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Barn Again! Movie Series: Witness
Join film aficionados at Windsor Historical Society on Thursday, October 20th at 7:00 for free popcorn and a 20th year anniversary screening of the 1985 movie Witness starring Harrison Ford as John Book, the hardened but honest Philadelphia detective protecting Samuel Lapp, the small Amish boy (played by Lucas Haas) who has accidentally witnessed a brutal crime. When it becomes apparent that the cold blooded murder was committed by another detective, a wounded Book spirits Samuel and his widowed mother Rachel (Kelly McGillis) back to the Amish community and collapses.
As Book recuperates
slowly from his wound in the Amish community, he
experiences another world and
Connecticut State Historian Walter Woodward will give a short opening commentary at the beginning of the film. The cost is $6 for adults, $5 for senior and students, $15 per family with Windsor Historical Society member admitted at $4 apiece. The popcorn and soda is free and we hope to see you! |
becomes increasingly drawn
to Rachel. Can their two worlds conjoin? And can they
continue to evade the crooked Philadelphia detectives?
This film, rated R for violence at its beginning and end
and a scene with half frontal nudity, features fine
performances from its actors and hauntingly beautiful
cinematography and music. It was chosen as part of the
