Primal Fear (film)

Primal Fear is a 1996 American neonoir crimethriller film, based on William Diehls 1993 novel of the same name and directed by Gregory Hoblit.

Martin Vail Richard Gere is a Chicago defense attorney who loves the public spotlight and does everything he can to get his highprofile clients acquitted on legal technicalities. One day, he sees a news report about the arrest of Aaron Stampler Edward Norton, a young altar boy from Kentucky with a severe stutter, who is accused of brutally murdering the beloved Archbishop Rushman Stanley Anderson. Vail jumps at the chance to represent the young man pro bono.During his meetings at the county jail with Aaron, Vail comes to believe that his client is innocent, much to the chagrin of the prosecutor and Vails former lover, Janet Venable Laura Linney. ........

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