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17 Dec, 1993

The Pelican Brief

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Washington plays reporter Gray Grantham in the crime drama The Pelican Brief. A law student, played by Julia Roberts, writes a legal brief about the motives behind the killings of two Supreme Court justices. A failed assassination attempt on her life validates the accuracy of her brief. She teams up with Grantham as they both try to find evidence of the truth. On accepting the role:

They just asked me to do it. I said, ‘Hey, this is a no-brainer.’ I got to ride the Julia machine. Julia’s a moneymaking machine.

The Pelican Brief (1993) Official Trailer - Denzel Washington, Julia Roberts Thriller Movie HD

24 Nov, 1993

Mrs. Doubtfire

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Williams stars in this comedy as Daniel Hillard, a father posing as his ex-wife’s housekeeper and nanny named Mrs. Doubtfire, so that he may spend more time with his three children. The film also stars Sally Field.

It’s a love story basically about a man and his children. He can’t imagine being away from them for one day so he goes and takes a desperate measure to be with them everyday.

Mrs. Doubtfire Trailer

Nov 1993

Cyborg 2

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In this sci-fi action thriller directed by Michael Schroeder, Jolie plays Cassella “Cash” Reese, a cyborg designed to seduce. Cash seduces her way into the competition’s facilities as planned but falls for one of the humans she is supposed to destroy.  The two decide to escape with trackers hot on their tales.  Co-starring Elias Koteas and Jack Palance. On the first time she watched it:

Oh, I threw up. I did. I saw it and I threw up. Just nausea. But the kickboxing was fun. It was the first time I was sent to do kickboxing. But I was 17 and I think I thought I was making a real movie, which is odd, since there’s a scene when I’m decapitated and talking … as one does. But, yeah, I saw it and got really sick. I just remember my brother Jamie [Haven] holding me and saying, ‘It’s going to be all right.

CYBORG 2 - Trailer

11 Oct, 1993

WWE debut

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The Rock N’ Roll Express make their WWE debut on Monday Night RAW and defeat the team of Duane Gill and Barry Hardy in one minute and forty-five seconds. Morton comments:

Robert and I were rock stars and really didn’t know it. I wouldn’t change anything.

13 Sep, 1993

Late Night with Conan O’Brien

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O’Brien debuts his first major television show, Late Night with Conan O’Brien. The show’s cold open features the host being compared to his predecessor, David Letterman, right before he goes on stage. The episode consists of an opening monologue, comedy bits with sidekick Andy Richter, and appearances by guests John Goodman, Drew Barrymore, and Tony Randall.