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The Pelican Brief [1993] (1 disc) ... |  | |
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Length: | 141 minutes (2 hours 21 minutes) | MPAA Rating: | PG-13 | Sorting Category: | Crime | Sorting Tub: | Hotel |
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Synopsis: A law student uncovers a conspiracy, putting herself and others in danger.
Reaction: Very deliberate. Very quiet. Lots of talking. The story is okay, but it really takes a while to move from A to B at times.
Personal Rating: 6/10 |
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Random Trivia For This Title: - The two main stars, Julia RobertsJulia Roberts and Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington, do not appear on screen together until an hour and 5 minutes into the movie.
- For the scenes inside the White House, the sets created for Dave were used.
- Gray Grantham (Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington) and Smith Keen (John LithgowJohn Lithgow) secretly meet at the home of George and Martha Washington at Mount Vernon, VA. Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington was born in Mount Vernon, NY.
- To research his role as reporter Gray Grantham, Denzel WashingtonDenzel Washington spent time with Washington Post editors and reporters.
- The President questions Cole'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 during the height of the fuel shortages in the 1970s.
- Although the Tulane Law School has moved to a new building since this film was released, the room where Julia RobertsJulia Roberts and Sam ShepardSam Shepard meet for class early in the movie is still a classroom: Jones Hall Rm. 102.
- F. Denton Voyles is the FBI Director in most of John GrishamJohn Grisham's books, when the FBI plays a part. He Voyles also appeared in the John GrishamJohn Grisham adaptation The Firm, in which he was played by [?] Steven Hill.
- John GrishamJohn Grisham wrote the part of Darby Shaw with Julia RobertsJulia Roberts in mind. Roberts read the book once it was finished and agreed to the role without even seeing a script.
- The rights to The Pelican Brief were bought before the book was even written, John GrishamJohn Grisham had written a sample from the book and the rights were bought on the spot.
- Victor Mattiece, the main villain, never appears in the film.
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