The Pelican Brief
Summary:
Embroiled in an affair with Thomas Callahan (Sam Shephard), her alcoholic professor, precocious 24-year-old Tulane University law student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) writes up an insightful theory about the recent murder of two Supreme Court justices, one of whom, Abraham Rosenberg (Hume Cronyn), served as Callahan's mentor. When Callahan shares this so-called "Pel... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Julia Roberts - (Darby Shaw)
Denzel Washington - (Gray Grantham)
Sam Shepard - (Thomas Callahan)
John Heard - (Gavin Verheek)
Tony Goldwyn - (Fletcher Coal)
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Review:
For his penultimate film, the late thriller veteran Alan J. Pakula wrote, produced, and directed this overlong but engrossing suspense piece, which could have been 30 minutes shorter and still had time for a love scene between stars Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington. Instead, we get an emotive hug and a chaste kiss, but every other nu... Continue >>
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