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Title: The Pelican Brief (1993)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Julia Roberts | ... | Darby Shaw | |
| Denzel Washington | ... | Gray Grantham | |
| Sam Shepard | ... | Thomas Callahan | |
| John Heard | ... | Gavin Vereek | |
| Tony Goldwyn | ... | Fletcher Coal | |
| James Sikking | ... | FBI Director Denton Voyles (as James B. Sikking) | |
| William Atherton | ... | Bob Gminski | |
| Robert Culp | ... | 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 | |
Two Supreme Court Justices have been killed. Now a college professor, who clerked for one of the two men and who is also having an affair with one of his students, is given a brief by her that states who probably wanted to see these two men dead. He then gives it to one of his friends, who works for the FBI. When the FBI director reads it, he is fascinated by it. One of the president's men who read it is afraid that if it ever got out, the president could be smeared. So he advises the president to tell the director to drop it, which he does. But later the professor and the girl were out and he was drunk and when he refused to give her the keys, she stepped out of the car. When he started it, it blew up. She then discovers that her place has been burglarized and what was taken were her computer and her disks. Obviously, her brief has someone agitated. She then turns to her boyfriend's friend at the FBI. He agrees to come meet her but before he does, someone shoots him and takes his ... Written by rcs0411@yahoo.com
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This is just a great 'whodunit' legal thriller. Gripping, intelligent, acting is superb, the story is well constructed and builds in this beautiful crescendo. It' a huge cast and everyone is perfectly suited for their role. It moves beautifully, it flows like a movie should flow. I can't find any real flaw worth sharing. Just isn't there. I think it sets up Denzel Washington to continue in his escalating career as a wonderful character actor, a huge movie star, a big talent. Tony Goldwyn, since GHOST has this tendency to play the 'bad guy' but what can I say, he's good in this film too. Robert Culp, I love his impossible character. Julia Roberts is wonderful as the young starry-eyed law student who stumbles upon things bigger than anything she ever imagined. I loved every moment of the film. I recommend it to anyone who enjoys good solid film making. It should be used in teaching film - how to construct a story, how to keep the story one step ahead of the audience, making it suspenseful and exciting without having to resort to unnecessary violence or sex to make a movie work. It almost breaks through 'formula' scripts as suggested by the pundits who often don't have their finger on the pulse of what audiences want. It's one of the few films that when ever on television draws me in again and again and again!