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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Warner Home Video
Salesrank: 1406
Released: June 25, 1997 |
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| Used Price: $2.97 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
A New Orleans law student finds herself embroiled in a terrifying web of intrigue extending to the highest levels of government after she writes a speculative legal brief exposing the activities of a powerful oil magnate.
Description of The Pelican Brief:
Another John Grisham legal thriller comes to the screen, pairing Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts in a film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who is known for dark-hued suspense pictures such as Klute, The Parallax View,All the President's Men, and Presumed Innocent. The Pelican Brief isn't up to the level of those films, but it is a perfectly entertaining movie about a law student (Roberts) whose life is endangered when she discovers evidence of a conspiracy behind the killings of two Supreme Court justices. She enlists the help of an investigative reporter (Washington) and the two become fugitives. The charisma and chemistry of the leads goes a long way toward compensating for the story's shortcomings, as does a truly impressive supporting cast that includes Sam Shepard, John Heard, James B. Sikking, Tony Goldwyn, Stanley Tucci, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow, William Atherton, and Robert Culp. --Jim Emerson
The Pelican Brief Reviews:
Quality of DVD is extremely poor. 
2008-05-24 - The quality of this DVD, The Pelican Brief, is very, very poor. The vast majority of the film is so dark that neither the characters nor the scenes can be viewed...the screen is practically pitch black, with no images.
I will not be buying anymore DVDs from Amazon, due to the extremely poor quality of this single DVD, which I had so looked forward to receiving.
The Pelican Brief 
2008-04-05 - This is a movie full of intrigue and suspense. Denzel Washington turns in one of his best performances as Gray Grantham. Julia Roberts is equally as exciting as Darby Shaw a Tulane law student. Together they work to expose a criminal conspiracy that involves many high officials that include the White House. When attempts are made on their lives, it becomes a race to see if they can solve the case before they forfeit their lives in pursuit of justice.
Great Movie, But... 
2008-03-03 - I must say that this is a great movie; great cast, great story, great direction. I do think it sad and annoying though that in this technilogical day and age, that I have to get up and turn the disc over after about an hour or so, just to see the rest of the movie. Come on Warner Brothers, you can do a better job than that; and with this movie you should!I would only recommend this movie with the advisory that YOU DO HAVE TO GET UP FROM YOUR COMFORTABLE SEAT TO TURN THE DISC OVER IF YOU WANT TO SEE THE WHOLE MOVIE!!!!!!
Should make Ruth Bader Ginsberg nervous
2008-02-14 - The Pelican Brief DVD
The Pelican Brief is based on John Grisham's novelThe Pelican Brief (John Grisham) in which a student (played by Julia Robert's) discovers a plot to assassinate a couple of U. S. Supreme Court Justices so that two less environmentally biased justices can be appointed. Julia Roberts is beautiful as usual and Denzel Washington is superb, also as usual.
Highly recommended for fans of Julia Roberts, Denzel, Washington, and John Grisham.
Gunner February, 2008
Pelican Brief--Super Addition to Our DVD Library
2008-01-07 - We have a big "library" of VHS movies. We do, of course, want to trade them out for the sharper DVD, but because of the cost, we have been in no hurry. You have made it possible to to go ahead and build up our DVD library faster because of the excellent new or like-new movies you offer at such great low prices. Now we have a beautiful copy of another of our favorites--Pelican Brief! Glad to do business with such reliable sellers.
