Eyewitness

Starring:Mark Lester, Lionel Jeffries, Susan George, Peter Vaughan, Tony Bonner, Betty Marsden, Jeremy Kemp, Peter Bowles, Anthony Stamboulieh, David Lodge, Joseph FÃ¼rst, Robert Russell (II), Tom Eytle, John Allison (II), Maxine Kalli, Christopher Robbie, Jeremy Young, Jonathan Burn
Director: John Hough
Studio: Anchor Bay
Product Type: DVD

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ASIN: 0756623685
Release Date: 2006-07-03

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Three and-a-half stars. A ringing endictment of ...
not a good movie as the reviewers here say it is
Great movie, bad DVD release
Terrific Performances in Flat Thriller...
Murder, Well Acted And With Some Ethical Questions

Eyewitness
Starring: William Hurt , Sigourney Weaver , Christopher Plummer , James Woods , and Irene Worth
Director: Peter Yates
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ASIN: B0007WQGS6
Release Date: 2005-06-28

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An underrated gem of the early 1980s, this film is a solid mystery with a terrific and unlikely romance at its core. Hurt plays a New York janitor whose fantasy life centers on TV reporter Sigourney Weaver. When a murder occurs in the office building where he works, he claims to have seen more than he did just to get her attention. But when the murderers believe him, they both become targets. The plot is workable, but mostly serves as a meet-cute device for throwing together the unassuming janitor and the TV star, and the resulting collision of social strata when he successfully woos her. James Woods nearly steals the film as Hurt's jumpy Vietnam vet friend, a shifty operator of whom cop Morgan Freeman observes, "He was born to be a suspect." --Marshall Fine

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Manhattan janitor Daryll Deever is fixated on hard-charging TV commentator, Tony Sokolow; he tapes her commentary daily to watch after work. When a wealthy Vietnamese man, with many shady connections, is murdered in the office building where Daryll works, Tony shows up to cover the story and Daryll introduce himself. She thinks he may know something, so she pursues him; he pretends he might to keep her interested. This romantic cat and mouse game goes on under the watchful eyes of the killers, who think that Daryll and Tony do know something. The killers start their own game of cat and mouse

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Three and-a-half stars. A ringing endictment of ..........2006-06-15

Zionism! Sigourney Weaver plays a
good jewish girl in love with a
cleancut gentile guy (no shades
of 'Bridgette Loves Bernie' here!).
Her older racist brother (Christo-
pher Plummer) plays a jewish defence
league / terrorist-type who tries to
kill William Hurt, in one of his best
roles. I sent a copy of this film to
Mike Hoffman, the Idaho revisionist
and he did nothing with it including
acknowledging receiving it. Obviously,
I sent it to the wrong person! This
film should be spread around to show
what a bunch of racists the zionists
are! What the Palestinians are suf-
fering in the middleeast is the tip
of iceberg...Hollywood let the cat
out of the bag on this one and I am
glad!

not a good movie as the reviewers here say it is.......2005-10-30

I just saw this movie on IN HD2. Some people said that this movie is a hidden gem. At first, I felt the same way. I didn't even know such a movie existed. Then after about 30 minutes, the movie became really boring. It just drags on with a weak synopsis. The cast includes some famous actors and actresses, and I think they are pretty good actors, but without an interesting storyline, the movie is a boring piece of work that leaves no impressions.

Great movie, bad DVD release.......2005-09-07

This is Sigourney's second studio film and it holds up fairly well. However the DVD release is disappointing. There are no close captioning or subtitles and the film transfer is weak. I hope that 20th Century Fox will shell out some money next time for a better DVD edition. This movie deserves better. Great cast and great script. They dont make movies like this anymore....

Terrific Performances in Flat Thriller..........2005-08-20

The improbable brings to mind what cannot be achieved, and when it happens it often presents a fantasy. On occasion, implausible events take place and when they do unusual things happen. They also bring together people that would never have encountered one another, unless the unbelievable occurrence would have taken place. Eyewitness presents such an experience through Daryll Deever (William Hurt), a Vietnam War veteran who has sought the job as a janitor for the purpose of solitude.

On a late night, when Daryll has finished his work for the night he hears strange sounds coming from one of the more secure offices. The office belongs to a Vietnamese businessman whom has fired Daryll's best friend and future brother-in-law Aldo Mercer (James Woods) some days earlier. When Daryll enters the office he finds the businessman murdered. From the opening until this moment the film presents several motives for many different people to be the prime suspects for the murder. When Lt. Black (Morgan Freeman) and Lt. Jacobs (Steven Hill) begin the investigation no clear clues emerge that would help them find the murderer.

The implausible happens when Daryll meets Tony Sokolow (Sigourney Weaver), an upper-class woman with strong motivation to succeed as a television journalist. In addition, Daryll has an obsession for Tony, as he tapes all her appearances on television on his VCR. Daryll discovers that Tony is on the case and presents himself as an eyewitness in order to get closer to Tony. However, several individuals notice this move by Daryll, and it is only a question of time until someone will get to him. Yet, Daryll is willing to take this risk to get to know Tony, as he wants to charm Tony to fall for him. However, she is married to Joseph (Christopher Plummer) who frequently leaves the country through his political work, as he tries to smuggle Jewish people out of the Soviet Union.

Eyewitness tries to present a suspenseful Cinderella story where a janitor falls for a rich and successful woman. Regrettably, the film provides more intricate details, which on occasion, make the film feel a little confusing. In addition, the film tries to create suspense by not telling certain details, which are essential for the audience to understand where the film is going, and this too is puzzling. However, Eyewitness displays several strong performances by a wide range of talents such as Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, James Woods, Morgan Freeman and Christopher Plummer. The actors save the cinematic experience, as they bring along something intriguing to watch, as the story as a whole will leave the audience bewildered.

Murder, Well Acted And With Some Ethical Questions.......2005-07-07

When Daryl Deever (William Hurt) tells TV reporter Tony Sokolow (Sigourney Weaver) he knows more than he actually does about a murder in the building where he works as a janitor, he gets more than he bargained for. Deever is a good guy, smart enough but ambitious only on his own terms. He's sort of engaged to his best friend's sister, but he's had a crush on Sokolow for two years. When the man in the building gets his throat slit, Sokolow is one of the reporters on the scene. Deever sees a perfect chance to get to meet her, so he tells her he may know something. She goes after the story and he goes after her. Sokolow is not quite engaged to a dedicated, capable man known as Joseph (Christopher Plummer), who is good friends with Sokolow's parents. It becomes clear that her wealthy parents, their rich friends and Joseph are engaged in the shadowy business of buying illegal ways for Jews to escape from the Soviet Union and to journey to Israel. And it appears that the man killed may have had an involvement, too. Before long, the man's associates learn of Deever's gambit with Sokolow and go after them to find out who was behind the killing. More lethally, the real murderer learns of what Deever said to Sokolow and believes Deever might actually know something. He goes after Deever.

This is a tight, well constructed murder mystery with two first-rate components. First is the romance which builds between the characters played by Hurt and Weaver. These two people are attractive and smart. Hurt, in particular, comes across as guileless but he's no one's patsy. The two are very likable. Second, the situation which develops poses some ethical questions. Grades of gray come into play; it wouldn't be accurate to say that the murderer is simply another bad guy.

The movie also features some first-rate actors besides Hurt and Weaver. There's Christopher Plummer who, as usual, brings so much assurance and nuance to his role; James Woods as the best friend, always a little off balance; Pamela Reed as Woods' sister; her mutual declaration of non-love with Hurt is very funny and appealing; Steven Hill and Morgan Freeman as the two cops assigned to the case; Kenneth McMillan as Hurt's father, angry and vulnerable; and Irene Worth and Albert Paulsen as Weaver's parents, people who love her but, especially the mother, always put responsibilities and obligations into the love. They all are very good.

I like this movie a lot. The DVD picture looks fine. There are no extras to speak of.

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A Must See
Designed to speak truth to power
Zapruder Film of September 11 Proves INSIDE JOB

911 Eyewitness Hoboken-TV
Starring: Rick Siegel
Director: Blue Star Media Group
Manufacturer: Blue Star Media Group
ProductGroup: DVD
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9/11 Mysteries - Part I: Demolitions
Terrorstorm - A History of Government Sponsored Terrorism
9/11 and the American Empire
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Painful Deceptions

ASIN: B000NA1PU6
Release Date: 2007-02-01

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Blue Star Media Group is an independent production company in Camas, Washington. We offer full-service multi-media production and will customize a team for your production. Our members include specialists in graphic design, 3D animation, video, audio and interactive web aplications. Contact us today for a custom quote on your next multi-media production.

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A Must See.......2007-03-19

This DVD complements the literature on why 911 was an inside job.

Designed to speak truth to power.......2007-03-13

This is the greatest of all DVDs on the subject of 9/11 to date...period. Get it. Watch it. Share it.

Zapruder Film of September 11 Proves INSIDE JOB.......2007-02-11

This is the DVD the world has been waiting for.
Designed in three lengths, 10 min. 30 min. & 60 min.
it is perfect for convincing skeptical friends.

What American Patriot doesn't have 10 minutes to
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when the fate of our nation is at stake?

The world was shocked and traumatized by this event
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Easy to understand science examples and analysis of
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Eye Witness - English Review.
Excellent "boy who cried wolf" thriller!
Good stellar film.
For some boys... playtime can be MURDER!
Suspenseful drama

Eyewitness
Starring: Mark Lester , Lionel Jeffries , Susan George , Peter Vaughan , and Tony Bonner
Director: John Hough
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Eye Witness - English Review........2007-05-13

I first saw "Eyewitness" at the cinema here in England back in 1970 when it was first released, and that was the last I saw of it! It has never been shown on TV here and never been released on video or DVD. The only reason can be is that it falls between two stools - that of a family adventure and a violent action thriller. A daydreaming boy witnesses a murder, is not believed and then is pursued by the assassins, simple story; but here it has the bonus of the island of Malta as it's colourful location, plenty of action and a stong cast. Among those featured are Mark Lester of "Oliver" fame, lovely Susan George (Straw Dogs), British character actor Lionel Jeffries and even an Australian TV star, Tony Bonner from "Skippy the Bush Kangaroo." An exciting British thriller, stylishly filmed and with a surprisingly high body count (I beleive I counted at least a dozen killings!)A forgotten gem that is well worth watching.

Excellent "boy who cried wolf" thriller!.......2007-01-22

Superbly crafted; very well acted and edited action thriller directed by John Hough; filmed in the summer of 1969 on the picturesque Mediterranean island of Malta and released in 1970. The then 11 years old Mark Lester plays a little boy called Ziggy who lives in a lighthouse with his grandfather (Lionel Jeffries) and older sister (Susan George) and who is frequently prone to telling tall tales and living in his own world of imagination. Naturally, no one, including his family, believes him when he tells them that not only did he witness a visiting President being assassinated, but that he saw the man who did it...a policeman...and the policeman saw him, too! No one, in fact, believes him except the assassins, who are out to kill him at all costs! However, it soon becomes apparent...and very nearly too late for him and his family...that for once, he is actually telling the truth!

This is an excellent, fast-paced thriller that will have you on the edge of your seat with excitement. The last ten minutes are particularly well done. Mark Lester looks radiantly beautiful all of the time and scared to death most of the time. He also does very well in a tense scene where he genuinely cries and sobs...a difficult thing to do unless you are a really good actor and Mark was a far better child actor than many gave him credit for. If only he could have stayed 11 years old indefinitely.

This is also an unusually brutal film for its period and especially for one made as a vehicle for such a famous and very popular child star as Mark Lester. The villains will stop at nothing to get Ziggy, even stooping so low as to kill a ten years old girl (a schoolfriend of Ziggy's) in whom Ziggy confides (and who therefore knows too much to be left alive by the villains) and killing a priest in cold blood before the altar as Ziggy seeks sanctuary in a church.

The extras on this DVD include the original UK and US theatrical trailers, which are identical except for the change of title from the UK "Eyewitness" to the US "Sudden Terror." The image and sound quality on the DVD are of the highest quality and the film has obviously been carefully restored for this DVD release. Exquisitely filmed in Technicolor and Highly Recommended.

Good stellar film........2007-01-22

This film has shown up on some reviewers lists as either a misplaced slueth mystery to an English stab at the giallo style. Mark Lester stars as "Ziggy" an imaginitive young boy who crys wolf and tells tall tales a wee bit too much. The setting is the stark landscape of Malta. He witnesses a crime in the city and is branded a liar. Without letting cats out of any bags I will tell you the remainder of the film will hold you as only a well crafted film from the cusp of the 60's / 70's era will hold you. There is bloodshed and nastiness. The cover of this DVD will grab you as only exploitative poster art can. It is more than an excercise in the usual cat and mouse and should be viewed by anyone enjoying the likes of mystery, horror, or any autuers of European cinema from this time period. This was another well crafted John Hough creation prior to his stint at Disney with the "Witch Mountain" series. Do not judge him for those Disney creations. I beleive his better work was made for other studios.

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For some boys... playtime can be MURDER!.......2004-10-25

I think most children have a penchant for lying time to time...probably due to their active imaginations. Speaking for myself, I know I've told a few fibs in my youth, although they mostly revolved around how a particular item in my parent's house got broken, to which my standard reply would be "I don't know". The boy in this film, on the other hand, seems to deal not in fibs, but in what I would refer to as whoppers, or great fat lies, ones so absurd they just can't be true, and now his fondness of falsification has come back to bite him in the bum, figuratively speaking.

Eyewitness (1970) aka Sudden Terror was directed by John Hough (his mainstream film debut), who also directed such films like Hammer's Twins of Evil (1971), which, sadly, isn't available on DVD yet, along with the very scary 1973 film The Legend of Hell House, 1974's Dirty Mary, Crazy Larry (a film that boasts one of the more spectacular endings in movie history and also stars Susan George, an actress appearing in this film), along with various Disney films including Escape to Witch Mountain (1975), Return from Witch Mountain (1978), and 1980 film The Watcher in the Woods (due to some disagreements between Hough and executives with regards to editing choices and such, this was the last film for Disney). Appearing in the film is Mark Lester, who previously appeared in the lead role of Oliver! (1968), accomplished and prolific English actor Lionel Jeffries (he played the kooky inventor Cavor in 1964's The First Men in the Moon), Susan George, who appeared in the completely crummy Jaws rip-off Tintorera (1977) but was a bit better in Sam Peckinpah's Straw Dogs (1971), Australian actor Tony Bonner (The Man from Snowy River, and English character actor (he normally plays the role of villains, although not here) Jeremy Kemp, whom I most remember as the German pilot in the WWII epic The Blue Max (1966).

The film, a basic re-telling of the boy who cried wolf, is centered on Ziggy (Lester), a boy with a mop hair, big eyes, a vivid imagination and a predilection for fabrication "I'm having tea with the president". After a visiting dignitary is shot and killed JFK Dallas motorcade style, Ziggy actually sees who did it, and vice versa. Now the killer, who turns out to be a policeman (this is given away early, so I'm not spoiling anything), is after Ziggy, and no one believes what they think is just another one of his tall tales. That is until more and more bodies start turning up, along with clues that seem to corroborate Ziggy's story. Soon enough Ziggy's family is involved, and the assassin seems willing to stop at nothing to eliminate anything that will link him back to the murder. Will Ziggy and his secret survive long enough to find someone willing to believe him? Perhaps...but time is running out, and the odds are against him...

I found Eyewitness to be a pretty enjoyable film. Shot on location on the island of Malta, the use of exteriors is really wonderful and beautiful as we are taken all over and shown many different and unique areas and also adds a claustrophobic sense to the story of being trapped on an island with a killer. Mark Lester did well as Ziggy, although on more than one occasion I found him to be a little annoying. Susan George, who played Ziggy's older sister Pippa, just kinda creeped me out (especially her emotional scene where Ziggy was lost, off witnessing the assassin at work, and then later he's found). I've never really understood the appeal of Ms. George, as I don't think she all that great of an actress (she tends to go a bit overboard here at times). My favorite role here was that of the eccentric grandfather who runs a lighthouse, played by Lionel Jeffries. His character brought just the right amount of levity to offset the very serious nature as the plot unfolded, and he was more than just a static character, as he really got involved in the action near the end. I also liked Jeremy Kemp as Inspector Galleria as he presented a smart, intelligent, astute, no nonsense character that's able to take the various clues, piece them together, fill in the missing parts, and relate a startling revelation that affects the story in an unexpected way. I thought the direction by Hough was really good and showed of someone who knew his vision and was able to translate it to the screen. Various scenes that don't really seem to involve the main plot may put some off, but I didn't think they hurt the film any. Also, with the unexpected killing of a few characters, it puts forth the sense of real, mortal danger for Ziggy, the very real possibility that he may be killed, unlike other films involving children, say Home Alone, where you know nothing seriously harmful will befall the main character. There was one scene I thought very odd in that the assassin lures an accomplice to a remote clearing near a cliff, knocks him out, and then uses a bulldozer to pick up the unconscious man and dump him off the cliff. Why not just drag the unconscious man to the cliff and push him off? I guess it just seemed like overkill to me (pardon the pun)...oh yeah, one more thing...if you like car chase scenes, there's a really good one in this movie.

The wide screen picture provided on this DVD release from Anchor Bay looks sharp, vibrant, and beautiful. Also, the audio is very crisp and clear. Special features include two theatrical trailers (one U.S. and one for the U.K.), and a commentary track featuring the director, the executive producer (Bryan Forbes), moderated by journalist Jonathan Sothcott. Also included is a reproduction of an original poster on the insert card within the DVD.

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Suspenseful drama.......2003-09-17

Mark Lester, the androgynous waif of Oliver!, starred in five films in 1970-71, when he was just at the cusp of adolescence, young enough so that he was still bewildered by the adult world, but old enough to take an active role in its events. Here he plays Ziggy, an exuberant 12-year old prone to fanciful stories, who sees the assassination of a visiting African dignitary but can't get anyone to believe him -- even when the local police force, which is in on the plot, starts trying to kill him.

The story is subsidiary to the array of quirky characters, including Mark's Carnaby Street-mod older sister, the blond hippie Adonis she hooks up with (and who never treats her as anything but a friend), Mark's eccentric grandfather (who runs the local lighthouse), and the shrill, suspicious housekeeper who may or may not be Grandpa's lover.

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"Improbable Collapse" is the first film to look at the events of September 11, 2001 from a scientific perspective. Closely examines one of the worlds worst catastrophes from a civil engineering perspective. Using photo and video footage as well as expert scientific testimony, the film thoroughly deconstructs the official reports, while raising a more plausible hypothesis. The findings from these scientific experts have been quietly ignored by both government investigations and the mainstream media. The NY WTC Twin Towers disintegrated in a manner that scientists say resembled deliberately calculated implosions. At 5:20 p.m. that same day another building, the 47-story WTC 7, completely collapsed within 70 feet of its footprint in 6.6 seconds, although it was not hit by an airplane. These three buildings became the first steel structures ever to allegedly suffer complete collapse due to fire damage.

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On December 7 1941 the Japanese bombed the U.S. naval base of Pearl Harbor, situated on the Hawaiian Island of Oahu. Over sixty years after the event, eyewitnesses and experts have come together to commemorate this occasion and to provide eyewitness accounts of the bombing and the events following on from this devastating attack.

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Pearl Harbor: The Eyewitness Story A remarkable historical documentary, this program includes exclusive eyewitness accounts by survivors of the December 7, 1941 Japanese attack. A dramatic narrative, modern reenactments and actual footage are combined to make this fascinating program a true collector's item. Special 50th anniversary commemorative edition.-8 years on The Discovery Channel Available in English only with English subtitles

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