Philadelphia
Philadelphia is a 1993 American legal drama film written by Ron Nyswaner, directed by Jonathan Demme 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 employer, who fired him after discovering he was gay and that he had AIDS.
Plot
Andrew Beckett is a senior associate at the largest corporate law firm in Philadelphia. He conceals his homosexuality and his status as an AIDS patient from others in the office. A partner in the firm notices a lesion on Beckett's forehead. Although Beckett attributes the lesion to a racquetball injury, it indicates Kaposi's sarcoma, an AIDS-defining condition.
Awards
Cast
- Adam LeFevre
- Andre B. Blake
- Ann Dowd
- Ann Howard
- Anna Deavere Smith
- Antonio Banderas
- Bill Rowe
- Billy Ray Tyson
- Bradley Whitford
- Buzz Kilman
- Carmen Mahiques
- Chandra Wilson
- Charles Glenn
- Charles Napier
- Charles Techman
- Dan Olmstead
- Daniel Chapman
- Daniel von Bargen
- Daniel Wolff
- David Drake
- Debra H. Ballard
- Dennis Radesky
- Denzel Washington
- Dodie Demme
- Donna Hamilton
- Donovan Mannato
- Ed Rendell
- Edward Kirkland
- Elizabeth Roby
- Ford Wheeler
- Freddie Foxxx
- Gary Goetzman
- Gene Borkan
- Glen Hartell
- Harry Northup
- Ira Flitter
- Jaimé P. Gomez
- James B. Howard
- Jane Moore
- Jason Robards
- Jeffrey Williamson
- Jim Roche
- Joanne Woodward
- Joey Perillo
- John Bedford Lloyd
- John Ignarri
- John T. O'Connell
- Jordan Cael
- José Castillo
- Julius Erving
- Karen Finley
- Kathryn Witt
- Katie Lintner
- Kenneth Utt
- Lauren Roselli
- Lawrence T. Wrentz
- Leigh Smiley
- Lisa Summerour
- Lisa Talerico
- Lucas Platt
- Mark Sorensen Jr.
- Mary Steenburgen
- Meghan Tepas
- Melissa Fraser Brown
- Molly Hickok
- Obba Babatundé
- Patricia Greenwell
- Paul Lazar
- Paul Moore
- Peg French
- Peter Jacobs
- Philip Joseph 'PJ' McGee
- Q Lazzarus
- Quentin Crisp
- Richard Ehrlich
- Robert Ridgely
- Robert W. Castle
- Roberta Maxwell
- Roger Corman
- Ron Vawter
- Stephanie Roth Haberle
- Steve Vignari
- Steven Scales
- Tak Fujimoto
- The Flirtations
- Tom Hanks
- Tony Fitzpatrick
- Tracey Walter
- Warren Miller