The Pelican Brief [Blu-ray]
Studio: Warner Home Video Release Date: 02/10/2009 Run time: 149 minutes Rating: RAnother John Grisham legal thriller comes to the screen, pairing Denzel Washington and Julia Roberts in a film directed by Alan J. Pakula, who is known for dark-hued suspense pictures such as Klute, The Parallax View, All the President’s Men, and Presumed Innocent. The Pelican Brief isn’t up to the level of those films, but it is a perfectly entertaining movie about a law student (Roberts) whose life is endangered when she discovers evidence of a conspiracy behind the killings of two Supreme Court justices. She enlists the help of an investigative reporter (Washington) and the two become fugitives. The charisma and chemistry of the leads goes a long way toward compensating for the story’s shortcomings, as does a truly impressive supporting cast that includes Sam Shepard, John Heard, James B. Sikking, Tony Goldwyn, Stanley Tucci, Hume Cronyn, John Lithgow, William Atherton, and Robert Culp. –Jim Emerson
User Ratings and Reviews
5 Stars Great Grisham story
This is my favorite suspense detective type movie. Before I owned the DVD, I watched it everytime it came on TV. I really recommend for those he like suspense
3 Stars The Pelican Brief - Blu-ray Info
Version: U.S.A / Warner / Region A, B, C
Aspect ratio: 2.40:1
VC-1 BD-25 / Advanced Profile 3 / AACS
Running time: 2:21:08
Movie size: 23,43 GB
Disc size: 23,91 GB
Total bit rate: 22.14 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 15.38 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 1423 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 1423 kbps / 16-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio English 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio French 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital Audio French 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital Audio German 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital Audio Italian 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital Audio Japanese 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps / Dolby Surround
Dolby Digital Audio Portuguese 192 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 192 kbps 1.0 / 48 kHz / 192 kbps
Subtitles: English (SDH), Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German (SDH), Italian, Italian (SDH), Japanese, Korean, Norwegian, Portuguese (Brazilian), Portuguese, Spanish, Spanish (Castilian), Swedish
Number of chapters: 42
#Theatrical Trailer (SD - 1m:57s)
4 Stars PelicanBrief
Lousy quality and the disk started and stopped multiple times. When buying through Amazon, expect less than quality product. It might be cheaper but the chances are good it is not the highest quality version of the movie DVD you can get elsewhere.
5 Stars Pelican Brief
This is a great movie. However, the DVD I received did not play all the way through, so I returned it to the seller. I have not heard back from the seller, either by recieving another DVD or a refund.
5 Stars Enjoyable Movie
Pelican Brief was a flick that I thoroughly enjoyed & the dvd itself was in good shape .
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