一级恐惧介绍.pptVIP

* Primal fear （一级恐惧） By Leon and Becky Brief Introduction Plot Receptions and Comments More Primal Fear?is a 1996 American?crime?drama?thriller film?directed by?Gregory Hoblit?and starring?Richard Gere and?Edward Norton. The film tells the story of a defense attorney（辩护律师）Martin Vail (By Gere), who defends an altar boy, Aaron Stampler (By Norton), charged with the?murder?of a?Catholic?archbishop(主教）. The movie is an?adaptation?of?William Diehls?1993 novel of the same name. Brief Introduction Plot Martin Vail is a prominent defense attorney in?Chicago?who jumps at the chance to represent Aaron Stampler, a young stuttering?altar boy accused of murdering the Archbishop. At first interested primarily in the publicity that the case will bring, Vail comes to believe that his client is truly innocent, much to the chagrin of the prosecutor Janet Venable. (Vails former lover). Vail then discovers that the archbishop had been?sexually abusing?altar boys, including Stampler. Although introducing this evidence would make Stampler more sympathetic to the jury, it would also give his client a motive for murder, something the prosecution otherwise has lacked. The trial does not proceed well for the defense, as there is considerable evidence against Stampler and public opinion holds him almost certainly guilty. When Vail confronts his client and accuses him of having lied, Aaron breaks down and transforms into a new person, a violent?sociopath?who calls himself Roy. He confesses to the murder of the archbishop and throws Vail against the wall, injuring him. Vail sets up a confrontation in court. After Venable questions him harshly, Aaron turns into Roy and charges at her, threatening to snap her neck if anyone comes near him. Aaron is subdued by courthouse marshals and is rushed back to his cell. In light of Aarons apparent?insanity, the judge dismisses the jury in favor of a bench trial and then finds Aaron not guilty by reason of mental insanity, and remands him to a