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Box office. $102.6 million [2] Primal Fear is a 1996 American legal mystery crime thriller film directed by Gregory Hoblit, based on the 1993 novel of the same name by William Diehl, written by Steve Shagan and Ann Biderman. It stars Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand and Edward Norton in his film debut.
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Primal Fear: Directed by Gregory Hoblit. With Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard. The murder of a high and mighty archbishop leads to the involvement of Martin Vail, Chicago's best attorney.
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- Crime, Drama, Mystery
- Gregory Hoblit
- 1996-04-03
Primal Fear. Defense attorney Martin Vail takes on jobs for money and prestige rather than any sense of the greater good. His latest case involves an altar boy, accused of brutally murdering the ...
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- Gregory Hoblit
- R
- Richard Gere
Primal Fear. Publication date. 1996. Topics. Trailer, Movie, Drama. Item Size. 195.8M. An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a ...
- 5 min
Apr 5, 1996 · Roger Ebert. April 5, 1996. 4 min read. Richard Gere and Edward Norton in "Primal Fear." Once it was cops who solved crimes. Then private eyes. In the Grisham era, it has been lawyers. “Primal Fear,” based on a novel by William Diehl, stars Richard Gere as a flamboyant Chicago defense attorney who chases defendants instead of ambulances and ...
Apr 3, 1996 · An arrogant, high-powered attorney takes on the case of a poor altar boy found running away from the scene of the grisly murder of the bishop who has taken him in. The case gets a lot more complex when the accused reveals that there may or may not have been a third person in the room. Gregory Hoblit. Director. William Diehl. Novel. Steve Shagan.
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Crime · Drama · Thriller. Award-winning mystery-thriller about a hotshot lawyer taking on the tough case of a young altar boy accused of murdering a well-known Catholic priest. Subtitles: English. Starring: Richard Gere Edward Norton Frances McDormand Laura Linney Alfre Woodard. Directed by: Gregory Hoblit.