The Pelican Brief

The Pelican Brief

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  • Duration: 2h 21min
  • Music: James Horner,James Sabat,Marissa Littlefield,Richard Portman,Rick Dior
  • Award(s): ASCAP 1994 (Won)
    MTV Movie 1994 (Nominated) Awards List
  • Similar To: Kidnapping Mr. Heineken, The Outsider
  • Story:
    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.
    Full Story
6.6/10
IMDb

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STORY AND RATINGS

Story
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.
Ratings

6.6/10

IMDb

AWARDS

Won
ASCAP Award

Top Box Office Films | 1994 | James

Nominations
MTV Movie Award

Best Female Performance | 1994 | Julia

Most Desirable Male | 1994 | Denzel

BOX OFFICE

Budget 45,000,000 USD

Box Office Collection 195,268,056 USD

TRIVIA AND POPULAR DIALOGUES

Trivia

For the scenes inside the White House, the sets created for "Dave (1993)" were used.

John Grisham typically signs over the rights to his books and does not participate in film production decisions. For "The Pelican Brief," he campaigned to get Julia Roberts the role of Darby Shaw.

John Grisham wrote the part of Darby Shaw with Julia Roberts in mind. Roberts read the book once it was finished, and agreed to the role without even seeing a script.

Filmed in sequence.

The President questions Coal's idea of addressing the nation while wearing a cardigan sweater. This is based on a real-life incident in which then-president Jimmy Carter addressed the nation in a cardigan sweater during the height of the fuel shortages in the 1970s.

Popular Dialogues

"Gray Grantham: Do you want to talk about the brief? Darby Shaw: Everyone I have told about the brief is dead. Gray Grantham: I take my chances."

"FBI Director Denton Voyles: So you're the little lady who started this great brouhaha."

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