Movie·1993·2h 21m
The Pelican Brief
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.
Country
United States of America
Language
English
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The Story
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.
Producer
Pieter Jan Brugge, Alan J. Pakula
Cinematography
Stephen Goldblatt
Music
James Horner
Editor
Tom Rolf
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Julia Roberts
Darby Shaw
Denzel Washington
Gray Grantham
Sam Shepard
Thomas Callahan
John Heard
Gavin Vereek
Tony Goldwyn
Fletcher Coal
James B. Sikking
Denton Voyles
William Atherton
Bob Gminski
Robert Culp
The President
Stanley Tucci
Khamel
Hume Cronyn
Justice Rosenberg
John Lithgow
Smith Keen
Anthony Heald
Marty Velmano
Nicholas Woodeson
Stump
Stanley Anderson
Edwin Sneller
John Finn
Matthew Barr
Cynthia Nixon
Alice Stark
Jake Weber
Curtis Morgan
Casey Biggs
Eric East
// crew
Crew
Pieter Jan Brugge
Producer
Stephen Goldblatt
Director of Photography
Tom Rolf
Editor
Trudy Ship
Editor
Alan J. Pakula
Screenplay, Producer, Director
James Horner
Original Music Composer
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