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Two men, an AIDS sufferer and a black lawyer, launch an historic struggle against society's ignorance and intolerance towards AIDS. Tom Hanks won an Academy Award for his masterful performance and he is ably supported by Washington and Robbards.Product Identifiers
EAN5035822988231
eBay Product ID (ePID)3943944
Product Key Features
Film/TV TitlePhiladelphia
ActorAntonio Banderas, Denzel Washington, Mary Steenburgen, Tom Hanks, Tracey Walter, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards
DirectorJonathan Demme
FormatDVD
LanguageEnglish
Release Year1998
FeaturesScene Access\Interactive Menus
GenreDrama, General
Additional Product Features
Certificate12A/12
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ReviewsEntertainment Weekly - ...As a piece of moviemaking PHILADELPHIA often works wonderfully well..., Premiere - "...Landmark..." - Recommended, Sight and Sound - ...A moving experience....PHILADELPHIA is successful because it is intelligent, sensitive and committed...
Additional InformationAfter a solid track record and a much-deserved promotion, Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), a handsome, upwardly mobile Philadelphia lawyer, loses his high-paying corporate job when he starts developing full-blown AIDS. Though Andrew's firm attributes his dismissal to his supposedly poor performance, he knows otherwise, and he won't accept the firm's discrimination lying down. Andrew will do whatever is necessary to prosecute. But when nine other lawyers refuse to help him, Andrew reluctantly hires Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), a showy, homophobic, ambulance-chasing lawyer whose first reaction to the news that Andrew has AIDS is to rush to the doctor and have himself checked. Despite Joe's fear and dislike of gays, he and Andrew discover they've got quite a bit in common, and they decide they're going to fight to the finish. The result is an emotionally potent drama that doesn't flinch from exposing the long-term effects of the disease on Beckett and his friends and family. Jonathan Demme directs and Bruce Springstein sings the title song, 'Streets of Philadelphia,' part of an Academy Award-winning score.
Movie/TV TitlePhiladelphia
ComposerHoward Shore
Sound sourceDolby Digital
AwardsBest Actor In A Leading Role 1994 - Tom Hanks
Format DescriptionDVD 5