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Philadelphia
| Genre: | Drama |
| Mood: | Intense, Moving |
| Decade: | 1990's |
| Country: | United States |
| Director: | Jonathan Demme |
| Actor: | Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington |
| Release Year: | 1993 |
| Studio: | Sony Pictures |
| Runtime: | 125 Mins. |
| Format: | Color |
| Rating: | PG-13 |
| New On: | Site |
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WHAT IT'S ABOUT:Fired from his job when his employers learn that hes HIV positive, corporate lawyer Andrew Beckett (Hanks) hires the only person willing to take on his discrimination case: personal-injury specialist Joe Miller (Washington), a man who harbors his own anti-homosexual prejudice. Will this unlikely pair form a winning team in the courtroom? WHY I LOVE IT:The first mainstream film to deal squarely with the issue of AIDS, Demme's groundbreaking "Philadelphia" is a profoundly moving drama that digs into the ethics of how society views gay men. Strong performances by Best Actor winner Hanks as the ailing Beckett and Washington as a city lawyer who comes to see his client's disease not as a scourge to fear, but as an opportunity for compassion, will not leave a dry eye in your den. This is an eye-opening film, and still tremendously relevant today, with a memorable title song by Bruce Springsteen.
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