Philadelphia
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Director: Jonathan Demme
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Based on novel: no
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Cast: Tom Hanks, Denzil Washington, Jason Robards, Anna Deveare Smith, Mary
Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward, Tracey Walter
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Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
o Tom Hanks – Cloud Atlas, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, Catch
Me If You Can, The Road to Perdition, Cast Away, The Green Mile, You Have Mail,
Saving Private Ryan, Forrest Gump, Sleepless in Seattle, A League of Their Own,
Joe and the Volcano, Punchline
o Denzil Washington
– The Book of Eli, The Great Debaters, Antwone Fisher, The Siege, Devil
in a Blue Dress, The Pelican File, Much Ado about Nothing, Malcolm X,
Mississippi Masala, Mo’ Better Blues
o Jason Robards – A
Thousand Acres, Beloved, Johnny Got His Gun, Isadora
o Anna Deveare Smith –
Nurse Jackie, Rachel Getting Married, Rent, The Human Stain, Dave
o Mary Steenburgen – Song
One, The Help, Honeydripper, The Dead Girl, I Am Sam, What’s Eating Gilbert
Grape?
o Antonio Banderas – Once
Upon a Time in Mexico, Frida, Evita, The House of Spirits
o Joanne Woodward –
must have seen her in something
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Why? Bruce Springsteen’s song
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Seen: Once before. Now 18 August 2019
Andy (Hanks) is a hotshot corporate attorney.
He is given a very prestigious account.
He has AIDS. He is fired.
He turns to Joe Miller (Washington),
a slick talking lawyer and rival to Andy on previous cases, to sue his
employers. Problem – Joe is both homophobic and terrified of catching AIDS.
Still, the legalities fascinate him, and he takes on the case.
It goes to trial.
It’s very dramatic and emotionally
charged and it deals with painful and important issues. Hanks won a well-deserved
Oscar. Washington could have got one too.
Unfortunately, the loving family is
smeared on a bit thick and it loses momentum at the end. Cutting the last ten
minutes or so would have sharpened it up.
4 * of 5
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