Revealing mistake: When "Roy" pushes Martin into the wall during their first meeting, you can see the wall shaking on impact. (01:14:30)
Primal Fear (1996)
1 revealing mistake - chronological order
Directed by: Gregory Hoblit
Starring: Richard Gere, Edward Norton, Laura Linney
Factual error: In the beginning the guy shooting pool gives a CD to Richard Gere, he says that the song they were listening to is the fourth song when in fact it's the first song on the album.
Martin Vail: I also need case histories on murder by stabbing, murder by mutilation, murder by religion. Also, I'm gonna need a psychiatrist.
Naomi Chance: You're telling me.
Trivia: In the book, Aaron does not have a stutter - the stutter was introduced for the film because when Edward Norton auditioned for the part, he did the lines with a stutter and it won him the part.
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Answer: They knew he was a street kid and looked where the homeless and beggars hang out (under a bridge) they recognised him by his bandaged ear, from where the crucifix earring was ripped.