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Where was The Pelican Brief filmed?

1994 film, directed by Alan J. Pakula.

  • New Orleans

The story is set in New Orleans, Washington, D.C., so the filming stayed close to the setting.

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Where it’s set vs. where it was filmed

Set in
New Orleans, Washington, D.C.
Filmed in
New Orleans
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About The Pelican Brief

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Released
1994
Director
Alan J. Pakula
Cast
Julia RobertsSam ShepardHume CronynStanley TucciJohn HeardJohn LithgowTony GoldwynJames SikkingWilliam Atherton
Genre
Action ThrillerDramaCrimePolitical Thriller
Based on
The Pelican Brief

An assassin, Khamel, kills two Supreme Court justices, Jensen and Rosenberg.

Realizing her brief must be accurate, she goes into hiding and reaches out to Verheek.

She and Verheek arrange to meet, but Khamel kills then impersonates him at the meeting.

Famous lines from The Pelican Brief

Could you name the film from one of these? Famous lines turn up in the daily game.

  • I'm sorry.Darby Shaw
  • Quite a few.Gray Grantham
  • What do they say?Justice Rosenberg
  • How'd you find me?Gray Grantham
  • I'll take my chances.Gray Grantham

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