"WITNESS" TRIVIA

• "Witness" features the first big screen appearance of Viggo Mortensen, as Moses Hochleitner
• The film also features Robert Earl Jones, father of James Earl Jones
• Due to their beliefs against being filmed, no actual Mennonites appear in the film
• Although Pennsylvania Dutch is spoken in the film, most of the actors shown are speaking High German
• A special 20th anniversary special collector's edition DVD was released on August 23, 2005
• Ford, who was a carpenter before becoming an actor, did all of his own carpentry in the film
• Jack Nicholson and Sylvester Stallone were both considered for the part of Book before Ford
• For the dancing scene, Ford specifically picked the song "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke because he wanted to sing it
• "Witness" is dedicated to Tom Scott, a Lancaster County man who was a friend to the Mennonite community and died of leukemia shortly before the film premiered
• Although the movie is rated "R," it was spoofed in the animated family film "Monsters, Inc."
• The documentary "Between Two Worlds: The Making of 'Witness'" is included on the 2005 special collectors edition DVD