The Pelican Brief
“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.”
A law student's theory about the recent deaths of two Supreme Court justices embroils her in a far-reaching web of murder, corruption, and greed.
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Cast
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Julia Roberts
Darby Shaw
Known for
Pretty Woman
Notting Hill
Denzel Washington
Gray Grantham
Known for
The Equalizer
Training Day
Sam Shepard
Thomas Callahan
Known for
The Right Stuff
Brothers
John Heard
Gavin Vereek
Known for
Home Alone
Awakenings
Tony Goldwyn
Fletcher Coal
Known for
Tarzan
The Last House on the Left
James Sikking
Denton Voyles
Known for
Doogie Howser, M.D.
Hill Street Blues
William Atherton
Bob Gminski
Known for
Die Hard
Ghostbusters
Robert Culp
The President
Known for
The Greatest American Hero
Hannie Caulder
Stanley Tucci
Khamel
Known for
The Devil Wears Prada
The Terminal
Hume Cronyn
Justice Rosenberg
Known for
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Cocoon
John Lithgow
Smith Keen
Known for
Shrek
Rise of the Planet of the Apes
Anthony Heald
Marty Velmano
Known for
The Silence of the Lambs
8MM
Alan J. Pakula Director · John Grisham Author James Horner Composer
Worldwide gross $195M · Budget $45M · United States release December 16, 1993
Box office
Budget
$45,000,000
Worldwide gross
$195,268,056
Gross vs. budget
4.3×
Production
Warner Bros. Pictures
Production · Studio
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
Canada · September 17, 1993
Theatrical
United States · December 16, 1993
Theatrical
United States
December 13, 1993 · Premiere · Westwood, California
Argentina
March 10, 1994 · Theatrical
Australia
March 9, 1994 · Theatrical
Brazil
March 25, 1994 · Theatrical · IMDB
Czechia
April 14, 1994 · Theatrical
Denmark
April 4, 1994 · Theatrical
Estonia
July 1, 1994 · Theatrical
Finland
March 25, 1994 · Theatrical
France
March 16, 1994 · Theatrical
Germany
March 9, 1994 · Theatrical
Greece
March 16, 1994 · Theatrical
Hungary
April 28, 1994 · Theatrical
Ireland
February 25, 1994 · Theatrical
Italy
March 11, 1994 · Theatrical
Japan
April 29, 1994 · Theatrical
Mexico
June 25, 1997 · Physical · DVD
Netherlands
April 14, 1994 · Theatrical
December 4, 2003 · TV · Net 5
April 1, 2009 · Physical · Blu ray
Philippines
February 16, 1994 · Theatrical
Poland
May 13, 1994 · Theatrical
Portugal
April 15, 1994 · Theatrical
Russia
September 28, 2001 · Physical · DVD
Slovakia
November 1, 1997 · TV · Markíza
South Korea
February 19, 1994 · Theatrical
Spain
March 24, 1994 · Theatrical
Sweden
February 25, 1994 · Theatrical
Switzerland
March 11, 1994 · Theatrical · Italian
March 18, 1994 · Theatrical · German
March 19, 1994 · Theatrical · French
Türkiye
April 15, 1994 · Theatrical
United Kingdom
February 25, 1994 · Theatrical
Uruguay
June 3, 1994 · Theatrical
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