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The Pelican Brief

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The film tells the story of a young law student whose legal brief about the assassination of two Supreme Court justices causes her to be targeted by killers. She enlists the help of an investigative reporter and the two become fugitives.

Genre:

Crime, Drama, Mystery

Actors:

Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn, James Sikking, William Atherton, Robert Culp, Stanley Tucci, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow, ...»

Director:

Alan J. Pakula

Country:

United States

Release:

1993

IMDb:

6.6

Quality:

Duration:

141 min

KEYWORDS:

#Alan J. Pakula #Denzel Washington #Julia Roberts #Sam Shepard #The Pelican Brief

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ACTORS OF "The Pelican Brief"

Julia Roberts

28 October 1967, Smyrna, Georgia, USA

Denzel Washington

28 December 1954, Mount Vernon, New York, USA

Sam Shepard

5 November 1943, Fort Sheridan, Illinois, USA

John Heard

7 March 1945, Washington, District of Columbia, USA

Tony Goldwyn

20 May 1960, Los Angeles, California, USA

James Sikking

5 March 1934, Los Angeles, California, USA

William Atherton

30 July 1947, Orange, Connecticut, USA

Robert Culp

16 August 1930, Oakland, California, USA

Stanley Tucci

11 November 1960, Peekskill, New York, USA

Hume Cronyn

18 July 1911, London, Ontario, Canada

John Lithgow

19 October 1945, Rochester, New York, USA

Anthony Heald

25 August 1944, New Rochelle, New York, USA

Nicholas Woodeson

30 November 1949, England, UK

Stanley Anderson

23 October 1939, Billings, Montana, USA

John Finn

30 September 1952, New York City, New York, USA

Cynthia Nixon

9 April 1966, New York City, New York, USA

Jake Weber

19 March 1964, London, England, UK

Casey Biggs

4 April 1955, Toledo, Ohio, USA

Christopher Murray

19 March 1957, Los Angeles, California, USA

Sonny Jim Gaines

10 September 1927

Kevin Geer

6 November 1952, Reno, Nevada, USA

Joe Chrest

Richard Bauer

14 March 1939, Missouri, USA

5 November 1934, Cleveland, Ohio, USA

Edwin Newman

25 January 1919, New York City, New York, USA

Helen Carey

13 January 1944, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Scott Michael Jefferson

Danny Kamin

18 September 1947, Victoria County, Texas, USA

Mark McLaughlin

Robert Pavlovich

30 March 1959, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA

Franchelle Stewart Dorn

6 November 1949, Houston, Texas, USA

26 June 1968, Savannah, Georgia, USA

6 November 1964, Albany, New York, USA

Dick Stilwell

27 July 1943, Buffalo, New York, USA

Tom Quinn

28 April 1934, Queens, New York City, New York, USA

20 January 1966, Mobile, Alabama, USA

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DIRECTORS OF "The Pelican Brief"

Alan J. Pakula

7 April 1928, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

CREATORS OF "The Pelican Brief"

Alan J. Pakula

7 April 1928, The Bronx, New York City, New York, USA

John Grisham

8 February 1955, Jonesboro, Arkansas, USA

HEROES OF "The Pelican Brief"

Darby Shaw

Played by: Julia Roberts

Gray Grantham

Played by: Denzel Washington

F. Denton Voyles

Played by: James Sikking

Khamel

Played by: Stanley Tucci

CRITICS OF "The Pelican Brief"

Antagony & Ecstasy

If I would still call it one of Pakula's very best films since the end of the 1970s, that says far more about the decline of his career than anything else.

January 14, 2010

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Variety

Pakula has improved on Grisham's book by excising much of the detritus, crafting a taut, intelligent thriller that succeeds on almost every level.

November 05, 2008

Ozus' World Movie Reviews

A juicy conspiracy theory thriller.

March 07, 2017

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Chicago Sun-Times

A clever device to take your mind off your problems for 141 minutes.

January 01, 2000

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Common Sense Media

Talky political thriller won't engage kids.

January 02, 2011

EmanuelLevy.Com

A routine thriller, curiosuly disappointing from Alan Pakula that even stars like Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts can't rescue

June 18, 2011

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TV Guide

A shallow bore.

March 30, 2009

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ReelViews

An unnecessarily-long thriller that contains far more talking than action.

January 01, 2000

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Chicago Reader

It's too bad that Pakula allows this 1993 movie to dawdle after its climax, but prior to that he's adept at suggesting unseen menace and keeping things in motion.

March 30, 2009

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Time Out

An old hand at this sort of thing, Pakula goes through the motions, but not much more.

February 09, 2006

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New York Times

As the film piles on shovelfuls of further exposition, Mr. Washington and Ms. Roberts are left to look terrific and recite perfunctory lines.

May 20, 2003

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