Pakule prema romanu Johna Grishama i političkoj zavjeri kojoj u trag ulazi mlada studentica prava. Darby Shaw mlada je studentica prava. U vezi je sa svojim profesorom, Thomasom callahanom, s kojim i živi. Istodobno, netko je ubio dvojicu starih sudaca, Rosenberga i Jansena, dvije ključne osobe povezane s poznatim slučajem, koje je zbog toga čuvao FBI. Callahan je poznavao jednog od njih i znao je detalje slučaja, a kad ih je ispričao zainteresiranoj i ambicioznoj Darby, ona je počela istraživati. Sve što je otkrila opisala je u izvještaju pod imenom Slučaj Pelikan. Izvještaj je ukazivao na zavjeru koja vodi čak do Bijele kuće. Impresioniran Darbynim otkrićima, Callahan je izvještaj pokazao svom prijatelju Gavinu"
Embroiled in an affair with Thomas Callahan (Sam Shephard), her alcoholic professor, precocious 24-year-old Tulane University law student Darby Shaw (Julia Roberts) writes up an insightful theory about the recent murder of two Supreme Court justices, one of whom, Abraham Rosenberg (Hume Cronyn), served as Callahans mentor. When Callahan shares this so-called "Pelican Brief" with buddy Gavin Verheek (John Heard), an FBI lawyer, the document makes its way to White House flack Fletcher Coal (Tony Goldwyn), who believes it could topple the current administration. When Callahan is murdered and the President (Robert Culp) convinces the FBI to hold off on investigating Darbys theory, the resourceful student must go into hiding, stalked by relentless assassin Khamel (Stanley Tucci). Her only hope of escaping Callahans fate and proving her theory lies in Washington investigative reporter Gray Grantham (Denzel Washington), whos already had one confidential source back out of sharing information about the assassinations. This John Grisham adaptation is fairly faithful to the best-selling novel, but the books interracial romance between Shaw and Grantham was left out of the script (or at least the finished product)...
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