitness 1981 new york city custodian daryll deever william hurt is a big fan of local news reporter tony sokolow sigourney weaver, so he is intrigued when she shows up to cover a story at. Young hurt and weaver are both excellent, as is the cast of supporting players including christopher plummer as weavers proisrael boyfriend, james woods as hurt. Eyewitness 1981 crime, drama, mystery, romance, thriller. Mar 04, 2012 i dont know why they dont get together. As teens philip and lukas share a first kiss, they witness a murder and dont report it for fear of being outed. Eyewitness 1981 film wikimili, the best wikipedia reader. May 04, 2011 an original television trailer for director peter yates 1981 thriller eyewitness, starring william hurt, sigourney weaver, christopher plummer and james w. Alright, eyewitness fans what did we think usas hit freshman series sure went out with a bang last night. Watch eyewitness movie trailers, exclusive videos, interviews from the cast, movie clips and more at. Pictures are property of movie companies owner of the respective movies. Eyewitness, movie, 1981 internet movie cars database. What i like about eyewitness is that, althought it does care how it turns out, it cares even more about the texture of the scenes leading to the denouement.
This causes one of them to be targeted by an assassin who is involved in a love triangle between a woman and his intended victim. Eyewitness 1981 cast and crew new york city custodian daryll deever william hurt is a big fan of local news reporter tony sokolow sigourney weaver, so he is intrigued when she shows up to. The end tag mentions some movie theaters in the baltimore area. See top 1981 movies at the domestic box office for the total domestic box office for the top 100 movies released in 1981, and movie index 1981 for an overview of all movies released in 1981. Young hurt and weaver are both excellent, as is the cast of supporting players including christopher. A final shootout in a midtown riding stable has a touch of hitchcock to it.
The following is an overview of events in 1981 in film, including the highestgrossing films, award ceremonies and festivals, a list of films released and notable deaths. When a murder takes place in darylls building, tony arrives to report on the crime. Theres not a scene in this movie that exists only to provide us with plot information. The film i saw was called the janitor because the character william hurt played was a janitor who has a crush on a tv news reporter sigourny weaver. Eyewitness peter yates, 1981 510 good cast the two leads look great together at the start of their careers in a rather contrived thriller. At the end of witness, why dont rachel and john end up. Eyewitness is the kind of movie that discovers poetry and comedy in the most. Eyewitness is a 1981 american neonoir thriller film produced and directed by peter yates and. End times eyewitness film end times eyewitness 01 january 2014. By opting to have your ticket verified for this movie, you are allowing us to check the email address associated with your rotten tomatoes account against an email address associated with a. I wish this movie was really great, especially with this cast, but. Eyewitness 1981 whoever killed long is a hero in my book. Eyewitness 1981 cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Its more of a character study than a straight thriller, and its pacing is decidedly leisurely.
When a rich man is murdered in darylls building, tony. Harrison ford crushes your romantic dreams about witness. If you like eyewitness you are looking for suspenseful, scary and tense movies about with murder, investigation, espionage, opposites attract, reporter, janitor and mystery themes of crime, drama and mystery genre shot in usa. This is really no surprise, since witness is, in part, a tragic love story about people who cant overcome the wide cultural gap between them. When a wealthy vietnamese man, with many shady connections. Stars john cassavetes, kerrie keane, and john ireland. Eyewitness is a great film which showed me what i have been missing throughout my entire movie watching career. It has been five years after diana send a man to jail for the murder of her father and fiancee. After a murder takes place in the building where hurt works, he pretends to know more than he does to try to impress her but ends up not just putting his life at risk but hers too. Sigourney weaver is engaged to an israeli agent christopher plummer who is involved in secret international negotiations to smuggle jews out of the soviet union. The collection, harold pinter, 1976, with malcolm mcdowellalan bateshelen mirrenlaurence olivier duration. An original television trailer for director peter yates 1981 thriller eyewitness, starring william hurt, sigourney weaver, christopher plummer and james w.
I just recently watched eyewitness a sigourney weaver movie from 1981, she made it 2 years after alien. When a rich man is murdered in darylls building, tony comes to cover the story and daryll introduces himself to her. Eyewitness 1981 peter yates synopsis, characteristics. Get eyewitness dvd and bluray release date, trailer and movie stats. This weeks movie is a film from 1981 with alist talent, a murder plot, and absolutely zero recognition among 80s thriller fans. The season finale that not only saw the bad guy get what he deserves but also saw our characters find touching, heartbreaking resolution. Eyewitness season 1 subtitles english 68 subtitles. Actually, at first i thought that the slow pacing was a refreshing change from what is often the norm today in hollywood thrillers. Eyewitness 1981 peter yates cast and crew allmovie. The first ten minutes of the final conflict are such a masterful job of storytelling that i dared to hope that the the omen trilogy had pulled itself out of the bag. Eyewitness released in the uk as the janitor is a 198 1 american neonoir thril ler f ilm produced and directed by peter yates and written by steve tesich. Find release information for eyewitness 1981 peter yates on allmovie. Thinking he may know something about the crime, tony pursues him, and in order to keep seeing her, he pretends that he does.
The highest grossing film of 1981 was raiders of the lost ark. The eyewitness twitter family, of course, was there for the whole ride. Find movie and film cast and crew information for eyewitness 1981 peter yates on allmovie. This weeks movie is a film from 1981 with alist talent, a murder plot, and absolutely zero. Here are the big moments from the eyewitness finale that had. Eyewitness roger ebert january 01, 1981 there are other complications. Theres been a murder in the office building, and tony suspects that. This 1981 classic mystery may be a bit dated, but youll forgive that when you see the chemistry between the young sigourney weaver and william hurt and his dog great performance in a canine role.
The story involves a television news reporter and a janitor who team up to solve a murder. Daryll deever william hurt is the night janitor of a building that was the scene of the murder. This list shows all films released in 1981, including films that went directtovideo, or only got an international theatrical release. Eyewitness is a movie written by steve tesich and directed by peter yates in 1981.
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