Product Information
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
EAN5050629988215
eBay Product ID (ePID)170374760
Product Key Features
ActorAntonio Banderas, Denzel Washington, Mary Steenburgen, Tom Hanks, Tracey Walter, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards
Film/TV TitlePhiladelphia
DirectorJonathan Demme
LanguageEnglish
Subtitle LanguageArabic\Chinese\Czech\Danish\Dutch\English\Finnish\French\German\Greek\Hebrew\Hindi\Hungarian\Italian\Japanese\Norwegian\Polish\Portuguese\Russian\Spanish\Spanish Latin American\Swedish\Thai
Run Time125 Mins
Aspect Ratio1.85 Anamorphic Wide Screen
Release Year2013
FormatBlu-ray
FeaturesWidescreen, Deleted Scenes\Music video for the Academy Award-winning original song, ''Streets of Philadelphian' performed by Bruce Springsteen\Courthouse Protest Footage & Interviews\People Like Us: Making Philadelphia\Original Making-of Featurette\The critically acclaimed documentary ''One Foot on a Banana Peel, the Other Foot in the Grave'', With Subtitles
Additional Product Features
Number of Discs1
Certificate12A/12
Country/Region of ManufactureUnited States of America
ComposerHoward Shore
AwardsBest Actor In A Leading Role 1994 - Tom Hanks
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.
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...
Sound sourceDolby Digital
Movie/TV TitlePhiladelphia
Consumer AdviceContains moderate sex references