| | Philadelphia DVD (2 Customer Reviews)
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Recommended Movies, Social Issues Videos, Tragedy, Tear Jerker, Illness, Law/Lawyers, AFI Top 100 Movie Songs, AFI Top 50 Heroes | | Starring | Tom Hanks, Mary Steenburgen, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Antonio Banderas, Tracey Walter, Joanne Woodward, Robert Castle, Buzz Kilman | | Director | Jonathan Demme | | Additional Music/Songs | Neil Young, Bruce Springsteen | | Composer | Howard Shore | | Director of Photography | Tak Fujimoto | | Executive Producer | Gary Goetzman, Kenneth Utt, Ron Bozman | | Producer | Jonathan Demme, Edward Saxon | | Screenwriter | Ron Nyswaner |
Tom Hanks plays Andrew Beckett, a hotshot Philadelphia lawyer who has been keeping his homosexuality, and his AIDS, hidden from his conservative bosses. When he's suddenly and inexplicably fired, Andrew suspects AIDS is the reason, and is determined to fight in court, even as he is losing his other battle, against the disease. Beckett hires attorney Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) to represent him, but the lawyer must first overcome his own homophobia and fears. Director Jonathan Demme filmed this after winning the Oscar for SILENCE OF THE LAMBS. The amazing cast includes Antonio Banderas, Joanne Woodward, and Jason Robards. Roger Corman and Charles Napier, both in LAMBS, make appearances. Bruce Springsteen's haunting song "Streets of Philadelphia" plays over the memorable opening credits. This sensitive, moody film touches on a vast array of subjects surrounding gay and straight men, family, and death, without ever being maudlin or preachy, which is to its immense credit. An undoubted influence on society's growing acceptance of homosexuality, PHILADELPHIA reminds us how far we've come in that direction, and how far we still need to go. Theatrical release: January 1994.
Jonathan Demme directed the music video for Bruce Springsteen's "Murder Incorporated" at Tramps in New York City. The songs "Murder Incorporated" and "Streets of Philadelphia" can both be found on Springsteen's GREATEST HITS album.
Director Jonathan Demme decided to make a film about AIDS when his close friend Juan Botas discovered he was HIV+. Botas, after spending months with a group of men with full-blown AIDS, informed Demme that the physical battle with the disease would be a "compelling subject for a documentary." Demme agreed and later decided to make "Philadelphia."
According to Premiere magazine, Demme examined several possible narratives but was most interested in stories like Clarence B. Cain's. Cain, an associate in a Philadelphia office of a Cleveland-based law-firm, lost his job only two weeks after telling his superiors about his health status. Cain took his case to a federal court and won a $157,000 settlement. Sadly, Cain died only two months later. He was just 38 years old.
A lawsuit was also filed against TriStar Pictures by the family of New York attorney Geoffrey Bowers, who claimed that the film was based on the life of that lawyer, who also had AIDS. After five days of testimony, a settlement in the case was reached when the makers of PHILADELPHIA acknowledged that the movie "was inspired in part by" Bowers's life. Bowers died in 1987.
When Demme and Nyswaner pitched the film's concept to Orion production head Marc Platt, he suggested that they insert a character mainstream audiences could identify with. So they decided to make Tom Hanks's lawyer, played by Denzel Washington, a "rabidly homophobic, aggressively heterosexual attorney."
Robert Castle, who played Tom Hanks's father in the film, is Demme's "Cousin Bobby," and was the subject of a Demme documentary of that name.
Entertainment Weekly reported that several scenes shot by Demme ultimately were excised from the film. These include romantic sequences between Andrew (Tom Hanks's character) and his lover--the lack of which has earned the film criticism from gay groups--and a scene in which a homosexual propositions Joe, the homophobic lawyer.
Philadelphia Quotes/Excerpts: "I hate this job."--Belinda Conine (Mary Steenburgen) Philadelphia Reviews: "...Landmark..." - Recommended
-- Anthony Reilly, Premiere "...A moving experience....PHILADELPHIA is successful because it is intelligent, sensitive and committed..."
-- Stella Bruzzi, Sight and Sound "...As a piece of moviemaking PHILADELPHIA often works wonderfully well..."
-- Lawrence O'Toole, Entertainment Weekly "...PHILADELPHIA is a good movie...and the Hanks performance is one of the best of the year..."
-- Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times Philadelphia | List Price | $14.94 (You save $5.15) | | Studio | Sony Pictures Home Entertainment | | Orig Year | 1993 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  3960  | | CD Universe Part number | 1181585 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Feb 20, 2007 | | Rating | PG-13 (MPAA) | | Running Time | 125 Minutes | | Additional Info | Widescreen | | Movie Details | Color; Dolby Surround AC-3 Sound; Digitally Processed; Letter Boxed; Widescreen; Deluxe Widescreen Presentation |
Philadelphia Movie Review Average Rating: (4 out of 5 stars)   HEARTWARMING . . .
An excellent movie, sure to move you greatly, as it should.
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Best performance by Tom Hanks in this movie!
What a really good movie this was a very touching, contraversial and a emotional story by the performance of Tom Hanks. It was sad at the end of this movie where he had the AIDS virus and died from it after becoming a brilliant lawyer in his career.
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This review is for a different format. Informative, touching movie
We had a film showing for our Nursing Care Management Class, about our lesson on Sexually transmitted disease, so to be able to relate the topics, we had this movie Philadelphia..after knowing, that the cast of the movie were that powerful, i was really expecting that the movie is good..Fortunately, after watching it.. I can really say, that i learned many things in the movie..especially views about those HIV / AIDS victim....
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The title character leads viewers through an accidental travelogue of American social history from the early 1960s through the present in this revisionist fable. Vietnam, desegregation, Watergate, and more are presented from the perspective of Tom Hanks's loveably slow-witted Forrest Gump as he finds himself embroiled in situations he can't quite comprehend. Hanks leads an excellent cast, featuring Robin Wright Penn as Jenny, Forrest's lifelong love; Gary Sinise as the irascible Lt. Dan, his Vietnam superior; Mykelti Williamson as Bubba, a shrimp-loving soldier; and Sally Fields as his devoted mother. Robert Zemeckis's emotional, heartwarming film garnered 13 Academy Award nominations and six wins, including Best Picture, Director, Actor--Tom Hanks, and Adapted Screenplay.
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For over three generations, El Chavo del 8 has charmed Spanish-speaking audiences the world over with its wildly zany appeal. A Mexican television landmark still on syndication to this very day, the series is a winning formula of slapstick comedy and social commentary that is reminiscent of The Little Rascals. El Chavo is an eight-year-old (played by a full-grown adult male) who practically lives inside a barrel in the courtyard of a community filled with loony but memorable characters. This second volume of THE BEST OF EL CHAVO DEL 8 compiles some of the series' best loved moments from its 30-year history, including "Billetes de Loteria," "Clases de Box," "La Casita del Chavo," "La Torta," "La Pelea de Don Ramon," and "Clases de Guitarra."
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| | Lo Mejor Del Chavo Del 8 - Vol. 1 DVD (1973)
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More hilarious sketch comedy from Mexico's most beloved star. Stars Roberto Gomez, Bolandos, Ramon Gomez, Valdez Castillo. Spanish language.
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