The Pelican Brief (1998)

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PG-13 | 2 hr 21 mins | Action, Thriller, Adaptation, Political | Released: 1/1/1998 |Box Office Total: $100.6M

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Synopsis:

A young female law student endangers her own life while solving one of the most significant crimes in history.

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Full Cast & Crew

Theatrical Release
1/1/1998

Studio	Credit
Warner Bros. Pictures	Studio
Director	Credit
Alan J Pakula	Director
Cast	Credit
Julia Roberts	Darby Shaw
Denzel Washington	Gray Grantham
Sam Shepard	Thomas Callahan
John Heard	Gavin Verheek
Tony Goldwyn	Fletcher Coal
James B Sikking	FBI Director F Denton Voyles
William Atherton	Bob Gminski
Robert Culp	President of the United States
Stanley Tucci	Khamel
Hume Cronyn	Justice Abraham Rosenberg
John Lithgow	Smith Keen
Anthony Heald	Marty Velmano
Nicholas Woodeson	Stump
Stanley Anderson	Edwin Sneller
John Finn	Matthew Barr
Cynthia Nixon	Alice Stark
Jake Weber	Charles Morgan/(aka Garcia)
Casey Biggs	Eric East
Christopher Murray	Rupert
Sonny Jim Gaines	Sarge
Kevin Geer	KO Lewis
Joe Chrest	Song & Dance Man from Bar
Richard Bauer	Managing Editor
Michelle O'Neill	Sara Ann Morgan
Peter Carlin	Edward Linney
Ralph Cosham	Justice Jensen
Terrence P Currier	Rosenberg's Nurse
Edwin Newman	Himself
Helen Carey	Federal Clerk
Howard Shalwitz	Washington Herald Journalist
Kyle Prue	News Desk Reporter
Jewell Robinson	Senior Washington Herald Editor
Kim Peter Novac	Senior Washington Herald Editor
Norman Aronovic	Senior Washington Herald Editor
Carl Palmer	Cop in Cowboy Boots
Carol Sutton	New Orleans Policewoman
Scott Jefferson	Lieutenant Olsen
Daniel Kamin	Hooten
Mark Thomas McLaughlin	CIA Agent in Hotel Room
Robert Pavlovich	CIA Agent in Hotel Room
Magee Hickey	Herself
Constance Yelverton	Clerk at Sheraton Hotel
Kim Kettle	Gavin Verheek's Wife
Ellie K Wang	Reporter at National Catherdral
Fran Dorn	University Registrar
Karen Bralove	University Placement Clerk
Teagle F Bougere	Male University Student
Carey Varner	Female University Student
Saundra Quarterman	Laura Kass
Cynthia Hood	Parklane Receptionist
Alan Wade	Parklane Administrator
Harold J Surratt	Parklane Security Officer
Paul Morella	White & Blazevich Attorney
Ed Johnson	White & Blazevich Security Guard
Jurian Hughes	White & Blazevich Receptionist
Dick Stilwell	White & Blazevich Security
Tom Quinn	Sara Ann Morgan's Father
Beverly Brigham	Safe Deposit Teller
Liza Sweeney Coleman	Female Pursuer with Gun
Doug Coleman	Male Pursuer with Gun
Michael Port	Tulane Law Student
Shanna Connell	Tulane Law Student
Gene Babb	Reporter
Kyle D Duvall	Reporter
Karle Warren	Reporter
Carrie Boren	Reporter
James Earl Reed	Reporter
Production Credits	Credit
Alan J Pakula	Producer
Donald Laventhal	Associate Producer
Pieter Jan Brugge	Producer
Production Companies	Credit
Pakula Productions	Production Company
Distribution Companies	Credit
Warner Bros. Home Entertainment Group	Domestic Video Distributor
Warner Bros. Pictures Distribution	Domestic Theatrical Distributor
Locations
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
Washington, District of Columbia, USA
New York City, New York, USA
Montecito, California, USA
Writer	Credit
Alan J Pakula	Screenplay
John Grisham	Source Material (from novel)
Accounting	Credit
Michael R Kern	Assistant Accountant
Cheryl A Stone	Production Accountant
Edward Allen	Assistant Accountant
Art Department	Credit
Siv Sandstrom	Art Department Coordinator
Sarah Stollman	Set Designer
Lisa Fischer	Set Decorator
Ben Morahan	Assistant Art Director
Robert Guerra	Art Director
Philip Rosenberg	Production Designer
Rick Simpson	Set Decorator
Monroe Kelly	Set Designer
Olimpia Rinaldi	Art Department Coordinator
Kelly Curley	Art Department Coordinator
Casting	Credit
Michele Ortlip	Casting Associate
Kimberly Skyrme	Extras Casting
Alixe Gordon	Casting
Rick Landry	Extras Casting
Benita Hofstetter	Casting Wash
Ramsey King	Casting - New Orleans casting
Craft Services	Credit
Willie Radcliff	Craft Service
Film Camera	Credit
Eric Peterson	Camera - matte cameraman
Frank Scheidbach	Lighting - assistant chief lighting technician
Ken Regan	Photography - still photographer
Rick Whitfield	Video Playback - video playback coordinator
Bob Kaiser	Color Timer
Frank Graziadei	Video Assist/Playback - cable/ video assist
Dick Mingalone	Camera Operator
Ted Churchill	Steadicam Operator
Colin Campbell	Lighting Technician
Stephen Goldblatt	Director of Photography
Vincent Gerardo	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
William Gerardo	Assistant Camera Operator - assistant camera
David B Nowell	Camera - Gyroscope cameraperson
Music	Credit
Jim Henrikson	Music Editor
Clarence Hollimon	Song
Clarence Hollimon	Song Performer
M Figueras	Music Performer
Thomas Pasatieri	Orchestrations
James Horner	Music Conductor - orchestra conductor
James Horner	Music
Anne McCabe	Music - assistant music editor
Lynn August	Song Performer
M-C Kiehr	Music Performer
Don Davis	Orchestrations
Thomas Drescher	Music Editor
Danny Gould	Song
Carl Sonny Leyland	Song Performer
Joe E Rand	Music - assistant music editor
Lynn August	Song
Neues Bachisches Collegium Musicum Leipzig	Music Performer
Carl Sonny Leyland	Song
Sean Murphy	Music - music recorder & mixer
Aretha Franklin	Song Performer
Francois Couperin	Music
Don Covay	Song
Rene Netto	Song Performer
Rik Slave	Song
The Sounds of New Orleans	Song Performer
Johann Sebastian Bach	Music
Marc St James	Song
Rod Piazza	Song Performer
Patrick Catania	Song
The Mighty Flyers	Song Performer
The Phantoms	Song
Irene	Song Performer
The Mikes	Song Performer
H W Ragas	Song
Rod Piazza	Song
Greg Ginn	Song Performer
Mike Darby	Song - songs
Irene Sage	Song
Sam Lewis	Song
Joe Young	Song
Walter Donaldson	Song
John Morris	Song
Michael Karp	Song
Greg Ginn	Song
Physical Effects	Credit
Doug Coleman	Stunt Coordinator
David Efron	Stunts
Tabby Hanson	Stunts
Mick O'Rourke	Stunts
Eric Chambers	Stunts
Roy Farfel	Stunts
Richard L Blackwell	Stunts
Production Management	Credit
Edith LeBlanc	Assistant Production Coordinator - assistant production office coordinator
Patricia Doherty Hess	Assistant Unit Manager - assistant unit production manager
Dianne Dreyer	Script Supervisor
Sondra Dee Boyachek	Production Supervisor - production office supervisor
Alison Sherman	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Michael Wallace	Location Manager
Celia D Costas	Unit Production Manager
Peter Kohn	Assistant Director
Kerry Orent	Post-Production Supervisor
John Rusk	Assistant Director
Foongy Lee	Location Manager
Patricia Serafina Madiedo	Production Coordinator - production office coordinator
Trey Batchelor	Assistant Director
Michael Proscia Jr	Assistant Director
Publicity	Credit
Jeanmarie Murphy-Burke	Unit Publicist
Sound	Credit
Ron Bochar	Sound Editor
James Sabat	Sound Mixer - production sound mixer
Louis Sabat	Boom Operator
Bruce Pross	Foley - foley supervisor
Deborah Wallach	ADR Supervisor
Chris Houghton	Assistant Sound Editor
Annette Kudrak	ADR - ADR assistant
Frank Kern	Foley Editor
Marko Costanzo	Foley Artist
Rick Dior	Rerecording Mixer
Harriet Fidlow	ADR Editor
Joan Franklin	ADR - ADR assistant
Chris Fielder	Assistant Sound Editor
Mike Cerrone	Rerecording Mixer
Diane Schaub	ADR Editor
Eliza Paley	Foley Editor
Fred Rosenberg	Sound Editor
Steven Visscher	Foley Editor
Julie Lindner	Assistant Sound Editor
Ron Bochar	Rerecording Mixer
Stuart Levy	Foley Editor
Nicholas Renbeck	Assistant Sound Editor
Visual Effects	Credit
Wally Schaab	Visual Effects - digital compositing
Lynda Lemon	Visual Effects Supervisor
Jerome Chen	Animator - lead animator
Conrad V Brink Jr	Special Effects
Allen Edwards	Animator - animator/ modeler
George Merkert	Visual Effects - visual effects producer
John Nelson	Visual Effects Supervisor
Wardrobe Hair Makeup	Credit
Albert Wolsky	Costume Designer
Bob Mills	Makeup Artist
Neal Martz	Makeup - special makeup
Carlane Passman Little	Costume Supervisor
Francisca Vega-Buck	Costumes - women's costumer
Kaye Pownall	Hair Stylist
Kenneth Walker	Hair Stylist
Edna M Sheen	Makeup Artist
William A Campbell	Costumes - men's costumer
George L Little	Costume Supervisor

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