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The Pelican Brief is a 1993 American legal thriller film based on the 1992 novel by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. Pakula, the film stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as Washington Herald reporter Gray Grantham.
- $195.3 million
- December 17, 1993
- $45 million
- James Horner
Dec 17, 1993 · The Pelican Brief: Directed by Alan J. Pakula. With Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard. A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
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Gavin Vereek. Tony Goldwyn. Fletcher Coal. Watchlist. In Theaters At Home TV Shows. Advertise With Us. Taut thriller about a young law student whose legal brief about the assassination of two...
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- Alan J. Pakula
- PG-13
- Julia Roberts
Summaries. A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger. Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who clerked for one of the two men and who is also having an affair with one of his students, is given a brief by her that states who probably wanted to see these two men dead.
YouTube Movies & TV. 180M subscribers. Subscribed. 910. Academy Award winners Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington star in this thriller about a young law student whose theory about the recent...
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Dec 17, 1993 · The movie opens with the assassination of two Supreme Court justices. In New Orleans, a bright law student (Roberts) is intrigued because there seems to be no obvious motive; the justices are on opposite sides politically, so their deaths would cancel each other.
The Pelican Brief is a legal-suspense thriller by John Grisham, published in 1992 by Doubleday. It is his third novel after A Time to Kill and The Firm. Two paperback editions were published, both by Dell Publishing in 1993. A namesake film adaptation was released in 1993 starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington.
