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The cast also features Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, and Joanne Woodward. Philadelphia is notable for being one of the first mainstream Hollywood films not only to explicitly address HIV/AIDS and homophobia, but also to portray gay people in a positive light.
Philadelphia (1993) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more.
Fearing it would compromise his career, lawyer Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) hides his homosexuality and HIV status at a powerful Philadelphia law firm. But his secret is exposed when a colleague ...
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- Jonathan Demme
- PG-13
- Tom Hanks
After wrapping Sleepless in Seattle, Hanks lost almost 40 pounds to embody the AIDS-stricken Andrew Beckett, who, unable to find an attorney willing to take his case, ends up with a homophobic...
- Holly Millea
Sep 30, 2021 · Philadelphia follows Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett, a lawyer at a prestigious firm in, of course, Philadelphia. As the movie develops, we learn that Beckett has been presumably wrongfully terminated because of his HIV-positive status.
Brothers by Blood (originally known as The Sound of Philadelphia) [5] is a 2020 crime drama film written, directed, and produced by Jeremie Guez, based on the 1991 novel Brotherly Love by Pete Dexter. It stars Matthias Schoenaerts, Joel Kinnaman, Maika Monroe, Paul Schneider, Nicholas Crovetti and Ryan Phillippe.
Dec 30, 2021 · Gay lawyer Andy Beckett (Tom Hanks) sues his former employer for discrimination because he was fired for having AIDS. He asks Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) to represent him.
