THE PELICAN BRIEF (1993) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | MOVIE REACTION

[@everlastingpass1on]

John Grisham books turned into movies, The Firm (1993), The Pelican Brief (1993), The Client (1994), A Time to Kill (1996), The Chamber (1996), The Rainmaker (1997), The Gingerbread Man (1998), Runaway Jury (2003).

[@etpelle72]

A painted house was one too. I didn't like that one, the chamber or runaway jury.

[@chadbailey7038]

Runaway Jury was a GREAT movie!

[@francescathomas3502]

I loved Runaway Jury with John Cusack, and the Rainmaker with Matt Damon. Along with The Pelican Brief. I dont particularly like the rest of the movies.

[@KevinGeary-b7b]

No Christmas with the cranks?😉

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

Runaway jury wasn't very good. I mean they totally changed the story plus I don't think Kusak was a very good Easter and I like john

[@D25Bev]

Highly recommend you check out Conspiracy Theory (1997). Great action thriller with Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts. One of my favourites.

[@emmanuelmartin1238]

She'll recognise a certain captain in that one.

[@carollandrum9223]

Definitely!

[@katrinaleebaldwin4660]

Bravo, 👏

[@amygeorgopoulos1400]

I remember seeing that in theaters with my family as a teenager. Loved it!

[@chunksaflyin]

Was coming here to recommend the same movie.

[@shawnjones1483]

My daughter decided to be a lawyer at 11 years old after watching LA Law. She became one of the youngest lawyers to pass the bar in CA and today she runs her own law firm. So movies and TV can be inspirational for sure.

[@RadiantSilverlighter]

You are the gingerbread man

[@patbrewer4205]

Look at all the astronauts that said they were inspired by Star Trek and it’s different characters especially the young girls by Nichelle Nichols

[@milemarker301]

Marvelous!

[@donjackson5522]

@@patbrewer4205 To think, Nichelle Nichols nearly quit the show because they weren't utilizing her character. Then she got a call from Martin Luther King asking her to stay on to be the inspiration you were referring to.

[@garykuovideos]

Awesome! This was the first major motion picture I worked on as a session violinist in Los Angeles. It was an amazing experience to watch and work for James Horner as well as see what happened behind the scenes. Fun Fact: That atonal banging you hear during the garage chase sequence is no less than THREE massive grand pianos used throughout the score! Enjoy, everyone!

[@millerbeer01]

Wait, that was you?? I was like "this guy rocks!" Seriously, it's a great story. 🤘🏼

[@milemarker301]

Marvelous :)

[@matthewprince9705]

I miss James Horner. Nearly all of the unique movie composers have gone, all we have left are Alan Silvestri, John Debney and Brad Fiedel.

[@timwong5908]

46:22 Just found out the actor who played the FBI director (as well as the dad in Doogie Howser MD) passed away July of this year. RIP James B Sikking

[@stingray65b]

He was a key character in Hill Street Blues, which was an atypical police drama when it aired. And let’s not forget, since Cassie is watching Trek, he was the original captain of the USS Excelsior in ST III The Search for Spock.

[@igloo2158]

Doogie Howser! 😂😂. I had a crush on his girlfriend Wanda.

[@cleekmaker00]

@@stingray65bCaptain Styles. He ran into Mr. Scott coming out of the Turbolift and told him "... Looking forward to breaking some of the Enterprise's Speed Records tomorrow..."

[@stingray65b]

⁠@@cleekmaker00 yes, to which I must shortly thereafter reply, “Up your shaft!” (Not you @cleekmaker00,-you know to whom I’m referring, or rather what 😉).

[@terrycoolidge9511]

James B. Sikking also had a small but very memorable part in “The Star Chamber” from 1983. Cassie would enjoy that one since she’s appreciating legal dramas. “The Star Chamber” is underrated and is faster-paced than a typical legal drama. Could actually be considered a “thriller,” and practically crosses over into “action” territory in parts. Highly recommended, and I think Cassie doesn’t mind young Michael Douglas. 😉

[@Johnny_Socko]

I forgot how absolutely stacked with talent this movie was. Every single scene brought in another legendary character actor. I was like, "HE'S in this? SHE's in this? Who _isn't_ in this?!?"

[@Mokkari77]

Yeah John Lithgow just shows up in the middle of the movie and I'm like 😮

[@tackysum]

Carly should always watch mysteries with you. You help each other keep the suspects and plot points straight. Great reaction.

[@ct6852]

Investigative Thrillers seem fun for them. Agree.

[@igloo2158]

Yeah, they’re like a little crackpot team of investigators. So fun.

[@_Too_Late]

Carly seems airheaded at times, but when it comes down to the crunch she susses out the most important clues

[@nobodyimportant7804]

Carly drags her down and distracts her.

[@DrLipkin]

I really hope that Carley is there when Cassie watches Hot Fuzz.

[@KurustheGreat]

"Denzel is just someone you trust" Boy, I can't wait for them to watch Training Day. 😂

[@ShifuCareaga]

Yeah and the pilot one and gangster one lol 😂

[@nerdypatty3309]

American Gangster as well LMAO

[@igloo2158]

lol. I was thinking the same. Training day was almost unlikeable seeing Denzel in that role.

[@RetroClassic66]

I’m hoping she sees MALCOLM X (1992) with him in the title role soon. I’m thinking she’ll be blown away.

[@simian01]

@@ShifuCareaga 'Flight' aka Malcolm X-Wing.

[@BigAl53750]

Julia Roberts’ reaction when her boyfriend’s car blows up is absolutely perfect acting. The way she visibly stops breathing, like she’s been kicked in the stomach, is stunningly appropriate.

[@markbartoszek8585]

Agreed! She was great at conveying those types of emotions back in the day. I remember how effective she was at playing scared in Sleeping with the Enemy.

[@enlightenmenttv2287]

Yeah that quick sweep of emotions on her face from alarmed to shocked, to confused, to realizing to distressed. Elite level acting.

[@ct6852]

That felt pretty real. Not too over the top like it might be in some movies.

[@MCBunkerwelt]

I can confirm that what you watch when you were younger can have a huge influence on your career and life in general. When I was younger I loved watching the TV show "Lost". It was super suspenseful and it really hurt having to wait a week to know how it continues. It has been 20 years since it was first released and today I realized how much it has influenced me in my day to day life: I am absolutely LOST!

[@portalina]

lol, that was a loooooooong death march to lame punchline. BUT it did make me chuckle, so you can have it.🤷‍♂️

[@EdmontonRealEstate01]

You two should consider watching “Dirty, Rotten scoundrels” starring, Michael Caine and Steve Martin. It’s good clean and clever humour that will have the both of you ROTFL!

[@genghisgalahad8465]

THE BEST EVER!!! 😂 🛫 👒 🏝 🍸

[@randall-king]

Great movie!

[@JayM409]

Can I go to the bathroom first?

[@daves536]

Oklahoma......Oklahoma......Oklahoma 🤣

[@There-is.no-spoon]

If you haven't seen it yet Edmonton "Dirty rotten scoundrels" is a remake of "Bedtime Story" starring Marlon Brando and David Niven. Its a 1960's comedy full of charm, I think you would enjoy it.

[@deadeye4520]

Cassie, your bewilderment at 25:07 is the exact same bewilderment we all had when this came out back in 1993.

[@meganyounger4842]

Denzel & Angelina Jolie are phenomenal in The Bone Collector (also a best selling book series)❤

[@lopa-u9f]

no

[@vincew4297]

@@lopa-u9f yes that’s a great movie

[@vudujl83]

Julia & Denzel actually made quite the team, but what else would you expect with two Oscar winners headlining the movie (though at the time Julia hadn't won hers yet); it was also a nice moment at the awards show when Julia who'd won the previous year for Erin Brockovich presented Denzel with his statue for Training Day

[@FabsOrtega-mn8mg]

Just said the same thing a sec ago. Surprised they didn’t do more together.

[@MoMoMyPup10]

A real shame this movie is so M-I-A in the reaction arena -- I just don't get it with Denzel & Julia and this tension? Makes no sense

[@adamwarlock1]

And apparently they were originally supposed to be romantic, but Denzel suggested that this be dropped, which I say was definitely the right idea. If nothing else, much like the Harrison Ford / Julianne Moore romance that got cut from The Fugitive, it would be weird when they're investigating her boyfriend's death. (Of course the first big romance in Twin Peaks is exactly that, but Twin Peaks is weird on purpose!)

[@asterixandobelix195]

​@@MoMoMyPup10 What tension?

[@zedxxx9]

"If this thing reaches as deep and goes as high as we think it does, these men will do anything not to be exposed." And that's exactly what's going on right now in Washington and worldwide. They will do ANYTHING... and we are about to experience some of that "anything" over the next few months.

[@theaikidoka]

Everyone, buy some tinfoil now, before this guy hoards it all. Friend, look at how many totally known and provable crimes politicians are getting away with. They don't give a shit about being exposed. There aren't any consequences.

[@johnsample7391]

I worked as an extra on "The Pelican Brief" for one day. You can see me at the 36:25 mark walking behind Denzel Washington during the Georgetown Law School scene. Once it came out, I was surprised when nobody came up to me to say they recognized me. 😉

[@ct6852]

That's awesome. Iconic movie.

[@florianlipp5452]

Yeah, extras get just ignored by the audience. I was once an extra in a TV show. They made me run around in the background in several unrelated scenes. They told me, that that would be fine: no one would ever notice the same guy was in the background - and they were right: No one ever noticed (not even friends whom I told that I was an extra in that show noticed that i had SEVERAL appearances).

[@ct6852]

@@florianlipp5452 The extras contribute quite a bit to the atmosphere of a scene actually. Was just watching Cassie's As Good as it Gets reaction, and it's pretty funny seeing background actors react to Jack Nicholson's lines. It makes everything funnier.

[@nobodyimportant7804]

My sister was an extra in several shows. I always wanted to do that or at least be the dead body in the morgue in Law and Order or whatever. I think I have the acting ability to pull that off

[@ct6852]

@@nobodyimportant7804 Somebody filmed a compilation of himself planking in different places on KZbin and Law and Order hired him to play a corpse. lol

[@SeanBlader]

What's crazy about this movie is like most of Julia's dialog is in the first act, and then after that she does a staggeringly good job of just looking scared.

[@ct6852]

She just looked exhausted and sad by the end, which seems realistic.

[@dugferd2266]

The Client starring Susan Sarandon is another good movie from a Grisham novel.

[@Divamarja_CA]

I really liked The Client. It was not only interesting and well-acted, it’s a nice break from the Grisham formula.

[@toriweiler1950]

Really liked The Client!

[@MrPhotosh00ter]

I will also suggest watching The Client, very good recommendation after this movie.

[@lopa-u9f]

mygoodness, no it's awful wtf are you watching?

[@WildMoonLacquer]

I love a good '90's thriller! A few more that you may enjoy are The Net with Sandra Bullock, Double Jeopardy with Ashley Judd, Chain Reaction with Keanu Reeves, Conspiracy Theory with Mel Gibson & Julia Roberts, and The Long Kiss Goodnight with Samuel L Jackson & Geena Davis. ~Caroline

[@magicbrownie1357]

First film I ever saw with Denzel. He immediately became one of my favorite actors ever.

[@anastasiabeaverhausen516]

I fell in love with him on St Elsewhere. We were on the early team.

[@charlesbyrneShowComments4all]

John Q is one of the best performances Denzel Washington had. And now as a father I could feel the love he felt for his kid. I'm tearing up as I write this. Denzel is one of the great actors that seems to be a stand up guy and not have an ego.

[@jarrettenaope7038]

Adore This Movie…Julia Robers SOOO YOUNG and Denzel Washington was Just PHENOMENAL

[@abnerallen2334]

The actor from 31:30 name is John Lithgow who coincidentally played the bad guy in the 1991 movie Ricochet also staring Denzel Washington. I recommend that as well, it's a good and underrated movie.

[@enlightenmenttv2287]

Yeah they definitely should add Ricochet to their Denzel watch list.

[@goyasolidar]

Grisham movies were a cottage industry in the '90s.

[@ct6852]

The Firm is on the channel if you haven't seen it yet.

[@goyasolidar]

@@ct6852 Thanks, I've seen it. I think I can only count on one hand the number of videos on this channel I haven't watched.

[@Bringmethehorizondude]

The next John Grisham movie should be The Client! You’d love it so much

[@viralmedia]

"POPCORN IN DREAD" I'm so glad you're gonna run with that again this year!!

[@clarencewalker3925]

Honorable mentions should go to the late Sam Shepherd, a veteran playwright, the late James B. Sikking, a character actor whose career spanned sixty years and the late Robert Culp.

[@jennifermichelleswanson3797]

Cassie, you picked a real winner with 'The Pelican Brief'. It is a very good movie and it's very well written and directed. The people that were cast in the movie helped make the movie to be as big as it was. Very good selection Cassie.

[@auckalukaum]

Star Trek spurred on a huge increase in engineering and medical students. Jimmy Doohan was really proud of that.

[@lennyvalentin6485]

Also, Whoopie Goldberg was inspired to become an actor from having seen Michelle Nichols as Uhura, a black female bridge officer on a starship in a TV series in the 1960s. So yeah, these people did have a big impact.

[@keefriff99]

He’s partly why I’m an engineer. I loved Star Trek reruns as a kid in the ‘80s and loved that Scotty was always fixing the ship and saving the day.

[@RobGMun]

FYI, in the book Shaw settles on an island in the Caribbean

[@everlastingpass1on]

A Few Good Men is Aaron Sorkin who also wrote The West Wing.

[@roykliffen9674]

... and he wrote "The American President" with Michael Douglas, Annette Benning, Michael J. Fox, Martin Sheen, and Richard Dreyfuss. I think they already have seen that one.

[@_Too_Late]

He also contributed to the very underrated 'Malice'

[@realBkay]

Any John Grisham book made into a movie, is a great movie. John Grisham is one of the best storyteller’s there ever was.

[@lopa-u9f]

no mygod

[@nobodyimportant7804]

LMFAO Are you joking? He is a very poor, very unimaginative writer. The McDonalds of fiction.

[@nobodyimportant7804]

@@lopa-u9f Right? I haven't laughed this hard in a while.

[@lopa-u9f]

@@nobodyimportant7804 I keep breaking keyboard with forehead-smashing

[@moviewatcher1127]

Finally someone did this movie. Thank you. Its a classic thriller for me.

[@duanelavely5481]

About the time the movie was released, I was in a relationship with a Texas trial lawyer. She gave me a copy of the book to read. Just so happened that she had a wrongful death case & hired a OB-GYN prof. at LSU School of Medicine New Orleans as her expert witness. This required several trips to New Orleans for depositions, etc. I would accompany her on these trips. One of which, we stayed at the Westin Hotel On the River where the atty. Gavin Verheek was killed. We would walk all over the French Quarter including the plaza where Khamel was killed.

[@CathleenMJennings80]

DW & JR have 2 of the best smiles in Hollywood! btw, the teacher who got blown up is in Baby Boom with Diane Keaton - you could watch that for Mothers Day (any time, really). And, another Stanley Tucci movie (where he plays a character like you've never seen!), it stars Dennis Quaid and Kathleen Turner: Undercover Blues. It's SO much fun!!!! And, Denzel in Out of Time is a MUST!

[@adaddinsane]

Undercover Blues is such a fun and underrated film, and Stanley eating the scenery is the best!

[@CathleenMJennings80]

@@adaddinsane I've tried recommending it to a few yt people but i wonder if this generation doesn't recognize Quaid and Turner by name (so it doesn't appeal)?

[@cliffchristie5865]

The interviewer in the last scene is real-life former reporter/journalist Edwin Newman who'd had aong career in news, mostly with NBC. In his later years he basically played himself in five movies including this one.

[@ClaireRedfieldKennedy-ld2lx]

31:44 John Lithgow and Denzel Washington together again so soon after 'Ricochet.'

[@randycliff4045]

You are so right -- there's lots of great movies from the 90s

[@robertjones705]

Double Jeopardy is another good crime thriller

[@raramonty5217]

Great movie

[@ct6852]

That was Ashley Judd wasn't it?

[@amygeorgopoulos1400]

@@ct6852 yes! I love that one as well as Kiss the Girls.

[@ct6852]

@@amygeorgopoulos1400 I kinda wanted to suggest that one on Patreon but I thought the subject matter might be a little creepy for those two. Especially since they're in the public eye. Good movie though.

[@alanmackie6180]

Some decent performances but their interpretation of the double jeopardy law is seriously flawed.

[@elcorado83]

By the same writer, also a legal thriller like this too-'The Firm', starring Tom Cruise. You'll LOVE it, unless you've already seen it!

[@garycrow1943]

This film caught me by surprise, Far better than I expected.

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

25:35 you could say that darby has a guardian angel.

[@dannybonett8349]

Don’t know if anyone else has said this but in Grisham novel it did turn romantic but Denzel refused to have a kissing scene so they dropped it and made the hug instead. You should recognize Coles voice as he was the voice of Tarzan. He was also the main villian/best friend in Ghost. And Kevin Varaheek was played by the late great John Hurt aka Home Alone dad. This movie freaked me out as a kid in the 90s but it was also very thrilling and I enjoyed it… still do.

[@christophersmyth1908]

Yes, its my understanding that Grey and Darby had a romantic relationship in the book. It was decided though during production that for the sake of keeping the focus of the movie on the main story elements to excise this part of the book. I have to agree that made the right decision because it would have bogged down the flow of the movie plus when you consider that Darby was in a relationship with professor and that the story in the movie is made to take place over 2 to 3 weeks, it really wouldn't make sense for Grey and Darby to hook up because Darby would still be grieving the loss of Callahan.

[@kyraspikes7542]

@@christophersmyth1908 Yes, cancelling the romantic angle out of the real fear of racial backlash turned out to incidentally work story wise. But racial backlash was definitely the real reason the kiss and romantic storyline were cut.

[@asterixandobelix195]

​​​@@kyraspikes7542 No, it was not. That is asinine. Furthermore, in the novel, Grey was a Whyte male. In anything, Denzel's casting was an indication of blackwashing.

[@markmorgan3058]

Thank you Carly. One of my favourite movies of all time.

[@McZorr0101]

I saw The Pelican Brief when it came out and remember seeing it, for the first time, very well. When I saw you were reacting to it I was, particularly looking forward to the scene in the parking garage with the dog barking at the, would be, assassin., you didn’t disappoint. Good film, great reaction.

[@johncampbell756]

A Few Good Men was originally a play by screenwriter Aaron Sorkin. He later created the stellar The West Wing. The blown up boyfriend was Ssm Sheppard, who played Chick Yeager in The Right Stuff. Ironically, he has a fear of flying.

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

Khamel was a far more complex character in the novel. He expressed regret that he was instructed to kill Darby. In the film, he is plain cold assassin.

[@Richard_Ashton]

The book is fantastic and complex and worth reading.

[@jazzyd312]

Talk about an all-star cast (other than Denzel and Julia): Sam Shepherd, "The Notebook"; John Heard, "Home Alone"; Tony Goldwyn, "Ghost" & "Scandal"; James B. Sikking, "Hill Street Blues"; William Atherton, "Die Hard" & "Ghostbusters"; Robert Culp, "I Spy"; Stanley Tucci, "The Devil Wears Prada" & "Big Trouble" (an underrated gem); Hume Cronyn, "Cocoon"; John Lithgow, "3rd Rock from the Sun"; Anthony Heald, "The Client" (another gem from a Grisham novel); Cynthia Nixon, "Sex in the City". Never get tired of watching this masterpiece!

[@dananeilland9629]

For Halloween, y'all should do Arsenic and Old Lace and the Abbott and Costello series of movies. "Meet the Killer, Meet the...."

[@maryohara6192]

That man watching the oval office, it is true, every inch inside the Whits House is watched and recorded. That is why it was so stupid when investigating the coke that was found there, the "investigators" said they had no idea who's coke it was. If you are worried this may get you in trouble remove it. As always you two are amazing, the best in the business as is your editor.

[@adamscott7354]

They legit let us watch this while age 12 and under @ sleepaway camp in the 90's on a projector Wild times.

[@selardohr7697]

I haven't seen it since I was around 13, my parents lived Grisham movies, the whole time they were watching, I was like, my parents let me watch this? And The Firm??

[@nobodyimportant7804]

That is fitting since Grisham writes at a sixth grade level.

[@adamscott7354]

@@nobodyimportant7804 Do you specialize in absolutely roasting authors of 31 year old books?

[@nobodyimportant7804]

@@adamscott7354 He is still writing crappy books. Ripping on garbage is timeless.

[@artman2oo3]

I see Carly is still trying to make fetch happen lol. Great reaction you two! Loved it as usual!

[@claytonbishop4021]

"So you're the little lady who started this great brouhaha." from FBI Director whats-his-face.

[@token1371]

Carly can be a detective! Callahan's throwaway remark saved Darby's life: "Graham is a man after my own heart." Darby somberly tells Graham: "Callahan was a fan". A positive remark to a stranger can enhance their day.

[@jsharp3165]

"It's a regular thing?' Oh sweet BYU girls. There was an entire army of college professors who lived for pretty young undergrads until metoo.

[@TH-gy6kt]

I was like 12 when I read the book and then saw the movie and have been hooked on these type of movies ever since

[@long-timesci-fienthusiast9626]

Hi Cassie & Carly, great to see you both enjoy this film. There are 2 similar films I can think of that might interest you in future. The first is the 1986 British Cold War Drama film (The Whistle Blower) starring Michael Caine, James Fox, Nigel Havers & John Gielgud. The second is the 1997 U.S. Political thriller film (Conspiracy Theory) starring Mel Gibson, Julia Roberts, Patrick Stewart & Cylk Cozart.

[@williambowman2326]

Wonderful reaction to an under appreciated legal thriller. No romance/ no sexual tension, no car chases, old fashioned special effects yet it keeps a hold on the audience. When this came out it was considered solid entertainment but something far fetched from Hollywood. It is a sad commentary that in 30 years there is a real feeling that the plot is realistic and very possible. I don’t know if that’s maturity of the citizens or a profound loss of innocence caused by harsh reality. Excellent and entertaining reactions from the both of you. Great leads but it also is a show case of stellar character actors that have added much to many movies and television shows.

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

One of the more faithful Grisham novels, if I recall. It's a fantastic film either way. She's already watched the firm, next should be the client. Rainmaker is good too, but is way different than the source material.

[@francescathomas3502]

Yeah Rain maker is good. Its been a while since I read the book. The book was about Tobacco and the movie was about gun violence - or is that the other way around? Cant remember.

[@OneArmedRetroGamer]

That was runaway jury Both examples. The book was about tobacco and the movie, gun The rainmaker is about a crooked insurance company.

[@havok6280]

Not entirely faithful. In the source novel, Darby Shaw and Gray Grantham (who are both white) become lovers, but not in the adaptation.

[@SS4Luxray]

@@havok6280that’s because the studio was afraid of possible backlash of Denzel and Julia having sex scenes in the film. It’s crazy in 1993, studios were afraid of interracial relationships in films

[@ruthsaunders9507]

@@SS4Luxray It makes much more sense to leave out any romance. The movie moves quickly and her lover was just murdered.

[@jonessmith3187]

I used to watch John Grisham legal movies a lot. I've seen The Client, A Time To Kill, The Chamber, The Rainmaker, and Runaway Jury more times than I can count, but i only remember watching Pelican Brief just once. Your reaction has made me want to give it another chance. Thank you, Popcorn In Bed! Also, definitely look up the clip of Denzel Washington winning his Oscar for Training Day. Julia Roberts presented it to him, and it's just a good speech as well as two former co-stars celebrating each other.

[@blue92blue92]

Carly's Look: When you have Popcorn In Bed at Noon but have cheerleader practice at 3. or When you had cheerleading practice at 3 and Popcorn In Bed started at 5.

[@ct6852]

Carly looks like she'd be really good at Volleyball to me.

[@mitchzurbrigg2403]

This is the best movie reaction channel on KZbin BY FAR.

[@WilliamScavengerFish]

You two should give the novel a read.

[@stevesilsby5288]

Thank you so uch for doing this film. Thirty-one years ago I watched "The Pelican Brief" in the theater and I'd forgotten how good it is. Keep up the great choices!

[@johncontreras2810]

Suggestion...Long Kiss Goodnight, love that movie

[@s.jackson8098]

Callahan (her professor/lover) was played by Sam Shepard, who also played Yeager in "The Right Stuff". Amazing man. Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright, novelist, poet, musician. Being a movie star was just his day job.

[@darost]

After book & movie I wrote US Govt for public information abt LA bayou to ask if it was possible. Army Corps of Engineers sent me a big load of info. Mississippi River & gulf coast is very complicated. Mississippi River was diverted by a canal in early 1800s but it was in the "wrong place" - the River would be several miles away if left alone. Fascinating! Lake Ponchatrain was enhanced to relieve flooding. The dikes throughout New Orleans help too. But it's always a struggle. Pelicans were endangered for awhile but have made a comeback. In Galveston too (brown pelicans in Gal).Julia Roberts has a million dollar smile! Thank you so much for your comments & for showing this!!!

[@cincysteelersfan]

Carly!!! So glad to see her again. I’ve got such a crush on her!

[@jayweb51]

It doesn't matter how many times I've watched movies with Julia Roberts in, that she doesn't show that cheeky but sensuous smile of hers.

[@JackReacheround]

You should consider 1408 for scary but not too scary, it's so good and very under rated.

[@ct6852]

Oh good one. Scariest PG-13 movie in history.

[@random_eskimo_in_the_rockies]

John Grisham's novels have been great movies, but what really makes this movie is one of America's GREATEST treasures: Denzel Washington. Julia Roberts is great, Sam What'shisname is a decent law professor, John Heard was good supporting friend (also played the father in Home Alone.) However, it's Denzel who really brings the "It" factor to this film. It helps that he has great chemistry with Julia, but Denzel could read an insurance policy and find a way to make it interesting.

[@hotchiemotchie]

The director, Alan J. Pakula, also directed All The President's Men. The spirit of that movie is very strong here.

[@raramonty5217]

1998 Fallen with Denzel and John Goodman...you can do this movie in October

[@ShifuCareaga]

This.

[@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra]

Best legal drama you may ever watch (which too few people seem to have seen---nowadays, anyway!): THE VERDICT [1982] Starring: Paul Newman, Charlotte Rampling; Lindsay Crouse; Jack Warden; James Mason... (et al.) Directed by (the great!): Sidney Lumet 🔥🔥 with a screenplay by (the equally stellar!): David Mamet 🤘🤘 [This is one of the strongest legal dramas ever committed to film.]

[@agentsculder2451]

I second this. The Verdict is incredible. Newman should have won Best Actor that year.

[@SonicProfessor_a.k.a._T._Andra]

@@agentsculder2451 100% agreed on Newman, as well.

[@cherrypi_b]

Oh, and another top movie you definitely should watch: The Constant Gardener. It's a political and legal thriller including romance with magnificent performances by Ralph Fiennes and Rachel Weisz. Weisz took home an Oscar for it. I haven't seen people react to it which is a real shame because it's a masterpiece!

[@markmontague5230]

Closing long-scene music is a keeper. Airport Goodbye.

[@WilliamCramer-b2b]

You were talking about films influencing people towards a career. Mine was the 1959’s Ben-Hur. After watching the movie, I got an unquenchable thirst to learn about Roman history. I ended up majoring in history, specializing in Roman history, focusing on the reasons for its decling and fall. You, and when your sister do a great job, keep it up. 👍

[@phillipray4380]

Someone mentioned this in the chat, and I’m going to second it here: check out Brian’s Song from 1971. It’s a true story about Brian Piccolo of the Chicago Bears.

[@garyhall2770]

True story. My mother was in labor the night Brian's song first aired. I was supposed to be a girl but I wasn't so you can guess what my real first name is.

[@r.d.hargrave8159]

Haven’t watched the reaction yet, but just loving some comments from the intro such as loving courtroom scenes and how can JR and DW be in a whole movie together so they are looking forward to watching both. 😂🤣

[@scottvanhille5688]

Hey sisters! Thank you so much for doing this request and glad it won a poll. Great seeing Tony Goldwyn again as an enemy, he plays them very well. Denzel and Julia have great chemistry, it's one of those that's completely opposite of Owen Wilson and Jackie Chan. The suspense, terror, confusion, and plot all involving this brief was spectacular, nice reaction. It deserved all the awards it won. I suggest Cliffhanger and Harry And The Hendersons.

[@ct6852]

Demolition Man is on the channel already.

[@scottvanhille5688]

@@ct6852 Thank you.

[@glenerickson358]

0:15. So adorable you two.

[@christopherten-eyck4473]

Thanks for another awesome reaction. Love you both. You make my night when I was trying to find a movie to the watch. Hello from Pa USA 🇺🇸 ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@kj6446]

boy that 1st 5 minutes turned out to be prophetic

[@RamblingRose08]

The Firm was my first Grisham and is still one of my favorite books, this was my favorite Grisham movie until Runaway Jury came out. It's been a long time since I've seen this and I'm so glad i got to experience it with you.

[@RESPECINIZEbcc]

I think my favorite aspect of PIB is when they recognize an actor from the projects that actor was probably most ashamed to have been in. Oohh that's Stanley Tucci from Easy A 😂

[@JR-tl2ym]

This movie came out in 1993, the same year as The Fugitive. I remember seeing them in theaters. What makes them work is they treat the audience like intelligent adults. There are no jokes, the protagonists are quiet and dont have big egos. The stakes are high but realistic. Wish they make them like that again.

[@tremorsfan]

The actor at 39:45 was a substitute teacher for my sister's class. I wasn't in the class but she told me that he shared stories about filming this movie. Like how it was his idea to look like he had just been eating.

[@jovanisanfemio7641]

Bars with washing and drying machines are a staple i New Orleans. Do your laundry and get drunk simultaneously!! ⚜️

[@ct6852]

Peak civilization.

[@dewaynejelks9088]

They might also like "Still of the Night" (1982) or "The Net" (1995)

[@joydawg]

John Grisham was a friend of the father of one of my middle school teachers in New Orleans. Her dad and Grisham went to Ole Miss together. My teacher’s sister was named Darby and that’s where Grisham got the name for Julia’s character.

[@Tr0nzoid]

I remember being excited about reading this and "The Firm" before it, and then "The Client" after it. The movies for both came out that same year with the biggest stars as leads. People like to joke about Grisham as being such mainstream books but they were fun, especially compared to a lot of what is popular now.

[@stefanconradsson]

Jay! Another Alan J. Pakula film. He also did the film “All the President's Men”. Possibly the most intelligent filmmaker ever. Cheers 🍺

[@charger70s]

A law student Shaw turns to a reporter for help when her far-fetched theory about the assassinations of two Supreme Court justices Jensen and Rosenberg puts her life in jeopardy.

[@VineVitumEt5]

"The Pelican Brief," is one of my favorite John Grisham novels and adaptions. It piqued my interest in studying the US legal system.

[@ThunderPants13]

The barking Doberman saved Darby and Gray's lives. 🐶

[@kimghanson]

I'd forgotten how good this movie is. We were spoiled in the last third of the twentieth. But don't we all wish justice could be served this way in real life?

[@MoMoMyPup10]

Have you seen the Bourne trilogy? Next level suspense films, and maybe a notch up form this movie

[@Joe67343]

She has seen them before the channel.

[@l.piloto7964]

The guy they chased her down behaves like a "spike" an agent trained to kill targets officially assigned to him. The guy who killed in adult theater and hotel room is what we commonly called a "kite", they are like spikes but work as for hire assassins that if this go wrong you cut the cord, and they are on their own. Spikes tend to be more brash since they have official covers, they have ties to gov agencies and have to be protected.

[@V_4_Versace]

When you say "we" who do you mean?? 👀

[@CineRam]

I'm glad that you both got to see this one. I had a feeling that you'd like it. How totally creepy was Stanley Tucci?

[@SimonDover]

This October do Horror comedies. There are some good ones, and you've earned it.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Cassie & Carly of the John Grisham Reaction Gang and Pelican Brief 💼 is the gift reaction I did not expect today to fall in my lap! Next up, hopefully, The Rainmaker! 🌧 👨‍⚖️! 🎉