The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief
by Alan J. Pakula

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Actor: Denzel Washington, John Heard, Julia Roberts, Sam Shepard, Tony Goldwyn
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Brand: Warner Brothers
Cinematographer: Stephen Goldblatt
Producer: Alan J. Pakula
Writer: Alan J. Pakula
Editor: Tom Rolf
Producer: Donald Laventhall
Producer: Pieter Jan Brugge
Writer: John Grisham
DVD: 2 Sides, Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 5.1; French (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled); French (Subtitled); Spanish (Dubbed), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Widescreen
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen, 2.35:1
Running Time: 141 minutes
DVD Release Date: 1997-06-25
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Warner Home Video

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Movie Review: TELL ME I WON'T HAVE TO FLIP THIS OVER TO FINISH
Summary: 4 Stars

One reason I sold my copy of this movie is the idiocrasy of how I had to get up and flip the disc over to finish the film. Totally messed up the flow. Can someone please tell me if the Blu-ray version has it all on one side, or am I going to have to get up and down to watch it all the way through?

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Summary of The Pelican Brief

A New Orleans law student finds herself embroiled in a terrifying web of intrigue extending to the highest levels of government after she writes a speculative legal brief exposing the activities of a powerful oil magnate.

Another John Grisham legal thriller comes to the screen, pairing Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts in a film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who is known for dark-hued suspense pictures such as Klute, The Parallax View, All the President's Men, and Presumed Innocent. The Pelican Brief isn't up to the level of those films, but it is a perfectly entertaining movie about a law student (Roberts) whose life is endangered when she discovers evidence of a conspiracy behind the killings of two Supreme Court justices. She enlists the help of an investigative reporter (Washington) and the two become fugitives. The charisma and chemistry of the leads goes a long way toward compensating for the story's shortcomings, as does a truly impressive supporting cast that includes Sam Shepard, John Heard, James B. Sikking, Tony Goldwyn, Stanley Tucci, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow, William Atherton, and Robert Culp. --Jim Emerson

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