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MPAA Rating: R Content Advisory: Violence, Adult Situations, Not For Children, Profanity Movie Release: 1981 DVD Release: 06/28/2005 Format: DVD - Enhanced Wide Screen Letterbox for 16x9 TV SwapaDVD Credits: 1 Number of Discs: 1 Run Time: 1 hrs 42 mins Studio: Anchor Bay Total Copies: 1 Genres: Mystery, Thriller, Romantic Mystery

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 in him, and when her nefarious aristocratic boyfriend (Christopher Plummer) learns from the unwitting woman that there's someone with knowledge of the murder, he's more concerned about what Hurt might know than about her relationship with him. Meanwhile, his paranoid, loose cannon of a friend James Woods has managed to get himself incriminated, although he had no involvement in the case. Hurt and Weaver continue to investigate the murder together, and as they become more closely entwined, both of their lives are put in jeopardy. ~ Michael Costello, All Movie Guide

William Hurt - Daryll Deever
Sigourney Weaver - Tony Sokolow
Christopher Plummer - Joseph
James Woods - Aldo
Irene Worth - Mrs. Sokolow

Anchor Bay continues its re-releases of older 20th Century Fox titles with the debut of 1981's Eyewitness, starring Sigourney Weaver and William Hurt. Presented with a 1.85:1 anamorphic widescreen picture and Dolby Digital stereo, the disc stays true to the film's grain while still displaying a refined image that will easily replace older releases. Director Peter Yates follows up his fine commentary on Warner Home Entertainment's two-disc special edition of =Bullitt with another one here, relaying the stories of the production in his usual glib British way with moderator Marcus Hearn. Also included is the original theatrical trailer, which Anchor Bay has carried the torch on in most of their reputable releases. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide