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Primal Fear is a well-acted, nuanced, mature legal thriller. Watch it in a cold room.
Vital stats:
Studio: Paramount
Opened: April 5, 1996
Opening weekend gross: $9,871,222
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Stars: Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Frances McDormand
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Original theme music by Phil Dimotsis.
A high-profile slaying becomes the case of an ambitious attorney's career in this legal thriller based on the novel by William Diehl. Richard Gere stars as Martin Vail, a famed defense lawyer who volunteers his services to Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton), a Kentucky teenager charged with the murder of a Chicago archbishop.
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Primal Fear is a well-acted, nuanced, mature legal thriller. Watch it in a cold room.
Vital stats:
Studio: Paramount
Opened: April 5, 1996
Opening weekend gross: $9,871,222
Director: Gregory Hoblit
Stars: Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Frances McDormand
Follow us on Facebook and Twitter!
Original theme music by Phil Dimotsis.
A high-profile slaying becomes the case of an ambitious attorney's career in this legal thriller based on the novel by William Diehl. Richard Gere stars as Martin Vail, a famed defense lawyer who volunteers his services to Aaron Stampler (Edward Norton), a Kentucky teenager charged with the murder of a Chicago archbishop.