Following the murder of two Supreme Court Justices, law school student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) researches the judges' records and cases pending before the court. When her professor (Sam Shepard) and his friend (John Heard) are killed soon after reading the resulting brief, which outlines who would benefit from the judges' deaths, Darby goes on the run in fear for her life. Turning to the only man she trusts, investigative reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington), Darby sets out to uncover the truth, despite threats from a wealthy oil tycoon and the White House. Directed by Alan J. Pakula. With Tony Goldwyn, William Atherton, Stanley Tucci, John Lithgow and Anthony Heald. Categories: Drama, Mystery, Thriller. Year: 1993.
Julia Roberts and Sam Shepard in The Pelican Brief
Denzel Washington in The Pelican Brief
Julia Roberts in The Pelican Brief
Sam Shepard in The Pelican Brief
Tony Goldwyn in The Pelican Brief
Denzel Washington in The Pelican Brief
John Heard in The Pelican Brief
Stanley Tucci in The Pelican Brief
Anthony Heald in The Pelican Brief
Julia Roberts also appeared in Ocean's Eleven, Flatliners, Erin Brockovich, My Best Friend's Wedding, Closer, Charlotte's Web, The Ant Bully, Hook, Ocean's Twelve, Runaway Bride, The Mexican, Charlie Wilson's War, Mona Lisa Smile, Steel Magnolias, Duplicity, Notting Hill, and Valentine's Day.
Denzel Washington also appeared in Antwone Fisher, Courage Under Fire, Training Day, Remember the Titans, The Bone Collector, Man on Fire, Glory, Inside Man, Deja Vu, American Gangster, The Great Debaters, Crimson Tide, The Hurricane, He Got Game, The Taking of Pelham 123, The Siege, and The Book of Eli.
Sam Shepard also appeared in Black Hawk Down, The Right Stuff, Stealth, Baby Boom, The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, The Accidental Husband, Steel Magnolias, Bandidas, Swordfish, and Brothers.
John Heard also appeared in Home Alone, Awakenings, Pollock, Snake Eyes, The Guardian, Sweet Land, The Great Debaters, and Beaches.
Tony Goldwyn also appeared in The Last Samurai, Kiss the Girls, Ghost, The Last Kiss, and The Last House on the Left.
William Atherton also appeared in Ghost Busters, Die Hard, Die Hard 2, and The Last Samurai.
Stanley Tucci also appeared in The Core, A Life Less Ordinary, The Devil Wears Prada, Road to Perdition, Swing Vote, Deconstructing Harry, Kit Kittredge: An American Girl, What Just Happened?, The Tale of Despereaux, Julie & Julia, and The Lovely Bones.
John Lithgow also appeared in Terms of Endearment, Cliffhanger, Shrek, and Confessions of a Shopaholic.
Anthony Heald also appeared in The Silence of the Lambs.