The pelican brief [videorecording] / 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.
Format:
[videorecording] /
Publisher:
Distributed by Warner Home Video,
Copyright Date:
2009
Description:
1 videodisc (141 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 digital copy (4 3/4 in.)
Title from container. Based on the book by John Grisham. Originally released as a motion picture in 1993. Special features: Theatrical trailer. Julie Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn, James B. Sikking, William Atherton, Robert Culp, Stanley Tucci, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow.
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.
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