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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.
6.6(1,851)19932h 21m
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.
- Director
- Alan J. Pakula
- Writers
- Alan J. Pakula
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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
Christopher Murray
Rupert
Sonny Jim Gaines
Sarge
Kevin Geer
K.O. Lewis
Joe Chrest
Song and Dance Man from Bar
Richard Bauer
Managing Editor
Michelle O'Neill
Sara Ann Morgan
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Crew
Directing
- Alan J. PakulaDirector
- Dianne DreyerScript Supervisor
- Trey BatchelorSecond Second Assistant Director
- John RuskSecond Assistant Director
- Peter KohnFirst Assistant Director
- Michael Proscia Jr.Additional Second Assistant Director
Writing
- Alan J. PakulaScreenplay
- John GrishamNovel
Production
- Alan J. PakulaProducer
- Pieter Jan BruggeProducer
- Alixe GordinCasting
- Celia D. CostasUnit Production Manager
- Donald LaventhallAssociate Producer
- Cheryl A. StoneProduction Accountant
- Charles LumLocation Manager
- Michael WallaceLocation Manager
- Kimberly SkyrmeExtras Casting
- Shinique SmithProduction Assistant
- Patricia Serafina MadiedoProduction Office Coordinator
- Michael R. KernAssistant Accountant
Camera
- Stephen GoldblattDirector of Photography
- Dick MingaloneCamera Operator
- Ted ChurchillSteadicam Operator
- Ken ReganStill Photographer
Editing
- Tom RolfEditor
- Trudy ShipEditor
- Kelly IrvineFirst Assistant Editor
- Elizabeth SherryAssistant Editor
Sound
- Ron BocharSupervising Sound Editor
- Louis SabatBoom Operator
- James SabatProduction Sound Mixer
- James HornerOriginal Music Composer
- Ron BocharSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Michael J. CeroneSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Rick DiorSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Richard PortmanSound Re-Recording Mixer
- Magdaline VolaitisDialogue Editor
- Robert HeinDialogue Editor
- Marissa LittlefieldDialogue Editor
Art
- Rick SimpsonSet Decoration
- Robert GuerraArt Direction
- Lisa FischerSet Decoration
- Philip RosenbergProduction Design
- Thomas SaccioProperty Master
Costume & Make-Up
- Albert WolskyCostume Design
Visual Effects
- Jerome ChenLead Animator
Crew
- Doug ColemanStunt Coordinator
- Eliza ColemanStunts
- David M. BernsteinSet Production Assistant
- Jeanmarie Murphy-BurkeUnit Publicist
- Kerry OrentPost Production Supervisor
- Tabby HansonStunts
- Richard L. BlackwellStunts
- David EfronStunts
- Roy FarfelStunts
- Eric ChambersStunts
- Linda PerlinStunts
- Mick O'RourkeStunts
Lighting
- John ShoemakerRigging Gaffer