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* StarMakingRole: Kelly [=McGillis=]'s Golden Globe nominated performance here launched her onto bigger roles like ''Film/TopGun'' and ''Film/TheAccused''.
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** Creator/SylvesterStallone was an early choice for John Book. When he turned down the role, he said it was one of the worst decisions of his career. Creator/JackNicholson was also offered the role. While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point. Peter Weir regular Creator/MelGibson was also considered.
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** Creator/SylvesterStallone was an early choice for John Book. When he turned down the role, he said it was one of the worst decisions of his career. Creator/JackNicholson was also offered the role. While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point. Peter Weir Creator/PeterWeir regular Creator/MelGibson was also considered.
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** The original screenplay focused mainly on Rachel, but director Peter Weir asked screenwriters William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace to rewrite it to focus on the comparison of pacifism and violence as seen through the eyes of John Book.
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** The original screenplay focused mainly on Rachel, but director Peter Weir asked screenwriters William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace to rewrite it to focus on the comparison of pacifism and violence as seen through the eyes of John Book.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Harrison Ford chose "Wonderful World" for the evening serenade between John and Rachel.
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* ActorInspiredElement: Harrison Ford Creator/HarrisonFord chose "Wonderful World" for the evening serenade between John and Rachel.
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** Also, the film broke Harrison Ford out of the Sci-Fi/action gettio he was made famous for.
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* ExecutiveMeddling: As detailed on the Film page, executives insisted on adding a "Pennsylvania, 1984" subtitle to the opening scene, which otherwise would have been a period fake-out.
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* ActorAllusion:
** [[Film/BladeRunner This is the second time Harrison Ford's love interest is called Rachel]].
** John also says to Rachel "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee", and says it's a joke from a commercial. Harrison Ford joked once that he got turned down for a Folger's commercial by being unable to say the above line.
** Although Ford doesn't appear in either scene, ''The Frisco Kid'' had a scene where its Hasidic protagonist mistook a bunch of Amish people for fellow Hasids, while this film has Samuel approach a Hasidic man at the train station presumably because he thought he was also Amish
** [[Film/BladeRunner This is the second time Harrison Ford's love interest is called Rachel]].
** John also says to Rachel "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee", and says it's a joke from a commercial. Harrison Ford joked once that he got turned down for a Folger's commercial by being unable to say the above line.
** Although Ford doesn't appear in either scene, ''The Frisco Kid'' had a scene where its Hasidic protagonist mistook a bunch of Amish people for fellow Hasids, while this film has Samuel approach a Hasidic man at the train station presumably because he thought he was also Amish
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** Creator/SylvesterStallone was an early choice for John Book. When he turned down the role, he said it was one of the worst decisions of his career. Creator/JackNicholson was also offered the role. While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point. Creator/MelGibson was also considered.
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** Creator/SylvesterStallone was an early choice for John Book. When he turned down the role, he said it was one of the worst decisions of his career. Creator/JackNicholson was also offered the role. While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point. Peter Weir regular Creator/MelGibson was also considered.
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** Creator/RichardChamberlain was considered to play Chief Schaeffer.
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** Although Ford doesn't appear in either scene, Film/TheFriscoKid had a scene where its Hasidic protagonist mistook a bunch of Amish people for fellow Hasids, while this film has Samuel approach a Hasidic man at the train station presumably because he thought he was also Amish
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** Although Ford doesn't appear in either scene, Film/TheFriscoKid ''The Frisco Kid'' had a scene where its Hasidic protagonist mistook a bunch of Amish people for fellow Hasids, while this film has Samuel approach a Hasidic man at the train station presumably because he thought he was also Amish
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** Although Ford doesn't appear in either scene, Film/TheFriscoKid had a scene where its Hasidic protagonist mistook a bunch of Amish people for fellow Hasids, while this film has Samuel approach a Hasidic man at the train station presumably because he thought he was also Amish
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* FakeAmerican: Jan Rubeš (Eli Tapp) and Angus [=MacInnes=] (Det. Fergie) are both Canadian, and Alexander Godunov (Daniel Hochleitner) was born in Russia.
** More broadly, many of the Amish extras were actually Mennonites, since the Amish locals declined to be on film.
** More broadly, many of the Amish extras were actually Mennonites, since the Amish locals declined to be on film.
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** John also says to Rachel "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee", and says it's a joke from a commercial. Harrison joked once that he got turned down for a Folger's commercial by being unable to say the above line.
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** John also says to Rachel "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee", and says it's a joke from a commercial. Harrison Ford joked once that he got turned down for a Folger's commercial by being unable to say the above line.
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** John also says to Rachel "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee", and says it's a joke from a commercial. Harrison joked once that he got turned down for a Fogler's commercial by being unable to say the above line.
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** John also says to Rachel "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee", and says it's a joke from a commercial. Harrison joked once that he got turned down for a Fogler's Folger's commercial by being unable to say the above line.
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* ActorAllusion: [[Film/BladeRunner This is the second time Harrison Ford's love interest is called Rachel]].
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** [[Film/BladeRunner This is the second time Harrison Ford's love interest is calledRachel]]. Rachel]].
** John also says to Rachel "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee", and says it's a joke from a commercial. Harrison joked once that he got turned down for a Fogler's commercial by being unable to say the above line.
* ActorInspiredElement: Harrison Ford chose "Wonderful World" for the evening serenade between John and Rachel.
** [[Film/BladeRunner This is the second time Harrison Ford's love interest is called
** John also says to Rachel "Honey, that's a great cup of coffee", and says it's a joke from a commercial. Harrison joked once that he got turned down for a Fogler's commercial by being unable to say the above line.
* ActorInspiredElement: Harrison Ford chose "Wonderful World" for the evening serenade between John and Rachel.
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* TheCastShowoff: Creator/HarrisonFord shows off his carpentry skills in the film.
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* TheCastShowoff: Creator/HarrisonFord shows off his carpentry skills in the film. He had worked as a carpenter prior to becoming an actor.
* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally a plot outline for ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''. The writers had both worked on the series and their original story had Marshall Dillon traveling to an Amish farm looking for a witness to a murder.
* DivorcedInstallment: The story was originally a plot outline for ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''. The writers had both worked on the series and their original story had Marshall Dillon traveling to an Amish farm looking for a witness to a murder.
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* PlayingWithCharacterType: Harrison Ford plays a heroic man with a gun...who has to hide among pacifists and ultimately [[spoiler: resolves things non-violently]].
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* RecycledScript: The story was originally a plot outline for ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''. The writers had both worked on the series and their original story had Marshall Dillon traveling to an Amish farm looking for a witness to a murder.
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* RecycledScript: The story was originally a plot outline for ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''. The writers had both worked on the series and their original story had Marshall Dillon traveling to an TheRedStapler: Amish farm looking communities became popular sites for tourists after the film came out, leading to some communities calling for a witness boycott.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: John and Rachel's final scene had about ten pages of dialogue written for it. Harrison Ford however fell ill, so it was changed toa murder.[[spoiler: the silent farewell we see]] in the final film.
* StarMakingRole: Kelly [=McGillis=]'s Golden Globe nominated performance here launched her onto bigger roles like ''Film/TopGun'' and ''Film/TheAccused''.
* SerendipityWritesThePlot: John and Rachel's final scene had about ten pages of dialogue written for it. Harrison Ford however fell ill, so it was changed to
* StarMakingRole: Kelly [=McGillis=]'s Golden Globe nominated performance here launched her onto bigger roles like ''Film/TopGun'' and ''Film/TheAccused''.
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** Creator/SylvesterStallone was an early choice for John Book. When he turned down the role, he said it was one of the worst decisions of his career. Creator/JackNicholson was also offered the role. While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point. Creator/MelGbibson was also considered.
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** Creator/SylvesterStallone was an early choice for John Book. When he turned down the role, he said it was one of the worst decisions of his career. Creator/JackNicholson was also offered the role. While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point. Creator/MelGbibson Creator/MelGibson was also considered.
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* TheCastShowOff: Creator/HarrisonFord shows off his carpentry skills in the film.
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* TheCastShowOff: TheCastShowoff: Creator/HarrisonFord shows off his carpentry skills in the film.
* RealitySubtext: John Book's relationship with Samuel mirrored Creator/HarrisonFord's relationship with his own children.
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** Creator/SylvesterStallone was an early choice for John Book. When he turned down the role, he said it was one of the worst decisions of his career. Creator/JackNicholson was also offered the role. While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point. Creator/MelGbibson was also considered.
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* RecycledScript: The story was originally a plot outline for ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}. The writers had both worked on the series and their original story had Marshall Dillon traveling to an Amish farm looking for a witness to a murder.
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* RecycledScript: The story was originally a plot outline for ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}.''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}''. The writers had both worked on the series and their original story had Marshall Dillon traveling to an Amish farm looking for a witness to a murder.
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* ActorAllusion: [[Film/BladeRunner This is the second time Harrison Ford's love interest is called Rachel]].
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* MethodActing: Kelly [=McGillis=] lived in an Amish community for a few months to understand her character, which involved her giving up smoking the whole time. She was also kicked by a cow.
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* MethodActing: TheCastShowOff: Creator/HarrisonFord shows off his carpentry skills in the film.
* MethodActing:
** Creator/HarrisonFord joined the Philadelphia Police Department in preparation for the movie. He even joined them on numerous raids.
** Kelly [=McGillis=] lived in an Amish community for a few months to understand her character, which involved her giving up smoking the whole time. She was also kicked by acow.cow.
* MissingTrailerScene: The theatrical trailer features a scene not used in the film. In it, Book tells Schaeffer that there was a witness while sitting in a police car.
* RecycledScript: The story was originally a plot outline for ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}. The writers had both worked on the series and their original story had Marshall Dillon traveling to an Amish farm looking for a witness to a murder.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/SylvesterStallone was an early choice for John Book. When he turned down the role, he said it was one of the worst decisions of his career. Creator/JackNicholson was also offered the role. While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point.
** Creator/DavidCronenberg was asked to direct.
** The original screenplay focused mainly on Rachel, but director Peter Weir asked screenwriters William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace to rewrite it to focus on the comparison of pacifism and violence as seen through the eyes of John Book.
* WorkingTitle: ''Home to Witness''. It was changed at the behest of Paramount's marketing department, who felt the original title posed too much of a promotional challenge. The script's original title was ''Called Home'', which is the Amish term for death.
* MethodActing:
** Creator/HarrisonFord joined the Philadelphia Police Department in preparation for the movie. He even joined them on numerous raids.
** Kelly [=McGillis=] lived in an Amish community for a few months to understand her character, which involved her giving up smoking the whole time. She was also kicked by a
* MissingTrailerScene: The theatrical trailer features a scene not used in the film. In it, Book tells Schaeffer that there was a witness while sitting in a police car.
* RecycledScript: The story was originally a plot outline for ''Series/{{Gunsmoke}}. The writers had both worked on the series and their original story had Marshall Dillon traveling to an Amish farm looking for a witness to a murder.
* WhatCouldHaveBeen:
** Creator/SylvesterStallone was an early choice for John Book. When he turned down the role, he said it was one of the worst decisions of his career. Creator/JackNicholson was also offered the role. While he liked the script, there wasn't a director he liked attached at that point.
** Creator/DavidCronenberg was asked to direct.
** The original screenplay focused mainly on Rachel, but director Peter Weir asked screenwriters William Kelley and Earl W. Wallace to rewrite it to focus on the comparison of pacifism and violence as seen through the eyes of John Book.
* WorkingTitle: ''Home to Witness''. It was changed at the behest of Paramount's marketing department, who felt the original title posed too much of a promotional challenge. The script's original title was ''Called Home'', which is the Amish term for death.
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* ShoutOut: Book has some coffee, strikes a pose and says "Honey -- that's ''great'' coffee!" He's clearly parodying a commercial, even if you've never seen it; of course the Lapps don't know what this is about. Early in his career, Ford had auditioned for a Folger's commercial, but couldn't say the line the way the director wanted it.
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* EbertsGlossaryOfMovieTerms notes this film as one of a few exceptions to his Balloon Rule (Good movies rarely contain a hot-air balloon).
* There are no actual Amish people in the film (although there are some Mennonites, who don't have the same rules about having their pictures taken) but the Amish community was very interested in the filming, a lot of them standing nearby and watching quietly.
* EbertsGlossaryOfMovieTerms notes this film as one of a few exceptions to his Balloon Rule (Good movies rarely contain a hot-air balloon).
* There are no actual Amish people in the film (although there are some Mennonites, who don't have the same rules about having their pictures taken) but the Amish community was very interested in the filming, a lot of them standing nearby and watching quietly.
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* EbertsGlossaryOfMovieTerms notes this film as one of a few exceptions to his Balloon Rule (Good movies rarely contain a hot-air balloon).
* There are no actual Amish people in the film (although there are some Mennonites, who don't have the same rules about having their pictures taken) but the Amish community was very interested in the filming, a lot of them standing nearby and watching quietly.
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* ShoutOut: Book has some coffee, strikes a pose and says "Honey -- that's ''great'' coffee!" He's clearly parodying a commercial, even if you've never seen it; of course the Lapps don't know what this is about. Early in his career, Ford had auditioned for a Folger's commercial, but couldn't say the line the way the director wanted it.
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* There are no actual Amish people in the film (although there are some Mennonites, who don't have the same rules about having their pictures taken) but the Amish community was very interested in the filming, a lot of them standing nearby and watching quietly.
* There are no actual Amish people in the film (although there are some Mennonites, who don't have the same rules about having their pictures taken) but the Amish community was very interested in the filming, a lot of them standing nearby and watching quietly.
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* MethodActing: Kelly [=McGillis=] lived in an Amish community for a few months to understand her character, which involved her giving up smoking the whole time. She was also kicked by a cow.cow.
!!Other trivia:
* EbertsGlossaryOfMovieTerms notes this film as one of a few exceptions to his Balloon Rule (Good movies rarely contain a hot-air balloon).
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* EbertsGlossaryOfMovieTerms notes this film as one of a few exceptions to his Balloon Rule (Good movies rarely contain a hot-air balloon).
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* HeyItsThatGuy:
** [=McFee=] is [[Film/LethalWeapon getting too old for this shit]].
** Rachel teaches the [[Film/TopGun "Best of the best" Navy pilots]]!
** Schaeffer once [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind ran from the US Army with Richard Dreyfuss]].
** ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'''s Ellis [=DeWald=] gets knifed in the men's room.
** Is that [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]] sitting in that wagon, getting harassed by rednecks?
** [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]] kills [[Film/ANewHope Gold Leader]] in the grain silo.
** Alexander Godunov (Karl from Die Hard) is Daniel.
** [=McFee=] is [[Film/LethalWeapon getting too old for this shit]].
** Rachel teaches the [[Film/TopGun "Best of the best" Navy pilots]]!
** Schaeffer once [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind ran from the US Army with Richard Dreyfuss]].
** ''Film/BeverlyHillsCopIII'''s Ellis [=DeWald=] gets knifed in the men's room.
** Is that [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]] sitting in that wagon, getting harassed by rednecks?
** [[Franchise/StarWars Han Solo]] kills [[Film/ANewHope Gold Leader]] in the grain silo.
** Alexander Godunov (Karl from Die Hard) is Daniel.
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* MethodActing: Kelly [=McGillis=] lived in an Amish community for a few months to understand her character, which involved her giving up smoking the whole time. She was also kicked by a cow.
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* HeyItsThatGuy: [=McFee=] is [[Film/LethalWeapon getting too old for this shit]].
** Rachel teaches the [[Film/TopGun "Best of the best" Navy pilots]]!
** Schaeffer once [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind ran from the US Army with Richard Dreyfuss]].
** ''BeverlyHillsCopIII'''s Ellis [=DeWald=] gets knifed in the men's room.
** Is that [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]] sitting in that wagon, getting harassed by rednecks?
* HeyItsThatGuy: [=McFee=] is [[Film/LethalWeapon getting too old for this shit]].
** Rachel teaches the [[Film/TopGun "Best of the best" Navy pilots]]!
** Schaeffer once [[Film/CloseEncountersOfTheThirdKind ran from the US Army with Richard Dreyfuss]].
** ''BeverlyHillsCopIII'''s Ellis [=DeWald=] gets knifed in the men's room.
** Is that [[Film/TheLordOfTheRings Aragorn]] sitting in that wagon, getting harassed by rednecks?
