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Synopsis:
At the time of its release, Jonathan Demme's Philadelphia was the first big-budget Hollywood film to tackle the medical, political, and social issues of AIDS. Tom Hanks, in his first Academy Award-winning performance, plays Andrew Beckett, a talented lawyer at a stodgy Philadelphia law firm. The homosexual Andrew has contracted AIDS but fears informing his firm about the disease. The firm's senior partner, Charles Wheeler (Jason Robards), assigns Andrew a case involving their most important client.
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Movie Details:
- Director: Jonathan Demme
- Studio: TriStar
- Year: 1993
- Run Time: 125 minutes
- Country: USA
- Language: English
- MPAA Rating: PG13 (for some graphic language and thematic material)
- Category: Feature
- Genre/Type: Drama
- Filmed in: Color











