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Release Date: 1993

Cast: William Atherton, Julia Roberts, Hume Cronyn, Tony Goldwyn, Sam Shepard, Cynthia Nixon, John Lithgow, Denzel Washington, Stanley Tucci, John Heard, Jake Weber, James Sikking ...MORE

Cast: William Atherton, Julia Roberts, Hume Cronyn, Tony Goldwyn, Sam Shepard, Cynthia Nixon, John Lithgow, Denzel Washington, Stanley Tucci, John Heard, Jake Weber, James Sikking, Robert Culp ...LESS

Categories: Movies, Suspense, Political Thriller, Mystery, Action, Courtroom Drama, Film Adaptation, Thriller, Action Thrillers, Action/Adventure

The Pelican Brief is a 1993 legal crime thriller based on the novel of the same name 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. Music was composed by James Horner. Two Supreme Court justices are assassinated by the terrorist Khamel (Stanley Tucci). Tulane University Law School student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) suspects the real motive might be simple greed, not politics.She writes a legal brief, and shows it to her law professor, mentor and lover... MORE

The Pelican Brief is a 1993 legal crime thriller based on the novel of the same name 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. Music was composed by James Horner. Two Supreme Court justices are assassinated by the terrorist Khamel (Stanley Tucci). Tulane University Law School student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) suspects the real motive might be simple greed, not politics.She writes a legal brief, and shows it to her law professor, mentor and lover Thomas Callahan (Sam Shepard). He gives a copy (which becomes known as the "Pelican Brief") to his friend Verheek at the FBI. Callahan is killed by a car bomb; Darby escapes because she would not get into the car with her drunk lover.She realizes she is under surveillance and is attacked by an unknown assailant. Realizing that her brief was accurate, she goes into hiding and reaches out to Verheek for help. Political reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington) is contacted by an informant who calls himself "Garcia" who claims to have information about the assassinations. "Garcia" disappears. Darby LESS