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The Pelican Brief is a 1993 American legal thriller film based on the 1992 novel by John Grisham. Directed by Alan J. Pakula , the film stars Julia Roberts in the role of young law student Darby Shaw and Denzel Washington as Washington Herald reporter Gray Grantham.
The Pelican Brief is a legal-suspense thriller by John Grisham, published in 1992 by Doubleday. [1] It is his third novel after A Time to Kill and The Firm. Two paperback editions were published, both by Dell Publishing in 1993. A namesake film adaptation was released in 1993 starring Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington.
In 1992 and 1993 he had the second-bestselling book of the year with The Pelican Brief and The Client, and from 1994 to 2000 he had the number one bestselling book every year. In 2001 Grisham did not have the bestselling book of the year, but had both the second and third books on the list with Skipping Christmas and A Painted House.
Washington also established himself as a leading man in Hollywood acting in films such as The Mighty Quinn (1989), Spike Lee's Mo' Better Blues (1990), the romantic drama Mississippi Masala (1991), Kenneth Branagh's Much Ado About Nothing (1993), the thriller The Pelican Brief (1993), the AIDS drama Philadelphia (1993), the action thriller ...
The novel sold 7 million copies and the movie, which starred Tom Cruise, [4] grossed over $158 million ($333 million in 2013 dollars [5]) domestically and $111 million internationally ($270 million worldwide in 1993 dollars). [6] [7] Additionally, it was the largest grossing R-rated movie of 1993 and of any film based on a Grisham novel. [8]
This episode of 30 Rock featured a number of cultural references to the legal crime thriller film The Pelican Brief (1993), and Liz Lemon parodying Steve Jobs's attire while giving a presentation. "Cutbacks" has received generally positive reception from television critics.
She wrote and published her first book, "Two Old Women," in 1993, and it became a word-of-mouth bestseller. Based on an Athabascan legend passed down from Wallis' mother, the book has sold over 1. ...
Alan Jay Pakula (/ p ə ˈ k uː l ə /; April 7, 1928 – November 19, 1998) was an American film director, screenwriter, and producer.Associated with the New Hollywood movement, [1] his best-known works include his critically-acclaimed "paranoia trilogy": the neo-noir mystery Klute (1971), the conspiracy thriller The Parallax View (1974), and the Watergate scandal drama All the President's ...