The pelican brief

Resource Information

The work The pelican brief represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Lacon Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

The pelican brief

Statement of responsibility

Warner Bros. presents ; screenplay by Alan J. Pakula ; produced by Alan J. Pakula and Pieter Jan Brugge ; directed by Alan J. Pakula

Contributor

• Sikking, James, 1934-
• Tucci, Stanley
• Washington, Denzel, 1954-
• Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998
• Atherton, William
• Brugge, Pieter Jan
• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )
• Cronyn, Hume
• Culp, Robert, 1930-2010
• Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945-
• Goldwyn, Tony
• Grisham, John
• Heard, John, 1946-2017
• Horner, James
• Lithgow, John, 1945-
• Warner Home Video (Firm)
• Roberts, Julia, 1967-
• Rolf, Tom
• Rosenberg, Philip
• Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
• Ship, Trudy

Actor

• Washington, Denzel, 1954-
• Shepard, Sam, 1943-2017
• Sikking, James, 1934-
• Tucci, Stanley
• Heard, John, 1946-2017
• Goldwyn, Tony
• Culp, Robert, 1930-2010
• Cronyn, Hume
• Atherton, William
• Roberts, Julia, 1967-
• Lithgow, John, 1945-

Director of photography

• Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945-

Editor of moving image work

• Ship, Trudy
• Rolf, Tom

Film director

• Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998

Film producer

• Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998
• Brugge, Pieter Jan

Presenter

• Warner Bros. Pictures (1969- )

Production designer

• Rosenberg, Philip

Publisher

• Warner Home Video (Firm)

Screenwriter

• Pakula, Alan J., 1928-1998

Subject

• Judges -- United States -- Drama
• Legal drama (Films)
• Legal films
• Spanish language materials -- Feature films
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• United States
• United States, Supreme Court
• United States, Supreme Court -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Women law students
• Women law students -- United States -- Drama
• Legal films
• African American journalists
• African American journalists -- Drama
• Assassination
• Assassination -- United States -- Drama
• Crime films
• Crime films
• Detective and mystery films
• Detective and mystery films
• Drama
• Feature films
• Feature films
• Fiction films
• Fiction films
• Film adaptations
• Film adaptations
• French language materials -- Feature films
• Judges

Genre

• Legal films
• Drama
• Thrillers (Motion pictures)
• Detective and mystery films
• Film adaptations
• Crime films
• Legal drama (Films)
• Feature films
• Spanish language materials
• Fiction films
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• French language materials

Language

• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• fre
• spa
• eng
• eng

Summary

Two Supreme Court justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everyone else wants her dead

Member of

• Pelican brief (Motion picture)
• Pelican brief (Motion picture)
• Pelican brief (Motion picture)

Cataloging source

CXP

Characteristic

videorecording

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Credits note

Music composed by James Horner ; editors, Tom Rolf and Trudy Ship ; production designer, Philip Rosenberg ; director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt

Dewey number

791.43/72

Intended audience

MPAA rating: PG-13; for momentary language and some violence

Language note

In English with optional French or Spanish language tracks; optional English, French, or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1995.9.S87

LC item number

P45

PerformerNote

Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Heard, Tony Goldwyn, James B. Sikking, William Atherton, Robert Culp, Stanley Tucci ; special appearance by Hume Cronyn and John Lithgow

Runtime

141

Technique

live action