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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.
- John Mahoney
Charles John Mahoney was born in Blackpool, England, on June...
- Edward Norton
Edward Harrison Norton (born August 18, 1969) is an American...
- John Mahoney
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
The murder of a high and mighty archbishop leads to the involvement of Martin Vail, Chicago's best attorney. As he studies the suspects, he becomes convinced of certain aspects, but there's more to the story than meets the eye. When a young man, Aaron, is charged with the horrific murder of Archbishop Rushman, hot-shot Chicago lawyer Martin ...
Primal Fear (movie) Primal Fear is a movie from 1996 starring Richard Gere as a lawyer who tries to get a murderer off the hook using the insanity defense on the grounds that the killer has a split personality and wins only to find out that the killer never actually had dissociative identity disorder and was actually evil all along. It was the ...
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.
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 ...
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In "Primal Fear," a shrewd defense attorney is drawn into a web of deception when he represents a troubled altar boy accused of a bishop's brutal murder. As hidden truths emerge, the line between innocence and guilt blurs, challenging his own moral compass.
