Philadelphia
starring: Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman, Karen Finley
directed by: Jonathan Demme
directed by: Jonathan Demme
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Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Binding: DVD
Brand: Sony
EAN: 9780800141806
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, Widescreen, NTSC
ISBN: 0800141806
Label: Sony Pictures
Manufacturer: Sony Pictures
Number Of Items: 1
Picture Format: Anamorphic Widescreen
Publisher: Sony Pictures
Region Code: 1
Release Date: September 10, 1997
Running Time: 125 minutes
Sales Rank: 5040
Studio: Sony Pictures
Theatrical Release Date: December 23, 1993
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Product Description:
No one would take his case until one man was willing to take on the system. Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for aids discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries. Studio: Sony Pictures Home Ent Release Date: 02/20/2007 Starring: Tom Hanks Denzel Washington Run time: 125 minutes Rating: Pg13 Director: Jonathan Demme
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Philadelphia wasn't the first movie about AIDS (it followed such worthy independent films as Parting Glances and Longtime Companion), but it was the first Hollywood studio picture to take AIDS as its primary subject. In that sense, Philadelphia is a historically important film. As such, it's worth remembering that director Jonathan Demme (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild, The Silence of the Lambs) wasn't interested in preaching to the converted; he set out to make a film that would connect with a mainstream audience. And he succeeded. Philadelphia was not only a hit, it also won Oscars for Bruce Springsteen's haunting 'The Streets of Philadelphia,' and for Tom Hanks as the gay lawyer Andrew Beckett who is unjustly fired by his firm because he has AIDS. Denzel Washington is another lawyer (functioning as the mainstream-audience surrogate) who reluctantly takes Beckett's case and learns to overcome his misconceptions about the disease, about those who contract it, and about gay people in general. The combined warmth and humanism of Hanks and Demme were absolutely essential to making this picture a success. The cast also features Jason Robards, Antonio Banderas (as Beckett's lover), Joanne Woodward, and Robert Ridgely, and, of course, those Demme regulars Charles Napier, Tracey Walter, and Roger Corman. --Jim Emerson
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- Tom's best acting yet..This is, by far, one of the best movies. The story is moving, and will have you in tears multiple ... Read More
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- An `important' film that is highly `over-hyped'...`Philadelphia' tells the heroic tale of Andrew Beckett, a one time hot young lawyer who was unjustly ... Read More
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- Fighting for what's right.Philadelphia starring Tom Hanks is a powerful movie from beginning to end. I have seen this film many ... Read More
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- MIND GAMEIf you'd told me 15 years ago that Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington were about to become major ... Read More
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- One of the first films to take aids seriouslyI love Tom Hanks in anything of course, but this was a very good movie about how America was back in the ... Read More
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