normamc9

11th May 2010

The Pelican Brief (1993)

Corrected entry: When Gray and Darby go to see Gavin's wife, Gray says, "We believe it wasn't an accidental murder." Since when is a murder accidental?

normamc9

Correction: Normamc9 is correct. "Murder" is the deliberate taking of a life. Accidentally killing someone is called "manslaughter." You can't "accidentally murder" someone. The line should be "we believe it wasn't an accident" or "we don't believe his death want an accident."

Correction: They weren't seeing Gavin's wife. It was Morgan's wife they wanted to talk to. Morgan (known as Garcia in most of the film) was supposedly killed in a random mugging incident. Gray's remark means he believes the mugging/killing of Morgan was not a random accident, but a planned assassination.