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The Pelican Brief

Most Rewatchable Scene

Verheek murder/Riverwalk sequence; classroom scene; all Shepard scenes

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  • The two judicial murders open the candidates; the first setting is corrected from a nursing home to a private home with a nurse.
  • Darby researches the common ground between the justices and presents her theory to Callahan.
  • Callahan’s car explodes after his remark that Michelle takes his breath away.
  • Verheek’s murder and Khamel’s subsequent attempt on Darby form a favored sequence.
  • Darby meets Gray in New York and explains that everyone she told about the brief is dead.
  • The newsroom scenes reunite Washington and Lithgow.
  • Coal warns the president in the limousine that the brief will not disappear.
  • Retrieving the safe-deposit box leads to the parking-garage chase.
  • The president finds Coal watching in the camera room.
  • The farewell hug and Gray’s television interview conclude the story.
  • The final meeting with Voyles feels like the most triumphant moment.
  • The Riverwalk assassination is a final choice, especially the crowd scattering after the shooting.
  • Callahan’s classroom scene is another final choice for its distinctly 1990s atmosphere.
  • All of Shepard’s scenes together are the remaining final choice.