Primal Fear

Martin's collar when checking himself in the mirror.

Martin's cut over his right eyebrow appears and disappears.

Joey Pinero hands Marty a CD of Dulce Pontes, and says that the music he liked is the fourth track.

In that album, the song used in the film is, in fact, the first track.

The video recording of both psychiatrist's interviews with Aaron do not match the meetings we originally saw.

Martin's bottle of water changes position on the table beside him between shots as he watches TV.

While Vail, Tommy, and Naomi are discussing the porno tape, the blue screen of a computer monitor is reflected in Tommy's glasses.

But in the reverse shot (showing Vail) the monitor is off.

The blood at the scene of the murder (where Mr.

Vail comes in some days after the murder), and the blood on Aaron's sneakers, shown in the court, should be brown, because some time has passed and blood coagulates.

When blood coagulates it turns from red to brown.

When Vail and Shaughnessy are having dinner in the Asian restaurant, the rib on Shaughnessy's plate disappears between shots.

When Vail is in the bar drinking shots and talking to the reporter, the level of fluid in the glass changes from shot to shot.

At the Catholic Charities dinner, the Archbishop is addressed as "Your Excellency".

Assuming he was a Cardinal (since he was wearing red, not purple) he should have been addressed as "Your Eminence".

It is stated by several characters that a plea cannot be changed mid trial.

However, it is entirely possibly to change a plea before sentencing.

In opening credits ties Martin's bow-tie (same as tying your shoes) and does so over the points of his butterfly collar.

He turns to the bathroom mirror where he checks it and adjusts the bow-tie, but leaves it holding down the points, and nearly walks out the door.

But when he turns with an afterthought the points are instantly positioned correctly.

The Chicago PD officers in the film are shown wearing American flags on the right shoulders of their uniforms.

Chicago PD uniforms display the flag of the city of Chicago on the right shoulder.

The actor portraying Joey Pinero can be seen breathing (cold breath) when his supposedly dead body is being lifted from the water.

A very intriguing movie that is thoroughly enjoyable until the end. Which is very dated in its revelation.

A bishop was brutally murdered in his luxurious apartment in Chicago and the police made an instant arrest, after having found the 'suspect' - Aaron Stampler (Norton)- hiding near the scene of the crime.The damning physical evidence against Stampler (Norton) meant that, unless there was a miracle, he would be heading for the ultimate punishment the death penalty.

I first saw this movie several years ago on a cable network, and started watching in the middle of it. I was immediately fascinated by it, because soon after I started watching there was the transformation scene where Edward Norton's character Aaron "morphs" into the evil Ray in front of Richard Gere and Francis McDormand.

Let's just say that this move lacked finesse. I hated Gere in this, he over acts, he uses stupid facial expressions too much.

An overgrown altar boy (Edward Norton in his debut) is accused of murdering an archbishop (Stanley Anderson), and the truth is buried several layers deep.Roger Ebert wrote, "the plot is as good as crime procedurals get, but the movie is really better than its plot because of the three-dimensional characters.

This is a very good plot and a story that gets shifted into almost a game of truth or lie whereas the viewer is playing along. Norton makes this movie very interesting because of his excellent acting.

Full of twists n turns yet predictable for the most part, managing to keep the thrilling vibe in tact from start to finish, and bolstered by a spectacular performance from Edward Norton in what is his debut feature film, Primal Fear may follow a generic route but what puts it ahead of other examples of its genre is the attention provided to its characters.Based on the novel of the same name, the story of Primal Fear follows the case of a young altar boy who's accused of murdering a famous Catholic Archbishop and is represented by a Chicago defence attorney who's always looking for cases that guarantee public spotlight but soon becomes convinced that the case is far more complex than it looks.

The final conversation of the film was less than 2 minutes, but with only three sentences all the previous quotes were changed:"Will you t-tell Miss Venable I'm sorry? Tell her I hope her neck is okay.

Slick psychological drama with a springboard performance from EDWARD NORTON,A mumbling bumbling alter boy is accused of murder but all is not open and shut so a hotshot lawyer takes the case with the intention of exposing the industry that uses and abuses young boys like the accused.An investigation ensues and skeletons are exposed but the defense are rattling the cages of protected from high and it wont be easy,A psychological evaluation of the accused gives more credence to the case and the plot thickens but can the defense save the boy in a race against time to expose the real perpetrator of this brutal crime of passion or will the innocent suffer by the hands of another....