the pelican brief by john grisham : 12 results priced between £2.00 and £25.00

Contemporary / British English (Available April 2008) In Washington, two Supreme Court judges are murdered and only the young and beautiful law student Darby Shaw knows why. She has uncovered a deadly secret but will anyone believe her? Can she stay alive long enough to persuade them she is right?

This is vintage John Grisham: a complex web of deceit in high places aided by some unethical lawyers against whom the few good men (and in this book a woman as well) fight and ultimately succeed in achieving justice. Lorelei King is an admirable narrator, which helps as there are so many characters. I found if I didn't concentrate fully on the story I got muddled as to who was whom among the FBI, CIA, White House employees, newspaper men, lawyers, businessmen and criminals! They're all there in...

Release Date: 1998-09-25, Rating: Suitable for 12 years and over

The ClientThe best screen version yet of a John Grisham novel delivers all-out suspense! A trailer park kid witnesses the suicide of a mob lawyer and ispursued by authorities trying to find out if he knows anything. To protect himself, he hires a feisty female attorney who takes up his case anddevelops a bond with him.The Pelican BriefTwo Supreme Court Justices are assassinated, and law student Darby Shawwrites her theory of why they were killed. Suddenly she finds herself embroiled in a terrifying...

Shockwaves that will see her boyfriend atomised in a bomb blast, that will send hired killers chasing after her, that will propel her across the country to meet investigative reporter Gray Grantham, the one man who is as near the truth as she is.

OTHER INFORMATION: Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, John Lithgow, Directed by Alan J. Pakula, John Grisham(novel)

Julia Roberts and Denzel Washingtom headline and Alan J. Pakula (presumed innocent) directs this first-rate thriller based on the best selling book by john grisham. Two supremecourt justices have been murdered and a lone law student (roberts) turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government.

Another 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...

Starring Julia Roberts, Denzel Washington, Sam Shepard, Stanley Tucci Julia Roberts and Denzel Washingtom headline and Alan J. Pakula (presumed innocent) directs this first-rate thriller based on the best selling book by john grisham. Two supremecourt justices have been murdered and a lone law student (roberts) turns her suspicions about the deaths into a speculative brief that sends shock waves into the highest levels of government.

Triple bill of John Grisham adaptations. In 'The Client', young Mark and his brother are out wandering in the woods when they stumble across a fat mob lawyer about to commit suicide. The lawyer tells Mark where a dead body is hidden and this leads to his subsequent questioning by a hard-boiled FBI attorney (Tommy Lee Jones). But Mark also finds that his life is at risk from mob hitmen and his only chance of survival rests in the hands of his lawyer (Susan Sarandon). In 'The Pelican Brief', sharp...