Top billed cast

1. 

   Tom Hanks

   Andrew Beckett

2. 

   Denzel Washington

   Joe Miller

3. 

   Jason Robards

   Charles Wheeler

4. 

   Mary Steenburgen

   Belinda Conine

5. 

   Antonio Banderas

   Miguel Alvarez

6. 

   Ron Vawter

   Bob Seidman

7. 

   Robert Ridgely

   Walter Kenton

8. 

   Charles Napier

   Judge Garnett

9. 

   Lisa Summerour

   Lisa Miller

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Reviews

A review by John Chard

Written by John Chard on 2019-11-11

What do you love about the law, Andrew?

Andrew Beckett is a gay lawyer infected with AIDS, who in spite of being his law firm's rising star, is fired on a trumped up charge of negligence. Refusing to accept defeat, Andrew manages to enlist the help of homophobic lawyer Joe Miller, whom it's hoped, can prove that the firm acted disgracefully out of fear of Andrew's illness. But can Joe throw off his own prejudice? Can Andrew keep it together as AIDS starts to take a hold?

Philadelphia was the film to really bring the horrors of AIDS to the masses. Though certainly not the first film to d...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$26,000,000.00

Revenue
$206,678,440.00

Keywords

• philadelphia, pennsylvania
• court
• jurors
• aids
• pennsylvania, usa
• homophobia
• lawsuit
• partner
• hiv
• lawyer
• dying
• lgbt
• discrimination
• judiciary
• 1980s
• courtroom drama
• gay theme