Primal Fear (1996)

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R | 2 hr 9 mins | Drama, Thriller, Adaptation | Released: 4/3/1996 |Box Office Total: $56.0M

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Arrogant, brilliant and successful, criminal defense attorney Martin Vail loves a good fight and the media spotlight, both of which he knowingly invites when he volunteers to represent a penniless, bewildered young man accused of murder. The victim is one of Chicago's most prominent dignitaries, a Catholic archbishop, and the defendant's guilt seems as evident as the blood found splattered on his clothes. But Vail doesn't concern himself with questions of guilt or innocence. All he cares about is creating and selling his version of the truth. All he cares about is winning. As his involvement with his client deepens, however, Vail's consuming need to win, his antagonism toward his former boss in the prosecutor's office, his complicated relationship wtih his recent lover who is the prosecutor in this case, and his unexpected feelings for his client, combine to blind him to the trap awaiting him.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
4/3/1996

Studio	Credit
Paramount Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Gregory Hoblit	Director
Cast	Credit
Richard Gere	Martin Vail
Laura Linney	Janet Venable
Frances McDormand	Dr Molly Arrington
John Mahoney	John Shaughnessy
Edward Norton	Aaron Stampler
Andre Braugher	Tommy Goodman
Alfre Woodard	Judge Miriam Shoat
Terry O'Quinn	Yancy
Stanley Anderson	Archbishop Rushman
Maura Tierney	Naomi Chance
Steven Bauer	Joey Pinero
Joe Spano	Abel Stenner
Reg Rogers	Jack Connerman
Tony Plana	Martinez
Jon Seda	Alex
Kenneth Tigar	Weil
Brian Reddy	Woodside
Christopher Carroll	M C
Wendy Cutler	Lou
Ron O J Parson	Turner
Sigrid K Zahner	Vail's Secretary
Diann Burns	WLS Anchor
Linda Yu	WLS Anchor
Andy Shaw	WLS Location Reporter
Mary Ann Childers	WBBM Anchor
Lester D Holt	WBBM Anchor
Sylvia Gomez	WBBM Location Reporter
John Duncanson	WBBM Location Reporter
David Eckert	WGN Anchor
Robert Jordan	WGN Anchor
Joannie Lum	WGN Location Reporter
Randy Salerno	WGN Location Reporter
Kyle Colerider-Krugh	Postman
Joseph Luis Caballero	Joe
Randall Slavin	Young Boy
Mike Bacarella	Sergeant
Turk Muller	Precinct Jailer
Joe Kosala	Cop
Lenny Wilson	Bartender
Peter Schreiner	Bailiff
Joseph R Ryan	Old Man
Azalea Davila	Linda
Wayne Wright	County Clerk
Tony Fitzpatrick	Duty Officer
Clarence Williams Jr	Arresting Cop
Rosalie V Lewis	Stenographer
Dwight Brad Dyer	Prison Guard
Production Credits	Credit
Robert McMinn	Co-Producer
Howard "Hawk" Koch Jr	Executive Producer
Gary Lucchesi	Producer
Arnold Rudnick	Associate Producer
Patricia Graf	Associate Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Rysher Films	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Paramount Studios Home Video	Domestic Video Distributor
Paramount Pictures	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
Chicago, Illinois, USA
Bluefield, West Virginia, USA
Los Angeles, California, USA
Long Beach, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Steve Shagan	Screenplay
William Diehl	Source Material (from novel)
Ann Biderman	Screenplay
Accounting	Credit
Christine Hurrey	Auditor - payroll auditor
Kevin Landry	Production Auditor
Gene Strange	Production Auditor - assistant production auditors
John Rash	Production Auditor - assistant production auditors
Art Department	Credit
Erin Kemp	Set Designer
Kacy Magdman	Art Department Coordinator
William David Arnold	Art Director
Cindy Carr	Set Decorator
Scott Bailey	Set Dresser
Jon Danniells	Lead Person
Jeannine Oppewall	Production Designer
Suzan Wexler	Assistant Art Director
Daniel Clancy	Lead Person
Mark Poll	Set Designer
Julie Beattie-Iiams	Set Dresser
Tom Osman	Art Department Coordinator
Joanna Gilliam	Set Dresser
Louisa Bonnie	Set Designer
Tyler Patton	Set Dresser
Paul Allen	Set Dresser
Walter Piers	Set Dresser
Mary Brady	Set Dresser
Quentin Matthys	Set Dresser
Casting	Credit
Deborah Aquila	Casting
Tony Hobbs	Extras Casting
Dee Marcus	Voice Casting
Karen Miller	Casting Associate
Alex Wald	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Jane Shannon	Casting
Tricia Wood	Casting Associate - casting assistant
Tracy Kaplan Casting Inc	Casting Agency casting
Craft Services	Credit
Rashied Aljuwani	Craft Service
Douglas Campbell	Craft Service
Ray Bulinski	Craft Service - craft services
Film Camera	Credit
Zoran Veselic	Photography - assistant photographer
Mark Marcum	Video - video supervisor
Bill Roe	Camera Operator
Rodney Sandoval	Camera - camera loader
Jono Kouzouyan	Lighting Technician
Phil Hetos	Color Timer
Scot Gaal	Lighting - assistant chief rigging lighting technician
Steve Braharich	Video Playback
Mark Burnett	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Michael Chapman	Director of Photography
David Boyd	Camera Operator
Alphonse Blumenthal	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Michael Gurasich	Photography - assistant photographer
Van Woert ('Dutch')	Lighting Technician
Thomas E Whalen	Video Assist/Playback - video assist
Tommy Klines	Photography - assistant photographer
R Bruce Prochal	Lighting Technician - rigging lighting technician
Anthony J Lullo	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Gerrit Dangremond	Camera Operator
Ron Phillips	Photography - still photographer
Mark Simon	Camera Operator
Frank Holgate	Camera Operator - aerial camera operator
Steven Hiller	Photography - assistant photographer
John A Waldo	Photography - assistant photographer
Chris M Collins	Photography - assistant photographer
Steve Silverstein	Photography - assistant photographer
Music	Credit
Terence Blanchard	Soloist - horn soloist
James Newton Howard	Orchestrations
James Newton Howard	Music
Sandy DeCrescent	Music Contractor - orchestra contractor
Artie Kane	Music Conductor - orchestra conductor
Jim Weidman	Music Editor
Tom Kramer	Music Editor - preview music editor
David Olson	Music - assistant music editor
Brad Dechter	Orchestrations
Michael Mason	Music - music scoring coordinator
Physical Effects	Credit
Ernie Orsatti	Stunt Coordinator
Rick LeFevour	Stunt Player
Noon Orsatti	Stunt Player
Denney Pierce	Stunt Player
Lanier Edwards	Stunt Player
Ray Lykins	Stunt Player
Production Management	Credit
Pamela Jaeckle	Production Coordinator
J Stephen Buck	Assistant Director
John Murrah	Technical Supervisor
Sharron Reynolds	Script Supervisor
John Panzarella	Location Manager
Robert Grand	Production Manager
Sharon Swab	DGA Trainee
Leslie Thorson	Assistant Location Manager
Carolyn J White	Assistant Production Coordinator
Lucille Ouyang	Assistant Director
Mark Mamalakis	Assistant Location Manager
Jeffrey Berk	Assistant Production Coordinator
Jacolyn J Baker	Location Manager
Xochi Blymyer	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Bekki Vallin	Assistant Production Coordinator
Randall Newsome	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Gary B. Goldman	Assistant Director - 2nd assistant director
Publicity	Credit
Sandy O'Neill	Publicity - publicist
Sound	Credit
Bruce Fortune	Sound Editor
Marilyn Graf	Foley Mixer
Jeffrey J Haboush	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Pam Bentkowski	Foley Editor
Bob Baron	ADR Mixer
Sarah Monat	Foley Artist
Steve Cantamessa	Sound Mixer
Anne Couk	Assistant Sound Editor
Joe Dorn	ADR Editor
Daryl Ziemke	Sound - utility sound
Gary Thomas	Boom Operator
Greg Stacy	Sound Effects Editor
Thomas W Small	Foley Editor
Randy K Singer	Foley Mixer
Bill Ward	Assistant Sound Editor
Cameron Frankley	Sound Effects Editor
Kevin E Carpenter	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Robin Harlan	Foley Artist
Shawn Murphy	Sound Mixer - score recorder and mixer
Tony Milch	Sound Effects Editor
Courtenay Marvin	Assistant Sound Editor
Robert Schaper	Rerecording - re-recording mixer
Visual Effects	Credit
Rob Burton	Visual Effects Supervisor
Dream Quest Images	Visual Effects
Michael Harbour	3-D Artist - 3-D church modeling & rendering
Phill Norman	Titles - title design
Thomas P Ryba	Special Effects Coordinator
Donald Rio McNichols	Special Effects
Mike Gunning	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
Mark Galvin	Visual Effects - visual effects executive producer
Jen Howard	Visual Effects - digital artist
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Kimberly Gunther	Costume Supervisor
Matthew W Mungle	Makeup - special effects make-up
Jeffrey M Sacino	Hair Stylist - key hairstylist
Gary J Saldutti	Costumes - costumer
Hallie D'Amore	Makeup Artist - key makeup artist
Betsy Cox	Costume Designer
Carol Meikle	Hair Stylist - Richard Gere's hairstylist
Lori McClellen	Costumes - costumer
Tom Lucas	Makeup Artist - Richard Gere's makeup artist
Elaine Davis	Costumes - costumer
Margaret Elliott	Makeup Artist
Elle Elliott	Hair Stylist
Sterfon Demings	Hair Stylist
Adrienne Wait	Costumes - costumer
Kathrine Gordon	Hair Stylist

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