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Philadelphia
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Philadelphia is a 1993 American drama film directed by Jonathan Demme, who also served as a producer alongside Edward Saxon. The screenplay was written by Ron Nyswaner, with Howard Shore composing the music and Tak Fujimoto handling cinematography. The cast includes Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, and Mary Steenburgen. Produced by TriStar Pictures, the film was shot in locations including Philadelphia City Hall, the University of Pennsylvania, and Spectrum. It is classified as a trial film and LGBTQ-related film, with a runtime of 125 minutes.
The narrative is set in Philadelphia and deals with homophobia and HIV/AIDS. The project was inspired by Geoffrey Bowers. It received the Academy Award for Best Actor and the Academy Award for Best Original Song, along with the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films. Nominations included the Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, and the Academy Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyling. The film has a Metascore of 66 and an IMDb rating of 7.7.
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7.7Two 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.
Cast
- Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett
- Denzel Washington as Joe Miller
- Jason Robards as Charles Wheeler
- Mary Steenburgen as Belinda Conine
- Antonio Banderas as Miguel Alvarez
- Ron Vawter as Bob Seidman
Themes
- philadelphia, pennsylvania
- court
- jurors
- aids
- pennsylvania, usa
- homophobia
- lawsuit
- partner
- hiv
- lawyer
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Ratings
IMDb
7.7/10
272,691 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
83%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 1993
- Runtime
- 125 min
- Genres
- Drama
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Won 2 Oscars. 21 wins & 23 nominations total
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Encyclopedic overview
Philadelphia is a 1993 American legal drama film directed and produced by Jonathan Demme, written by Ron Nyswaner, and starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Filmed on location in its namesake city, it tells the story of attorney Andrew Beckett (Hanks) who comes to ask a personal injury attorney, Joe Miller (Washington), to help him sue his former law firm, who fired him after discovering he was gay and that he had AIDS. The cast also features Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, and Joanne Woodward.
Philadelphia is 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. It premiered in Los Angeles on December 14, 1993, in a benefit for the AIDS Project, and opened in limited release on December 22, before expanding into wide release by TriStar Pictures on January 14, 1994. It grossed $206.7 million worldwide, becoming the 9th highest-grossing film of 1993.
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