Kelly McGillis loved the area so much, she bought property in Lancaster and built a house there. The previous poster is correct- the Amish were not happy about the Hollywood craze in their neighborhood. Some of the farmhouse used in the filming was closed to the tour- Harrison Ford's "sickroom" where he was recovering from the bullet wound is in the upstairs of the house. The cabinets are the same ones used in the film- I got to open the cabinet that Ford did when he retrieved his bullets. For instance, the cabinets have a wood grain to them- actually this effect was painted on for the film, and the effect is still there. Some of the changes done for filming are still present in the kitchen. There is a birdhouse next to the farm-the same place as the one in the film- but this is not the one seen in the movie. We also saw the hole in the floor where Ford dropped to the lower level when escaping, and also saw the grain silo. We were able to walk around the farm, we were inside the kitchen,and the barn where Ford and Kelly McGillis danced. It is currently occupied by an Amish family (all present during the tour) and it is a working Amish farm to this day. The bus took you to the actual Witness farm where the movie was filmed. In Summer of 2005, the Lancaster tourism people had a "Witness" tour, and me and my wife went to see it. Right up the street from Zimmermans is the intersection where Harrison Ford punched out the townie who said "Boo!" to him after spreading ice cream on Daniel's face. If you have a small child, you can buy one of those wooden marble toys Harrison Ford made for the Amish boy. It is in a "Witness" movie museum in downtown Lancaster PA, which is right next to the office building in which the police station and garage scenes were filmed. The Zimmerman store is still there, with the phone booth Harrison Ford stood in, but the actual pay phone he used is not there anymore.
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