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The Pelican Brief( 1993)

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Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.

Overview

A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Julia Roberts

      Darby Shaw

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      Denzel Washington

      Gray Grantham

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      Sam Shepard

      Thomas Callahan

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      John Heard

      Gavin Vereek

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      Tony Goldwyn

      Fletcher Cole

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      James B. Sikking

      FBI Director Denton Voyles

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      William Atherton

      Bob Gminski

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      Robert Culp

      The President

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      Stanley Tucci

      Khamel

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      Hume Cronyn

      Justice Rosenberg

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      John Lithgow

      Smith Keen

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      Anthony Heald

      Marty Velmano

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      Nicholas Woodeson

      Stump

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      Stanley Anderson

      Edwin Sneller

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      John Finn

      Matthew Barr

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      Cynthia Nixon

      Alice Stark

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      Jake Weber

      Curtis Morgan / Garcia

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      Casey Biggs

      Eric East

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      Christopher Murray

      Rupert

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      Sonny Jim Gaines

      Sarge

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      Kevin Geer

      K.O. Lewis

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      Joe Chrest

      Song and Dance Man from Bar

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      Richard Bauer

      Managing Editor

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      Ralph Cosham

      Justice Jensen

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      Tom Quinn

      Sara Ann Morgan's Father

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      Michelle O'Neill

      Sara Ann Morgan

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      Edwin Newman

      Self

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      Helen Carey

      Federal Clerk

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      Howard Shalwitz

      Washington Herald Journalist

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      Carol Sutton

      New Orleans Policewoman

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      Magee Hickey

      Self

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      Ellie K. Wang

      Reporter at National Cathedral

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      Franchelle Stewart Dorn

      University Registrar

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      Karen Bralove

      University Placement Clerk

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      Teagle F. Bougere

      Male University Student

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      Carey Varner

      Female University Student

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      Sandra Quarterman

      Laura Kass

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      Cynthia Hood

      Parklane Receptionist

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      Beverly Brigham

      Safe Deposit Teller

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      Doug Coleman

      Male Pursuer with Gun

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      Eliza Coleman

      Female Pursuer with Gun

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      Carrie Boren

      Reporter

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      Amber Nelson

      Teen Bicyclist

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      Kelly Lynn Richards

      Protester

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      Greta Valenti

      Kid at Parade

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      Jerry Van Dyke

      Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam in Coach (archive footage)

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      Harold Surratt

      Parklane Security Officer

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      Shanna Connell

      Tulane Law Student

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      Michael Port

      Tulane Law Student

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      Gene Babb

      Reporter

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      Kyle Duvall

      Reporter

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      Karl Warren

      Reporter

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      James Earl Reed

      Reporter

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      Kyle Prue

      News Desk Reporter

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      Jurian Hughes

      White & Blazevich Receptionist

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      Peter Carlin

      Edward Linney

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      Terrence Currier

      Rosenberg's Nurse

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      Jewell Robinson

      Senior Washington Herald Editor

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      Kim Peter Kovac

      Senior Washington Herald Editor

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      Norman Aronovic

      Senior Washington Herald Editor

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      Carl Palmer

      Cop in Cowboy Boots

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      Scott M. Jefferson

      Lt. Olsen

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      Danny Kamin

      Hooten

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      Mark McLaughlin

      CIA Agent in Hotel Room

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      Robert Pavlovich

      CIA Agent in Hotel Room

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      Constance Yelverton

      Clerk at Sheraton Hotel

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      Kim Kettle

      Gavin Verheek's Wife

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      Alan Wade

      Parklane Administrator

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      Paul Morella

      White & Blazevich Attorney

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      Ed Johnson

      White & Blazevich Security Guard

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      Dick Stilwell

      White & Blazevich Security

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      Deborah Ben-Eliezer

      Marie Halliburton - Protester

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      Catherine Boyd

      Protester

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      Keith Fluker

      Agent

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      Marianne Hettinger

      Eyewitness

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      Joe James

      Runner (voice)

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      Shane LeCocq

      Mardi Gras Party Patron

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      Kimberley Roper

      French Quarter Prostitute

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      Codie Scott

      Man Partying in Quarter

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      William Shipman

      Office Worker

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      Avo Shirazee

      Teen Bicyclist

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      John A. Taylor

      Law School Administrator

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      Jerry Van Dyke

      Assistant Coach Luther Horatio Van Dam (archive footage)

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    Review 1Discussion

    A review by Wuchak

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    Written by Wuchak on Fri May 25 2018
    Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington team-up in this crime thriller RELEASED IN 1993 and directed by Alan J. Pakula from John Grisham’s novel, "The Pelican Brief” is a political drama/thriller about a law student (Julia Roberts) who researches the murders of two supreme court justices and shares her theory with her college professor (Sam Shepard) who, in turn, gives it to an FBI friend on a lark. The brief hits a nerve because people start dying one-by-one. Denzel Washington plays a DC reporter who teams-up with the student while Robert Culp appears as the president. While I prefer “The F...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    45000000.00

    Revenue

    195268056.00

    Keywords

    • judge
    • professor
    • mission of murder
    • supreme court
    • legal thriller
    • dramatic
    • suspenseful