Year			1993
Genre			Drama, thriller, mystery
Length			2:21
Director			Alan J. Pakula
Writer			John Grisham Alan J. Pakula
Company			Warner Bros.
Starring			Julia Roberts Denzel Washington Sam Shepard John Heard Tony Goldwyn James Sikking Show more... Julia Roberts Denzel Washington Sam Shepard John Heard Tony Goldwyn James Sikking William Atherton Robert Culp Stanley Tucci Hume Cronyn John Lithgow Anthony Heald Nicholas Woodeson Stanley Anderson John Finn

Julia Roberts (ERIN BROCKOVICH) stars in THE PELICAN BRIEF as sharp law student Darby Shaw whose querying mind gets her into trouble. A faithful adaptation of John Grisham's (THE FIRM) best-selling novel, this taut thriller follows the travails that beset Shaw when her theory on the cause of the deaths of two Supreme Court Justices lands her name on the conspirators' hit list. When Shaw teams up with reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington--THE HURRICANE) they find themselves dodging deadly assassins in a suspenseful story that weaves complex narrative strands. The well-cast film also features a cameo by playwright-actor Sam Shepard (TRUE WEST).