Primal Fear (1996)

Actors: Laura Linney (actress), Gary Lucchesi (producer), Frances McDormand (actress), Edward Norton (actor), Wendy Cutler (actress), Alfre Woodard (actress), Terry O'Quinn (actor), Tony Plana (actor), Andre Braugher (actor), Mike Bacarella (actor), Steven Bauer (actor), John Mahoney (actor), Richard Gere (actor), Betsy Cox (costume designer), James Newton Howard (composer),

Plot: Courtroom thriller about a slick, hotshot lawyer who takes the seemingly unwinnable case of a young altar boy accused of murdering an eminent catholic priest.

Keywords: 1990s, altar-boy, amnesia, anger, apartment, applause, audience, bar, bartender, based-on-novel
Genres: Crime, Drama, Mystery, Thriller,
Taglines: Sooner or later a man who wears two faces forgets which one is real. Don't believe everything you see...

Quotes:

Janet: It was a one-night stand, Marty. It just lasted six months.

Marty: You either run for office or you wind up a judge. Why become an umpire when you can play ball?

Marty: Yeah, I'm Martin Vail, from the public defender's office. I'm handling the Aaron Stampler case.::Cop: Hmm, The Butcher Boy.::Marty: Yes, thank you, I forgot his real name.

Marty: Why gamble with money when you can gamble with people's lives? That was a joke. All right, I'll tell you. I believe in the notion that people are innocent until proven guilty. I believe in that notion because I choose to believe in the basic goodness of people. I choose to believe that not all crimes are committed by bad people. And I try to understand that some very, very good people do some very bad things.

Janet: Do you know what I would do if someone did that to me? I would kill him, I wouldn't hesitate. I would stab him 78 times. I would chop off his fingers, slash his throat open, carve numbers in his chest, gouge out his eyes, I swear to God!... But that's me.

Marty: I don't have to believe you. I don't care if you are innocent. I'm your mother, your father, your priest.

[first lines]::Marty: On my first day of law school, my professor says two things. First was; "From this day forward, when your mother tells you she loves you - get a second opinion."::Jack Connerman: [chuckles] And?::Marty: "If you want justice, go to a whorehouse. If you wanna get fucked, go to court."

[Marty is trying to woo Janet again, kissing the back of her neck and humming as she smokes a cigarette at the bar in the party for the Archbishop]::Marty: Come on... all you have to do is turn around.::Janet: I thought you liked it better like this. That way you don't have to look at the person.::Marty: You're mean. [ingratiatingly] Look at me.::[She turns to face him. He is grinning seductively]::Marty: Come on. Let's go find a bar you can still smoke in.::Janet: Thanks for the invite, but I don't like one-night stands all that much.::Marty: We saw each other for months.::Janet: It was a one-night stand, Marty. It just lasted six months.

Marty: Mr. Pinero has never been convicted of anything. Cops jumped him, he was left bleeding in the snow. It's a miracle he survived. Having said that, I am not opposed to a settlement.::John Shaughnessy: A million-five and Pinero leaves the state.::Marty: You can't limit a citizen's right to live wherever he wants to. Legally, that's unenforceable.::John Shaughnessy: Whether or not it's enforceable or just a gentleman's agreement, Mr. Pinero will know what we want.

Marty: I speak. You do not speak. Your job is to just sit there and look innocent.