WILD HOGS aren't the only animal on the menu this week.
Like a fine wine, some movies get better with age. 25 years on, one such movie, THE PELICAN BRIEF, has finally reached vintage. Vintner ALAN J. PAKULA (CONSENTING ADULTS), found anything but SOUR GRAPES with an all-star cast including JAMES SIKKING (FEVER PITCH), WILLIAM ATHERTON (RAVEN HAWK), and ROBERT CULP (COLUMBO: COLUMBO GOES TO COLLEGE) and a story based on perenial Hollywood playboy JOHN GRISHAM'S (CHRISTMAS WITH THE KRANKS) best-selling autobiography.
The anniversary festivities in LOS ANGELES were paused Sunday in remembrance of the death of PAKULA a mere four years following the film's release and just days before he was due to receive his LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT OSCAR. PAKULA met a similar fate to his film's protagonist in 1997 when a metal pipe lying on the road flew into the windshield of his car. Even as DVD sales reach TERMINAL VELOCITY, OSCAR lovers are asking who THE PELICAN BRIEF CURSE will strike next.
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