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Genre Drama, Suspense
Format Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Dolby, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
Contributor Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, William Atherton, Stanley Tucci, Tony Goldwyn, Julia Roberts, Alan J. Pakula, John Lithgow, Robert Culp, Hume Cronyn, John Heard, James B. Sikking See more
Initial release date 2009-02-10
Language English, French, Spanish, German, Portuguese, Italian
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Pelican Brief, The (BD)

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.

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  • Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.40:1
  • Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
  • MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ PG-13 (Parents Strongly Cautioned)
  • Product Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 8 x 5.5 x 0.75 inches; 2.12 ounces
  • Item model number ‏ : ‎ 883929039265
  • Director ‏ : ‎ Alan J. Pakula
  • Media Format ‏ : ‎ Multiple Formats, Blu-ray, Dolby, Color, Subtitled, Widescreen
  • Run time ‏ : ‎ 2 hours and 21 minutes
  • Release date ‏ : ‎ February 10, 2009
  • Actors ‏ : ‎ Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn
  • Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ Spanish
  • Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English, French, Spanish, Dutch, Korean, German, Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese, Finnish, Italian, Swedish
  • Studio ‏ : ‎ Studio Distribution Services
  • ASIN ‏ : ‎ B001MBTTNA
  • Country of Origin ‏ : ‎ USA
  • Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 2
  • Customer Reviews:
    4.7 4.7 out of 5 stars 5,094 ratings

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4.7 out of 5 stars
4.7 out of 5
5,094 global ratings
2 Supreme Court Justices die, President's legacy restructure Supreme Court
5 Stars
2 Supreme Court Justices die, President's legacy restructure Supreme Court
Pelican Brief 1993 Denzel Washington as Bob Woodward-style investigative reporter for Washington Herald, Julia Roberts as Tulane law student Darby Shaw studying constitutional law under professor Thomas Callahan (Sam Shepard) former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Abraham Rosenberg (Hume Cronyn) "never fails to amaze me what a man will do to get an oval office."Callahan provides a classroom discussion in 1993 of actual Supreme Court case Bowers vs Hardwick 1986: when we substitute threat and intimidation for argument, substitute violence for principle, we allow passion to overcome our capacity for reason. Passion and self interest are threats to liberty. Justice Harry Blackmun's dissent: That certain, but by no means all, religious groups condemn the behavior at issue gives the State no license to impose their judgments on the entire citizenry. The legitimacy of secular legislation depends, instead, on whether the State can advance some justification for its law beyond its conformity to religious doctrine.That night Justice Rosenberg and Justice Jensen are assassinated. Everyone speculates why. Darby spends a week researching linkages between the two justices who were dissimilar in all aspects except one.Callahan's MCI mild cognitive impairment adolescent sexuality from alcohol abuse, reasserts itself in Darby's week long library research absence.Years ago a young lawyer for the Green Fund prosecuted a case against oil drilling in the wildlife refuge of the nearly extinct Louisiana marshlands brown pelican. The young lawyer is jubilant: It was the case I was born to win. Just before he is to appear in court he is found dead of gsw gunshot wound sitting among his computer and notes for the case. His parents and doctor deny it was suicide. Police close the case. PBS Frontline does an investigative documentary on the young lawyer and questions how and why he died.Darby Shaw throws away her Pelican Brief detailing the research behind the common thread which binds the two murdered Supreme Court Justices. Callahan rescues, reads the Pelican Brief and shares it with former classmate Gavin Verheek, Chief Counsel to FBI Director Voyles after the Rosenberg Memorial. Verheek shows the brief to FBI Director Voyles, who shows Pelican Brief to the President (Robert Culp) and CIA Director Bob Gminski.The White House oval office built for 1993 comedy Dave with Kevin Kline Sigourney Weaver was used for Pelican Brief. Dave is a must see comedy for light hearted balance, politicians newscasters media personalities portraying themselves, with behind the scenes fixer spin doctor (Michael Clayton DVD George Clooney 2007) Chief of Staff (Frank Langella) identical in personality to Chief of Staff Fletcher Coal in Pelican Brief.The National Cathedral is the site of the memorial for Justice Jensen, the streets of New Orleans form the colorful musical opening scenes (Aretha Franklin), the New Orleans trolley to the Riverwalk carries Darby to someone she hopes can help her, New Britain Museum of American Art CT, the National Monument provide the background for dirty tricks Unit agents sent to derail Darby, the NOPD New Orleans Police Department provides Law and Order. The Bob Gminski's CIA is shadowy since it is illegal for the CIA to be involved in domestic surveillance.Pelican Brief is an exciting rapidly paced investigative journalism thriller based on John Grisham's book of the same name and is another energetic mystery like the 6 part BBC series State of Play with Bill Nighy David Morrissey Kelly Macdonald about newspaper investigative reporters who discover evidence of murder in a seemingly accidental death involving the House Energy Select Committee investigations into oil and gas political control of the government, their lobbyists Warner Schloss, and the Chair of the House Energy Select committee.Pelican Brief is a 27 year old, two sided dvd Warner video, must flip over midway through the action, subtitles and CC closed captions available in English Spanish French, for bonus features must click "menu" to access.5* adrenalin pumping Stanley Tucci mimics real life assassin Abu Nidal, John Lithgow is newspaper editor Smith Keen, Edwin Newman portrays himself interviewing news journalist Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington) early after the assassinations and at the close.SPOILER ALERT to assist with understanding4 separate teams pursue the Supreme Court Justices, Darby and Gray Grantham:A. Victor Mattiece hires Marty Velmano and Sims Wakefield lawyer partners at White Blazevich.Sims Wakefield uses the alias Mr Snellen to hire Khamel (Stanley Tucci) who uses multiple wigs, facial hair, foreign accents, boats to evade immigrationB. The President (Robert Culp) and Chief of Staff Fletcher Coal have a dirty tricks Unit led by Matthew Barr, whose team includes Stump a car bomber, and Anne a female assassin. Chief of Staff Fletcher Coal distrusts FBI Director Voyles to ignore the Pelican Brief connections to the White House.C. FBI Director Voyles does not trust the President but agrees to The President's request to delay the Pelican investigation if The President will deter Fletcher Coal from pillorying Voyles to the press.D. Chief of Staff Fletcher Coal encourages the President to ask CIA Director Bob Gminski to investigate the Pelican Brief, prove it is false in order to remove FBI Director Voyles from the Pelican investigation. Rupert is a CIA irregular hired ad libitum as needed prn for CIA extracurricular work.Keeping all the teams in view and separated as distinct entities simultaneously is a challenge
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5.0 out of 5 stars 2 Supreme Court Justices die, President's legacy restructure Supreme Court
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Pelican Brief 1993 Denzel Washington as Bob Woodward-style investigative reporter for Washington Herald, Julia Roberts as Tulane law student Darby Shaw studying constitutional law under professor Thomas Callahan (Sam Shepard) former clerk to Supreme Court Justice Abraham Rosenberg (Hume Cronyn) "never fails to amaze me what a man will do to get an oval office."

Callahan provides a classroom discussion in 1993 of actual Supreme Court case Bowers vs Hardwick 1986: when we substitute threat and intimidation for argument, substitute violence for principle, we allow passion to overcome our capacity for reason. Passion and self interest are threats to liberty. Justice Harry Blackmun's dissent: That certain, but by no means all, religious groups condemn the behavior at issue gives the State no license to impose their judgments on the entire citizenry. The legitimacy of secular legislation depends, instead, on whether the State can advance some justification for its law beyond its conformity to religious doctrine.

That night Justice Rosenberg and Justice Jensen are assassinated. Everyone speculates why. Darby spends a week researching linkages between the two justices who were dissimilar in all aspects except one.
Callahan's MCI mild cognitive impairment adolescent sexuality from alcohol abuse, reasserts itself in Darby's week long library research absence.

Years ago a young lawyer for the Green Fund prosecuted a case against oil drilling in the wildlife refuge of the nearly extinct Louisiana marshlands brown pelican. The young lawyer is jubilant: It was the case I was born to win. Just before he is to appear in court he is found dead of gsw gunshot wound sitting among his computer and notes for the case. His parents and doctor deny it was suicide. Police close the case. PBS Frontline does an investigative documentary on the young lawyer and questions how and why he died.

Darby Shaw throws away her Pelican Brief detailing the research behind the common thread which binds the two murdered Supreme Court Justices. Callahan rescues, reads the Pelican Brief and shares it with former classmate Gavin Verheek, Chief Counsel to FBI Director Voyles after the Rosenberg Memorial. Verheek shows the brief to FBI Director Voyles, who shows Pelican Brief to the President (Robert Culp) and CIA Director Bob Gminski.

The White House oval office built for 1993 comedy Dave with Kevin Kline Sigourney Weaver was used for Pelican Brief. Dave is a must see comedy for light hearted balance, politicians newscasters media personalities portraying themselves, with behind the scenes fixer spin doctor (Michael Clayton DVD George Clooney 2007) Chief of Staff (Frank Langella) identical in personality to Chief of Staff Fletcher Coal in Pelican Brief.

The National Cathedral is the site of the memorial for Justice Jensen, the streets of New Orleans form the colorful musical opening scenes (Aretha Franklin), the New Orleans trolley to the Riverwalk carries Darby to someone she hopes can help her, New Britain Museum of American Art CT, the National Monument provide the background for dirty tricks Unit agents sent to derail Darby, the NOPD New Orleans Police Department provides Law and Order. The Bob Gminski's CIA is shadowy since it is illegal for the CIA to be involved in domestic surveillance.

Pelican Brief is an exciting rapidly paced investigative journalism thriller based on John Grisham's book of the same name and is another energetic mystery like the 6 part BBC series State of Play with Bill Nighy David Morrissey Kelly Macdonald about newspaper investigative reporters who discover evidence of murder in a seemingly accidental death involving the House Energy Select Committee investigations into oil and gas political control of the government, their lobbyists Warner Schloss, and the Chair of the House Energy Select committee.

Pelican Brief is a 27 year old, two sided dvd Warner video, must flip over midway through the action, subtitles and CC closed captions available in English Spanish French, for bonus features must click "menu" to access.

5* adrenalin pumping Stanley Tucci mimics real life assassin Abu Nidal, John Lithgow is newspaper editor Smith Keen, Edwin Newman portrays himself interviewing news journalist Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington) early after the assassinations and at the close.

SPOILER ALERT to assist with understanding
4 separate teams pursue the Supreme Court Justices, Darby and Gray Grantham:

A. Victor Mattiece hires Marty Velmano and Sims Wakefield lawyer partners at White Blazevich.
Sims Wakefield uses the alias Mr Snellen to hire Khamel (Stanley Tucci) who uses multiple wigs, facial hair, foreign accents, boats to evade immigration

B. The President (Robert Culp) and Chief of Staff Fletcher Coal have a dirty tricks Unit led by Matthew Barr, whose team includes Stump a car bomber, and Anne a female assassin. Chief of Staff Fletcher Coal distrusts FBI Director Voyles to ignore the Pelican Brief connections to the White House.

C. FBI Director Voyles does not trust the President but agrees to The President's request to delay the Pelican investigation if The President will deter Fletcher Coal from pillorying Voyles to the press.

D. Chief of Staff Fletcher Coal encourages the President to ask CIA Director Bob Gminski to investigate the Pelican Brief, prove it is false in order to remove FBI Director Voyles from the Pelican investigation. Rupert is a CIA irregular hired ad libitum as needed prn for CIA extracurricular work.

Keeping all the teams in view and separated as distinct entities simultaneously is a challenge
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Claude Richard
5.0 out of 5 stars Un excellent suspense
Reviewed in Canada on December 15, 2023
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spannende Bestseller-Verfilmung mit einer grandiosen JULIA ROBERTS!
Reviewed in Germany on September 12, 2018
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5.0 out of 5 stars Spannende Bestseller-Verfilmung mit einer grandiosen JULIA ROBERTS!
Reviewed in Germany on September 12, 2018
Einen Bestseller zu verfilmen ist immer ein Tanz auf der Rasierklinge, weil es fast unmöglich ist das Geschriebene 1:1 auf die Leinwand zu bringen. In Büchern kann der Autor Gedanken und Emotionen mit Worten beschreiben, im Film muss man das durch Darstellung lösen, was nicht leicht ist, manchmal sogar unmöglich.
Davon darf man sich als Regisseur aber nicht anschrecken lassen, sonst gäbe es schließlich keine vernünftigen Filme mehr, als Zuschauer darf man nur nicht den Fehler machen den Film mit dem Buch zu vergleichen – nicht zu sehr.

Dankenswerter Weise hat sich ALAN J. PAKULA nicht abschrecken lassen und den Welterfolg von JOHN GRISHAM fürs Kino aufbereitet. Für die Hauptrollen hat er sich mit JULIA ROBERTS (Darby Shaw) und DENZEL WASHINGTON (Gray Grantham) zwei erstklassige Hollywood-Mimen ausgesucht, die alleine schon für Qualität bürgen.
So hat mich JULIA ROBERTS sofort weggebeamt, sie spielt die „Darby Shaw“ sehr engagiert und authentisch, sie kommt sehr sympathisch und liebenswert rüber. Auch DENZEL WASHINGTON macht einen tollen Job, er spielt den „Gray Grantham“ auch sehr überzeugend und beide Hauptdarsteller harmonieren wunderbar miteinander. Das kann man auch daran erkennen, dass sich JULIA ROBERTS später einal dahingehend geäußert hat, dass sie es bedaure keine Liebeszene mit WASHINGTON gehabt zu haben. Sagt doch alles …. Oder?!

Der Inhalt dürfte nun wohl jedem bekannt sein, ich denke nicht, dass es viele Menschen gibt, die das Buch nicht gelesen haben. Ich habe es damals verschlungen, der Roman ist wirklich granatenmäßig gut. Aber auch das was PAKULA daraus gemacht hat finde ich richtig klasse, der Film ist von Anfang bis Ende sehr spannend und mitreißend, Langeweile Fehlanzeige!

Es geht um zwei Richter des Obersten Gerichtshofs der USA, die von einem Profikiller am selben Tag ermordet werden. Daraufhin verfasst die Jurastudentin DARBY SHAW einen Aufsatz in dem sie darüber mutmaßt, wer denn vom Tod der beiden Richter am ehesten profitieren würde. Diesen Aufsatz übergibt sie ihrem Liebhaber, dem Juraprofessor THOMAS CALLAHAN (Sam Shepard), der davon sehr beeindruckt ist. CALLAHAN gibt eine Kopie davon dem befreundeten FBI-Agenten GAVIN VERHEEK (John Heard).
Kurz darauf kommt CALLAHAN bei der Explosion einer Autobombe ums Leben, DARBY entgeht dem Anschlag nur, weil sie sich geweigert hat zu ihrem angetrunkenen Freund in den Wagen zu steigen. Noch am Tatort wird sie von einem Polizisten verhört, der sich später als falsch herausstellt.
Völlig verängstig taucht DARBY unter, doch sie bemerkt, dass sie beobachtet und verfolgt wird ……

Mein Fazit: „Die Akte“ ist wirklich ein richtig spannender Thriller, Regisseur PAKULA schafft es gleich zu Beginn Spannung aufzubauen und diese bis zum Ende hin stetig zu steigern. Tolle Schauspieler sorgen für die perfekte Umsetzung der Story, „Die Akte“ wurde bis zur kleinsten Nebenrollen sehr gut besetzt. Das Buch und der Film gehören zu meinen Lieblingen, ich kann beides mit bestem Gewissen empfehlen.
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Pierre Thériault
5.0 out of 5 stars Film captivant qui nous tiens en haleine
Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2021
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Pierre Thériault
5.0 out of 5 stars Film captivant qui nous tiens en haleine
Reviewed in Canada on July 10, 2021
L'affaire Pélican fait parti des classiques tout comme les hommes du président par le regretté Alan J . Pakula.
Sa manière de nous tenir en haleine est intéressante, il avait ce don en lui. Par la suite, j'ai vu Klute avec Jane Fonda et Donald Sutherland. Dans l'affaire Pélican, j'adore la scène où les hommes du FBI débarquent au bureau du journal donne une pression sur le remarquable travail que Darby Shaw avait fait, elle avait bien identifié les personnes et bien évidemment cela avait provoqué des remous au sein du Président et de son entourage.
Bravo Monsieur Pakula !
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5.0 out of 5 stars Großartige Adaption der Romanvorlage aus der Feder von John Grisham
Reviewed in Germany on April 22, 2018
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4.0 out of 5 stars 面白いです。
Reviewed in Japan on August 1, 2023