The pelican brief

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The pelican brief

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Warner Bros. Pictures presents an Alan J. Pakula film ; produced by Alan J. Pakula and Pieter Jan Brugge ; screenplay by Alan J. Pakula ; directed by Alan J. Pakula

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Summary

Two Supreme Court Justices have been murdered. A lone law student turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government. She finds herself embroiled in a terrifying web of intrigue extending to the highest levels of government. She writes a speculative legal brief exposing the activities of a powerful oil magnate. With the help of Gray Grantham, an investigative reporter, they suspect a good friend of the president is trying to manipulate the outcome of a trial that is now before the Supreme Court

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; editors, Tom Rolf, Trudy Ship ; music composer, James Horner

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for momentary language, and some violence

Language note

English (TrueHD 5.1, Dolby 5.1), dubbed French (Dolby 2.0 - both Parisian and Quebec), dubbed German (Dolby 2.0), dubbed Italian (Dolby 2.0), dubbed Portuguese (Dolby 1.0) or dubbed Spanish (Castilian Dolby 2.0, Latin Dolby 1.0) dialogue, Danish, Dutch, English, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese, Spanish or Swedish subtitles; English subtitles for the deaf and hard of hearing

LC call number

PN1997

PerformerNote

Julie Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn, James B. Sikking, William Atherton, Robert Culp, Stanley Tucci, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow

Runtime

141

Technique

live action

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