The Pelican Brief is a movie directed by Alan J. Pakula in 1993 and based on the book of the same name by John Grisham, first published in 1992. The movie features Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, Tony Goldwyn, John Heard, James B. Sikking, and others.
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“The movie is better than the book”
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Storyline
After two Supreme Court justices, Jensen and Rosenberg, are killed by an assassin named Khamel, Tulane University law student Darby Shaw writes a legal brief detailing her theory on why they were killed. An informant calling himself Garcia contacts Washington Herald reporter Gray Grantham with information about the assassinations, but suddenly disappears.
Movie vs Book
Year
1993
Minutes
141
Movie Rate
6.60
Source: IMDb
Movie
The Pelican Brief
Director: Alan J. Pakula
Country: USA
Year: 1993
Length: 2h21m
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Year
1992
Pages
400
Book Rate
8.02
S: Goodreads
Book
The Pelican Brief
Author: John Grisham
Country: USA
First published in: 1992
Length: 400 pages
Genre: Fiction
User polls & recommendations
“The graphic novel is a great form that can be used to marry the book format with the movie.”
MELVIN VAN PEEBLES (Actor)
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