Philadelphia
Summary:
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 d... Full Summary >>
Cast:
Tom Hanks - (Andrew Beckett)
Denzel Washington - (Joe Miller)
Jason Robards, Jr. - (Charles Wheeler)
Mary Steenburgen - (Belinda Conine)
Antonio Banderas - (Miguel Alvarez)
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Review:
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) d... Continue >>
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