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Philadelphia
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PG13,2hrs 5min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 1, 1993
Director:
Jonathan Demme
Distributor:
Columbia TriStar
Starring:
Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Jr.  ...more
Synopsis: At the time of its release, Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia was the first big-budget Hollywood film to tackle the medical, political, and social issues of AIDS. Tom Hanks, in his first Academy Award-winning performance, plays Andrew Beckett, a talented lawyer at a stodgy Philadelphia law firm. The homosexual Andrew has contracted AIDS but fears informing his firm about the disease. The firm's senior partner, Charles Wheeler (Jason Robards), assigns Andrew a case involving their most important client. ... Full Synopsis
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Widely noted as the first mainstream studio film to deal with AIDS, and featuring two of the world's biggest actors (Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington), Jonathan Demme's moving, well-intentioned drama, despite its naysayers, is a challenging and sometimes surprising work. Both leads (especially Hanks, in his first Oscar-winning role) deliver wonderfully nuanced portrayals, and Demme's signature touches ... Full Review
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Tom Hanks
Andrew Beckett
Denzel Washington
Joe Miller
Jason Robards, Jr.
Charles Wheeler
Mary Steenburgen
Belinda Conine
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