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A janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.A janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.A janitor who claims he's seen a murder becomes romantically involved with the glamorous TV reporter covering the story.
Sharon Chatten
- Israeli Woman
- (as Sharon Goldman)
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Did you know
- TriviaSigourney Weaver's character was based on an object of infatuation that Steve Tesich had with a Washington, D.C. anchorwoman. He recorded her broadcasts and had pictures of her like William Hurt's character had in the film of Weaver. The actual anchorwoman was brought in by Peter Yates for technical support to make Weaver's character more believable.
- GoofsThere is a security camera very obviously placed in the outer office outside of where the murder takes place, yet during the investigation no mention is made of it. However, perhaps (circa 1981) it's a closed-circuit, live feed only (no recordings made), and no one viewing the live security screens noticed anything unusual.
- Quotes
Lt. Jacobs: When he was a kid, Aldo must have wanted to be a suspect when he grew up.
- Alternate versionsRuns 93 minutes long on Capacitance Electronic Disc (CED), also commonly known RCA Selectavision Videodisc.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Sneak Previews: Eyewitness/Tess/The Competition/The Dogs of War (1981)
- SoundtracksPiano trio no. 1 in D minor, op. 49: ii. Andante con moto tranquillo
Written by Felix Mendelssohn
[Performed at the Sokolows' house concert]
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Not offbeat enough...promising cast and plot end up on the assembly line
William Hurt and Sigourney Weaver are lovely to look at in their early acting days, but this convoluted plot from usually-talented screenwriter Steve Tesich takes both stars down a dead-end road. News reporter Weaver believes janitor Hurt may have seen something the night a businessman was killed in an office building, but Hurt--harboring a crush on the plucky gal--is just playing footsie, that is until the killers find out about him. The opening 20mns of "Eyewitness" are fine, if not thrilling; the production is glossy and the leads are well-matched, but Tesich's script just isn't offbeat enough (and Peter Yates' workmanlike direction is no help). The film gets bogged down in contrivances and overwritten characters, such as Weaver's parents and Christopher Plummer's sinister Israeli. Where is Yates' energy? It peters out fast, leading to an assembly-line finale. *1/2 from ****
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- moonspinner55
- May 15, 2011
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- The Janitor Can't Dance
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- $8,500,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $6,400,000
- Gross worldwide
- $6,400,000
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