Point of Origin is a 2002 film released by HBO. It stars Ray Liotta and John Leguizamo. The film details an account of the true story of the convicted serial arsonist John Leonard Orr.[1] John Orr is an Arson investigator who tries to figure out whose been setting fire to family businesses and Orr is the prime suspect. Over the course of the film, Orr has been appearing and disappearing, before and after the fires begin, which makes his friend, Keith Lang, a policeman, suspicious. He starts to interview witnesses who claim to have seen a fireman named Aaron Stiles leave a diner when the fire began. Lang begins to figure out if Stiles is involved with the murder of a high school student who talked to him. Lang realizes that there is no record of Stiles anywhere, because Stiles does not exist. He comes to a shocking conclusion that Stiles is, in fact, his best friend, John Orr. In the end, he is found guilty for the fires, and the murder of a young woman who knew him in a diner, as well as an illegal weapons collection his wife and daughter didn't know about. He is even found guilty for having an affair with his neighbor. The film ends when Orr, now in prison, says "Between you and me, it's always about ego."
The film was directed by Newton Thomas Sigel,[2] and the soundtrack for the film was written by John Ottman.[3]