Legal superstar Alan Dershowitz wants to send 'Primal Fear' up the river By David Templeton Metro Santa Cruz writer David Templeton takes interesting people to see interesting movies in an ongoing quest for the ultimate post-film conversation.
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But I thought it was one of the worst scripts about law that I have ever seen. It's an insult to the intelligence of the viewer. Apparently, Dershowitz did not care for the film. Dershowitz is a renowned and controversial defense attorney whose clients have included Claus Von Bulow, Patricia Hearst, Mike Tyson, Jim Bakker, Michael Milken, Leona Helmsley and, most recently, O.J. Simpson. In Reasonable Doubts , his probing new book about the O.J. case, Dershowitz calmly examines the cultural circumstances that led to the jury's vote for acquittal and the public's response to that verdict.