Julia Roberts

Denzel Washington

Sam Shepard

John Heard

Tony Goldwyn

James B. Sikking

William Atherton

Robert Culp

Stanley Tucci

Hume Cronyn

John Lithgow

Anthony Heald

Nicholas Woodeson

Stanley Anderson

John Finn

Cynthia Nixon

Jake Weber

Casey Biggs

Christopher Murray

Sonny Jim Gaines

Kevin Geer

Joe Chrest

Richard Bauer

Ralph Cosham

Tom Quinn

Michelle O'Neill

Edwin Newman

Helen Carey

Howard Shalwitz

Carol Sutton

Magee Hickey

Ellie K. Wang

Franchelle Stewart Dorn

Karen Bralove

Teagle F. Bougere

Carey Varner

Sandra Quarterman

Cynthia Hood

Beverly Brigham

Doug Coleman

Eliza Coleman

Carrie Boren

Amber Nelson

Kelly Lynn Richards

Greta Valenti

Jerry Van Dyke

Harold Surratt

Shanna Connell

Michael Port

Gene Babb

Kyle Duvall

Karl Warren

James Earl Reed

Kyle Prue

Jurian Hughes

Peter Carlin

Terrence Currier

Jewell Robinson

Kim Peter Kovac

Norman Aronovic

Carl Palmer

Scott M. Jefferson

Danny Kamin

Mark McLaughlin

Robert Pavlovich

Constance Yelverton

Kim Kettle

Alan Wade

Paul Morella

Ed Johnson

Dick Stilwell

Deborah Ben-Eliezer

Catherine Boyd

Keith Fluker

Marianne Hettinger

Joe James

Shane LeCocq

Kimberley Roper

Codie Scott

William Shipman

Avo Shirazee

John A. Taylor

Alan J. Pakula

Pieter Jan Brugge

Stephen Goldblatt

Tom Rolf

Trudy Ship

John Grisham

James Horner

Alixe Gordin

Albert Wolsky

Philip Rosenberg

Robert Guerra

Lisa Fischer

Rick Simpson

James Sabat

Louis Sabat

Ron Bochar

Rick Dior

Michael J. Cerone

Richard Portman

Dianne Dreyer

Celia D. Costas

Ken Regan

Dick Mingalone

John Shoemaker

Ted Churchill

Kelly Irvine

Donald Laventhall

Trey Batchelor

Marissa Littlefield

Magdaline Volaitis

Robert Hein

Thomas Saccio

Cheryl A. Stone

Shinique Smith

Allison Sherman

Jeanmarie Murphy-Burke

Patricia Serafina Madiedo

Michael R. Kern

David M. Bernstein

Sallie Jones Arata

Edward Allen

Michael Wallace

Charles Lum

Foongy Lee

Gary Huckabay

Elizabeth Sherry

Kimberly Skyrme

Michele Ortlip

Rick Landry

Ramsay King

Benita Hofstetter

John Rusk

Michael Proscia Jr.

Peter Kohn

Kerry Orent

Linda Perlin

Mick O'Rourke

Tabby Hanson

Roy Farfel

David Efron

Richard L. Blackwell

Eric Chambers

Thriller

The Pelican Brief

Warner Bros. Pictures

United States of America

English

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 Firm” (1993), which was also written by Grisham, this one is along the same lines, albeit with a totally different story (naturally). “Pelican” has more action, but the plot/characters aren’t quite as interesting IMHO. Still, if you liked one, you’ll probably appreciate the other.    

THE MOVIE RUNS 2 hours, 21 minutes and was shot in New Orleans and Washington DC/Maryland. ADDITIONAL CAST: John Heard plays an FBI agent, Stanley Tucci a hitman and John Lithgow an editor.

GRADE: B/B-

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