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The Pelican Brief (1993)

Cast

  • julia roberts movies
    Julia Roberts
    as Darby Shaw
  • denzel washington movies
    Denzel Washington
    as Gray Grantham
  • stanley tucci movies
    Stanley Tucci
    as Khamel
  • tony goldwyn movies
    Tony Goldwyn
    as Fletcher Coal
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Genres & Description

Crime Drama Mystery Thriller

6.6 / 10

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 ...

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Comments on this trailer
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Alden R. Davis
"The Supreme Court of the United States, the ultimate symbol of Law and Order. But on it's single night, two of its Justices will be brutality assassinated. A thousand miles away in New Orleans, a lone law student has piece together who did the killings, and why. And created a document that has become known in the core doors of power as the Pelican Brief." - @Friday, September 15, 2017 4:42 AM

Phoenix258
this music appears everywhere - here, JFK, Under Siege etc. - @Wednesday, July 19, 2017 11:38 PM

ephraim shizzle
Its cool. - @Thursday, June 30, 2016 7:12 PM

StrahaoftheRace
Scalia. - @Friday, February 19, 2016 4:19 AM

Eddie DeVere
So it appears in reality that only one judge needed to be murdered. - @Thursday, February 18, 2016 12:14 AM

Alasdair Gillis
look out behind you, they're out to find you PELICAN BRIEF!!! it's gettin legal y'all - @Thursday, November 19, 2015 5:49 PM

Joe Markham
Kenneth, get me Showtime - @Monday, October 19, 2015 11:34 PM

VelvetGal5
This was a good movie. Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington were great in this film. I've seen this movie a few times. I've been watching some movies with a New Orleans or Louisiana theme the past few days to get myself in the Mardi Gras mood for tomorrow. Happy Mardi Gras to everyone! The movies I've thought of so far with a Louisiana theme are: "The Pelican Brief", "The Client" with Susan Sarandon, "The Waterboy" with Adam Sandler, "Interview With the Vampire" with Tom Cruise and Brad Pitt, & "Double Jeopardy" with Ashley Judd and Tommy Lee Jones. Thanks for sharing this clip, and have a nice week! :-)  - @Tuesday, February 17, 2015 6:48 AM

Bob Jones
I much prefer the Pelican Jock Strap - @Saturday, January 3, 2015 5:45 PM

Jeje Ivanovsky
Darby is so badass in the book - @Saturday, March 22, 2014 1:03 AM

Ajay Desai
its music sounds like Rembo movie if some one noticed it. - @Friday, December 27, 2013 5:02 PM

Maestro of Memes
me too!!! - @Friday, August 2, 2013 1:40 PM

Ezequiel Vergara
I'm 15 years old, and I really love this book. - @Saturday, June 29, 2013 8:43 PM

Martin White
No one said you have to watch it - @Sunday, May 12, 2013 9:58 PM

87ONYX14
I didnt like Julia Roberts, so i dont gonna watch this. - @Monday, April 22, 2013 4:47 PM

gunterdak
Back when a trailer was just some guy with a deep voice reading the plot summery. Those were the days. - @Monday, February 18, 2013 10:39 PM

joeofmacabre07
can anyone tell me what is the music from this trailer? - @Thursday, November 29, 2012 1:10 PM

RESIST
ik moe di lezen voor school en 't is kankersaai - @Monday, October 29, 2012 12:21 PM

hellaz13
In the book it says that Darby was a redhead, but in the movie she is blonde . xD .. but the book and the movie were anyway awesome ... :D - @Monday, October 15, 2012 4:30 PM

MarqueseScottNonStop
i like these old previews there so simple and this guy doing the talking he did so many previews back then he was the man miss these previews..well i dont miss them ha that woud be weird..i just liek these better!! - @Sunday, October 14, 2012 3:12 PM

RonHoward
Hey! Don't forget to read the book too! - @Friday, August 3, 2012 2:19 AM

s h a d ø w b a n n e d
Miss Shaw! You take mah breath away! KABOOOOOOOOOOOOM!!! OVA' 9000!!!!!!!!!! MWAHAHAHAHAAAAHAHAAAAAA!!!! lol. - @Saturday, May 26, 2012 11:31 PM

lisandra montero
They are playing it right now on ion television - @Monday, May 14, 2012 8:03 PM

clent jhonson
a time to kill rocks.. - @Monday, April 16, 2012 3:50 PM

Interflow Skies
Till 1:16 The only thing I was thinking about, was where the hell is Denzel? - @Thursday, December 29, 2011 10:51 AM

AH
Julia Roberts <3 - @Sunday, December 25, 2011 8:48 PM

Logoispermatikoi
With this trailer i don't need see the movie... - @Wednesday, November 30, 2011 3:57 PM

Ben-Hur Gican
One of the best books that I've read.... - @Thursday, October 13, 2011 3:27 AM

Jim Jk
denzel washington: One of the best actors of all times and the best actor of this decade. - @Friday, August 12, 2011 3:27 AM

Magnolia296
Really fantastic Thriller with interesting storyline and great acting. Julia Roberts shines here. She ruled in the 90's. Denzel Washington was impressive. The 90's had so many awesome thrillers - this one, The Firm (1993), Single White Female (1993), Terminal Velocity (1994), The Net (1995), Copycat (1995), The Assassination File (1996), City Hall (1996), Smilla's Sense of Snow (1996), Shadow Conspiracy (1997), Cop Land (1997), The Replacement Killers (1998) and many many more. I miss that era - @Thursday, April 28, 2011 4:40 PM

Jorge Andrade
Amazing book, amazing movie, John Grisham is the man - @Sunday, April 3, 2011 2:25 PM

Emily Ritcheson
Love Denzel Washington SOOO much! - @Wednesday, March 23, 2011 4:49 AM

Fredrick Omol
when will we know and live the truth ?? - @Thursday, February 17, 2011 9:29 AM

smokiebird06
I wasn't even aware that pelicans wore briefs. Where have I been? - @Thursday, December 16, 2010 1:14 PM

ZenaLawz
@traiah08 I'm one of the people who actually cares about the novel. It's totally cool you're writing novels! People do read a lot less than they used to. People should read a bit more. I think it's a time factor. It takes longer to read a novel than to see the movie made from it. (I'm not familiar with the notation GBU. My best guess is it stands for 'goodbye u' - but I know I'm almost certainly wrong on that.) : ) - @Tuesday, November 9, 2010 5:38 AM

Antonette Amante
@zenalaus its alright, just be careful in your comments next time..im used to this kind of changes, don't think im not. matter of factly im writing novels myself. and its not only the names they're changing in the movies, but its alright.. it only pisses me off when i read some comments like this in my mailbox. it gives me the impression that some people really doesn't care about the novel at all. or so it seems, thanks anyway for saying nice things:-)GBU - @Friday, November 5, 2010 1:31 AM

ZenaLawz
@traiah08 :) Okay, I think you took what I said the wrong way. I didn't mean it harshly. I didn't say or mean that u said u were watching the movie. I know you said you were reading the book. That's good. The movie is also good. So, if you see the movie after reading the book, be prepared if the character's name changes to Darby. Of course this kind of detail doesn't amount to a hill of beans in the real world. After all, we're talking about a fictional character. Anyways, it's a cool story. :) - @Wednesday, October 27, 2010 9:22 PM

Antonette Amante
@zenalaus i mean 'reading'. - @Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:11 AM

Antonette Amante
@zenalaus try reding it..you'll see its Derby..Derby Shaw...and i said im reading the book..,i didnt say im watching the movie.Whats wrong with you? - @Tuesday, October 19, 2010 12:09 AM

ShadowⓋ
@zenalaus - whatever.. she sucks the big one and you know it - @Monday, October 11, 2010 12:26 PM

ZenaLawz
@traiah08 In the movie, Julia plays "Darby", not Derby. - @Monday, October 11, 2010 12:47 AM

ZenaLawz
@traiah08 In the movie it's "Darby" not Derby. Haven't read the book so don't know what the name in the book is. In the movie, Julia plays "Darby." - @Monday, October 11, 2010 12:43 AM

ZenaLawz
@darkshadowvamp Hmmm. Get yer brain out the gutter! - @Monday, October 11, 2010 12:41 AM

80sbandsrock
it has the same music as the fugitive! - @Wednesday, October 6, 2010 11:50 PM

Angrygumballl
Danzel and Julia were supposed get it on in this movie, but race relation were not where they are today. - @Tuesday, September 21, 2010 5:21 PM

Sam Barlo
I dont understand a shit when I read the ten first pages in the book... - @Tuesday, September 21, 2010 8:46 AM

SIngli6
It seems that they used music from the 'JFK' soundtrack for this trailer. - @Saturday, September 4, 2010 9:40 AM

ShadowⓋ
(1:40) "If this thing reaches this deep and goes as high as we think it does." (and Julia probably found out too) lol - @Saturday, July 17, 2010 6:09 AM

Marlene Ansley
Denzel Washington is so good looking! And a very, very, GOOD ACTOR! - @Wednesday, June 2, 2010 11:29 PM

Marlene Ansley
Very appropriate for our times. - @Wednesday, June 2, 2010 11:26 PM

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