Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington are a compelling team in the overlong Pelican Brief, a pulpy thriller that doesn't quite justify the intellectual remove of Alan J. Pakula's direction.
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Alan J. Pakula
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Julia Roberts
Darby Shaw
Denzel Washington
Gray Grantham
Sam Shepard
Thomas Callahan
John Heard
Gavin Vereek
Tony Goldwyn
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Director -
Alan J. Pakula -
Producer -
Alan J. Pakula , Pieter Jan Brugge -
Screenwriter -
Alan J. Pakula -
Production Co -
Warner Bros. -
Rating -
PG-13 -
Genre -
Mystery & Thriller -
Original Language -
English -
Release Date (Theaters) -
Dec 17, 1993, Original -
Release Date (Streaming) -
Nov 28, 2008 -
Box Office (Gross USA) -
$100.7M -
Runtime -
2h 21m -
Sound Mix -
Surround , Stereo