‘Witness’ With Bill Simmons and Mallory Rubin

The Rewatchables

The Ringer

Tv & Film

4.6 • 13.6K Ratings

🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 115 minutes

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The Ringer’s Bill Simmons and Mallory head to Amish country to revisit the 1985 crime thriller ‘Witness,’ starring Harrison Ford, Kelly McGillis, Lukas Haas, and Viggo Mortensen. Producers: Craig Horlbeck, Ronak Nair, and Chris Wohlers Free eBooks library. It’s on Prime. This episode is sponsored by State Farm®️. A State Farm agent can help you choose the coverage you need. Like a good neighbor, State Farm is there.®️ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	The rewatchables is brought to you by the ringer podcast network. The ringer I named Mallory Rubin was intimately involved with deciding. That's right. From about 40 selections. Could have been brainwreck.com. Could have been Chase the Night.com. Fascinating alternate history. Brainwreck.com would have been a terrible idea. That was your idea. I know. That sounds like, I don't know with like an energy drink gone wrong.
0:23.6	I don't know what it is. You can hear Mallory. Yes. On House of Our. That's right. A great podcast. Thanks. You pop on a bunch of our podcasts, actually. Yeah. Always nice to be here with you on the rewatchables, you know? First time in person in a while for just a one-on-one.
0:19.4	My first time here, ever.
0:22.2	It's like an intimate Harrison Ford.
0:24.2	Wow. You know? First time in person in a while for just a one-on-one. My first time here, ever. It's like an intimate Harrison Ford. Wow, that's how I like it. Yeah. Kind of talking date for us. You've wanted to do this movie since we launched the feed. Yes. We are now in year nine of the rewatchables headed toward 400 movies. It is one word movie month.
0:55.3	And I just texted you last week and I said, witness?
0:58.7	It's time.
0:59.0	And you were ready to go.
1:00.5	Witness is next.
1:01.8	This episode of the Rwatchables is presented by Prime.
1:04.8	You listen to this podcast for the movie talk.
1:07.7	So let's set the scene.
1:09.0	Our lead, tall, dark, stranded at the airport. Hours of delays.
1:13.5	He's scrolled, strolled, and loitered by every overpriced snack stand, but just when all hope seems
1:18.7	lost. Plot twist. He remembers he is prime. And without a whole library of free ebooks,
1:24.5	ready to read right from his device, cue the triumphant score. Roll credits.
1:30.1	Free e-books library. It's on Prime.
1:49.2	All right, Mallory Rubin, is this your favorite movie?
1:57.9	Top 10 unquestionably, probably top five. It is one of my favorite movies ever. And it is definitely one of the movies that I revisit the most often and think about the
2:01.6	most. And as you know, we'll talk about this at length today, but it is the movie where I believe
2:06.4	we see the hottest person who has ever lived. And that is Harrison Ford as John Book.
2:11.6	It's not Vigo Mortensen? No, though he looks great. It's not Alexander Goodneff?
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