Primal Fear(Movie, 1996)

Name: Primal Fear
Genre: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller
Released: 1996
Duration: T02:9:00
Rating: 3.8

| 2h 9min | Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller

Rating: 3.8/5 (with 1,432 votes)

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, and 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. The film follows a Chicago defense attorney who believes that his altar boy client is not guilty of murdering a Catholic archbishop. The film was a box office success and received positive reviews, with Norton's performance earning critical praise. Norton won the Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture, and was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and ... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Primal Fear

nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor

About Primal Fear

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.

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Trailer for Primal Fear + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

Trailer 1(Trailer, 2:27)

Trailer 1 (Trailer) | Deutscher Trailer (Trailer, DE)

Additional Information

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: Chicago (Illinois)

Plays in: Chicago (Illinois)

Based on the work of: William Diehl ("Primal Fear")

Made by: Paramount Pictures, Rysher Entertainment

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN), Spanish (ES)

Translated into 34 languages: Bulgarian (BG), Catalan (CA), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), Estonian (ET), Persian (FA), Finnish (FI), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Croatian (HR), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Norwegian (NO), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Slovenian (SL), Serbian (SR), Swedish (SV), Thai (TH), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 11/02/1996 (World premiere: 03/06/1996)

Cast: Richard Gere, Laura Linney, John Mahoney, Alfre Woodard, Frances McDormand, Edward Norton, Terry O'Quinn, Andre Braugher, Steven Bauer, Tony Plana, Maura Tierney, Joe Spano, Jon Seda, Stanley Anderson, Reg Rogers, Kenneth Tigar

Director: Gregory Hoblit

Producer: Gary Lucchesi, Hawk Koch

Screenwriter: Ann Biderman, Steve Shagan

Film Editor: David Rosenbloom

Director of Photography: Michael Chapman

Composer: James Newton Howard

Production Designer: Jeannine Oppewall

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Zwielicht"

"프라이멀 피어"

"Lęk Pierwotny"

"Первобытный страх"

"ไพรมอลเฟียร์ สัญชาตญาณดิบซ่อนนรก"

Keywords: pornographic video, based on novel or book, bishop, corruption, court, whodunit, psychopath, legal drama, court case, legal thriller

Budget: 30,000,000 USD

Revenue: 102,616,183 USD (= 342%)

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Primal Fear(Movie, 1996)

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