The Pelican Brief (1993)
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.
The Pelican Brief (1993)
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Released Year: 1993
Runtime: 141 minutes
Directors: Alan J. Pakula
Casts: Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Lithgow, Stanley Tucci, William Atherton, Tony Goldwyn, Julia Roberts, Jake Weber, John Heard, Anthony Heald, Tom Quinn, Cynthia Nixon, James Sikking, Hume Cronyn, Ralph Cosham, Robert Culp
IMDB: The Pelican Brief (1993)
Storyline
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.
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Reviews
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Chicago Sun-Times -
By casting attractive stars in the leads, by finding the right visual look, by underlining the action with brooding, ominously sad music, a good director can create the illusion of meaning even when nothing's there.
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The New York Times -
The story, neatly compressed, unfolds in dependable and photogenic ways. And it is coaxed along by Mr. Pakula's considerable skills as a brisk, methodical film maker.
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Empire -
Much like Pakula's "Presumed Innocent", this is a solid and intelligent, if unspectacular adaptation, and just a tad tighter than The Firm to give it the edge that's needed.
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Chicago Reader -
It's too bad that Pakula allows this 1993 movie to dawdle after its climax, but prior to that he's adept at suggesting unseen menace and keeping things in motion.
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Austin Chronicle -
Unfortunately, The Pelican Brief comes across as a prolonged bout with deja vu: you know you've seen this before, and more than once at that.
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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.
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