Viggo Mortensen's first Movie Role

This is Viggo's first film in which his scenes were not cut out.

Witness 1985

Starting
Harrison Ford and Kelly McGillis

Plot:
A young Amish boy is sole witness to a murder; policeman John Book (harrison ford) goes into hiding in Amish country to protect him until the trial.

Viggo Plays Moses Hochleitner.

Category:

Film & Animation

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[dreamsnfairies]

I added this 3 years ago?!!!! WTF? time FLIES!

[easyrider827]

he's versatile..ever seen the road?

[dreamsnfairies]

@easyrider827 I did see the road, I had read the book and loved it so when I found out Viggo was lead actor well how could I not have seen it lol

With that said, Viggo is a great actor but the novel was better lol

[lookingfortalent2007]

Amish of Rohan~!

[LaMarcuss966]

viggo probably said "aragorn is better than han solo" when they shook hands

[AwesomeCoasters]

@dreamsnfairies

Don't fall for the illusion that your life within the last 3 years is made of Youtube. Nothing happens here. In the contrary, a lot happened in your life.

[freetobeme03]

Wow! I actually remember watching this when I was younger...before I knew who either character was! Soo funny.

[WazastanStudioz]

0:35 Gandalfs first appearance

[rcameronswindsor]

@dreamsnfairies True but The Lord of The Rings was a better book than it was a film and still the film was amazing.

[Symphonion]

It's almost a shame the Amish people will never see this movie.

[starXelfXyeshua]

let's see Liv Tyler in a cape dress and prayer kapp for TOTAL EPIC WIN.

And lucky, lucky me--I live less than 45 minutes from Lancaster county :D:D:D

Amish Aragorn=<3 <3 <3

[Doug19752533]

@CameMyTurn they speak Pennsylvania Dutch, which is a form of german. it originally came from the dialect they speak in the Rhine region of germany. the Amish were followers of Jakob Ammann, a leader in the Mennonite church who broke away from them, emphasizing total isolation. they have very strict rules regarding contact with outsiders, who might 'contaminate' their beliefs. they are NOT a cult, but a very devout group who wish simply to be left alone. google them, quite interesting!

[Doug19752533]

@enigmaticallyso in fact he was a master carpenter! he was hired to build new cabinets for George Lucas, which is how they met, and eventually got the role in American Graffiti

[Doug19752533]

@EmilTwo There are many sub dialects of German. Pennsylvania Dutch is derived from Palatinate German, which is the dialect of the Rhine region of Germany. Also the Amish not only came from Switzerland but also this region of Germany. after the groups arrived in the United States the two dialects (palatinate german and swiss german) merged into what we know today as Pennsylvania Dutch. my family came to the US in the 1760s from germany and settled in York and Lancaster county among the Amish.