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The Pelican Brief
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.
1993 · Directed by Alan J. Pakula · 141 min · Thriller · Drama · 10 frames
Tagline
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.
Crew
- Screenplay: Alan J. Pakula
- Cinematography: Stephen Goldblatt
- Edited by: Tom Rolf, Trudy Ship
- Music: James Horner
- Production design: Philip Rosenberg
- Produced by: Pieter Jan Brugge, Alan J. Pakula
Cast
- Julia Roberts as Darby Shaw
- Denzel Washington as Gray Grantham
- Sam Shepard as Thomas Callahan
- John Heard as Gavin Vereek
- Tony Goldwyn as Fletcher Coal
- James B. Sikking as Denton Voyles
- William Atherton as Bob Gminski
- Robert Culp as The President
- Stanley Tucci as Khamel
- Hume Cronyn as Justice Rosenberg
Production
- Country: United States of America
- Language: English
- Studios: Warner Bros. Pictures
- Budget: $45,000,000
- Box office: $195,268,056
- Themes: based on novel or book, judge, professor, mission of murder, supreme court, legal thriller, dramatic, suspenseful
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