The Pelican Brief

Movie • 1993 • Crime  

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Two Supreme Court Justices have been assassinated. One lone law student has stumbled upon the truth. An investigative journalist wants her story. Everybody else wants her dead.
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Does the dog die?
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Are animals abused?
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Is someone sexually assaulted?
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Does a cat die?
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Does an animal die?
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Does a pet die?
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Were animals harmed in the making?
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Is there pedophilia?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is a minor sexualized?
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Abuse
Is someone stalked?
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denzel washington's character (a journalist) stalks a potential source, taking pictures of him and following him in a car
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Animal
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Bodily Harm
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A character has difficulty breathing due to a brief anxiety attack. The words “I can’t breathe” are said several times.
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Is someone burned alive?
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Is someone buried alive?
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Does a head get squashed?
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Is there a hanging?
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Does someone have a seizure?
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Are any teeth damaged?
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Does someone fall to their death?
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Fear
Are there ghosts?
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Are there jump scares?
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Is someone possessed?
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Medical
Are needles/syringes used?
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Is there a mental institution scene?
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Does someone have cancer?
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Mental Health
Is there autism specific abuse?
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A main character has a brief anxiety attack that involves crying and difficulty breathing. It is shown clearly on screen but the viewer is placed as an observer of the attack and not a participant.
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Is there body dysmorphia?
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Is there a claustrophobic scene?
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Does someone have an eating disorder?
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Prejudice
Does the black guy die first?
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Sex
Are there incestuous relationships?
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no, but there is audio of pornography in a theatre early on
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Vehicular
Does a car crash?
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Not a crash, but a car bomb is used and the car explodes with a person inside.
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Does a plane crash?
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Is someone hit by a car?
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Violence
Does someone drown?
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Is there blood/gore?
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a man is shot early in the movie and blood can be seen on his head and the bedsheets, later aroung 59:00 a man is shot off camera and blood is seen sprayed on the television, at 1:04:45 a man is shot, his blood and body are seen
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Is there a nuclear explosion?
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Is there gun violence?
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