Philadelphia (1993)

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Philadelphia is the story of a brilliant lawyer gay “Andrew Beckett” (peak of his career) played by Tom Hanks who is unjustly fired because the AIDS patient. Andrew is defended (in the case against the lawyers who have fired him) from “Joe Miller” who was also lawyer, played by Denzel Washington, who initially shows indifference to the cause, but then becomes sensitive to Andrew and decide to defend him.

Also co-starring Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward.
Directed by Robert Zemeckis.

Tom Hanks thanks to this extraordinary performance won his first Academy Award.
The music for this tribute is Goodbye Philadelphia by Peter Cincotti.

Widely acclaimed Philadelphia is a film dealing with both AIDS and homosexuality and consequences like discrimination against people living with AIDS and homosexuals.

When Andy Beckett (Tom Hanks) first tells Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) he has AIDS, he backs away to the rear of his office, eyes widened in panic. [more]

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IMDb ranking: 7.6/10 (54,901 votes)

Won 2 Oscars. Another 9 wins & 12 nominations