I nursed HIV Patients in the 80's and 90's. It was heartbreaking as one after another died. Their friends/lovers/also died. Drug addicts who shared needles also died. It was an honor to nurse them with the dignity they deserved. We became their family.
Your words truly encouraged me to strive for my dream as a nurse with HIV specialty. As a current Nursing student, I always desire to nurse them with the dignity there absolutely deserve.
@@mg305 No i didn't. You have to remember no one knew of this disease until people started getting sick and dying plus seemed to only be homosexual males at the time. People also contracted through blood transfusions. I don't even know why I'm answering you, i find your comment insulting to all who spread HIV not knowing they even had it. It was your type of narrow mindness that caused the stigma of people with HIV.
@@mg305 Yes i know by the 90,s it was well known HIV was spread through unprotected sex. What i am trying to say is the people i nursed caught HIV long before the 90's and were full blown aids by the 90s. HIV doesn't present immediately and can also lay dormant. You are a dr?? Oh and FYI i am no angel.
You may be mistaken in the perception of what is traumatizing to Andrew. When we choose to walk a path that is against others, to change the world, we know we will be in the centre of the fire. We walk there willingly, and have no shame, no trauma. This scene proves that the trauma is only in the perception of the people around him.
Absolutely one of the most powerful and memorable scenes in cinematic history! We all know the genius that Washington and Hanks bring to the table but Mary Steenburgen was absolutely masterful.
The "well done" look Andy is able to give through his exhaustion and sickness after he answers the question about his chest lesions always gets me. In that moment, it wasn't about AIDS, it wasn't about his wrongful termination/discrimination case. Instead it was a brief return to appreciating the skill of a man he tangled with in the past and the ultimate show of respect. Brilliant acting from everyone in this movie. I miss movies like this.
While I was in college in Chicago during the mid to late 80s, I volunteered deliver meals from a local restaurant every Wednesday night to the AIDS patients at Illinois Masonic Hospital. They couldn’t find anyone willing to do it. Everyone was scared that AIDS was easily transmitted. I had faith that I would be safe doing this work to help those in need. Every Wednesday the number of meals would either increase or decrease based on the number of patients who passed or were admitted. No one was going home from there at that time. It was one of the most humbling while satisfying experiences in my life.
Thank you so much for delivering meals to patients in the late 80's. I remember when people wouldn't sit in a chair that a person with HIV had just sat in. So many people thought it was highly contagious.
It's because she's tired of looking immoral by defending a bunch of bigots & making the victimized gay man with AIDS look like the bad guy. It would probably suck to be a defense attorney at times.
@@KleWdSide I don't think they should have fired him for being gay or having AIDS; but I am getting tired of people throwing out the term "bigot" when everyone is one and has been one.
I took a class in college called "Law and Public Affairs". We had these long 40-50 page, dense chapters filled with legal terminology to read on a weekly basis. I used to put this movie on in the background while I read my book. It's not that I want to be a lawyer or anything, but this movie just really got me in the mood to read my law book. Great movie.
@@lorklorkman7937 erm actually if you looked into the stats you'll find that heterosexual people are more at risk of developing HIV (then AIDS if not treated) these days because of stupid comments you just made. And also it makes you look rather gay yourself as most people whom have a lot of hate for LGBT people in general, are not comfortable in their own sexuality.
I was watching Schindler's list and questioning how on earth does Liam Neeson didn't get the Oscar nod . Then I watched this masterpiece and I would finally say that Tom Hanks deserved it . Awesome portrayal .
It is so difficult to root for one exceptional performance over a second one equally exceptional. Some years it is a famine of good movies but someone has to be declared a winner. Other years you wish it had been a two-way or three-way tie!
Smart Lady! Also keep in mind that while she is the prosecuting attorney, she is also compassionate. Maybe she knew or or had someone who had AIDS and it hit too close to home.
I’ll never forget watching this movie for the first time with my own sister. I reached for her hand and we cried when they panned to his sister, the look in her eyes of heartbreak watching someone you love being treated so unjustly 😢
I think Mary Steenburgen did really well here. Obviously her job is to defend the partners who fired Andrew and yes this involves taking the most aggressive approach, however you can tell that underneath she is struggling with her empathy.
@ Plato2017: Sorry, _where_ do you see empathy here or in general in _that_ woman? All she shows during the whole trial is disdain, hatred and homophobia towards Andrew Beckett, that's all! ...
I don't think she shows either if the things you mentioned, she is a lawyer and has to be aggressive in order government win the case whether she shows sympathy or not. Maybe the aggressive attitude is a way of making her emotions? It's all conjecture but Shen does say she's hates this case to her partners so take from that what you want.
I worked so hard to prevent this disease affecting haemophiliacs contracting HIV. I worked with this virus for 20 years, including anti viral research. Now it’s a treatable illness. I am so proud of what I, and my fellow researchers achieved.
This is a powerful heartbreaking movie, but i hope that it reached a lot of people. Tom Hanks deserved the Oscar that he won. I nursed AIDS patients in the 80's and 90's, and it was heartrending. HIV was a death sentence, and they knew it, everybody did. They suffered so terribly. I remember the hate and irrational fear that was directed toward them. This movie hopefully did a lot to soften the hearts of some. I had a supervisor who I had thought was a decent person make the comment "I resent my tax dollars being spent on these perverts who got what they deserve." The hate and meanness that still goes on today is sad.
As I told someone else, it's easy to speak from hindsight. All that was known about AIDS at the time was that it was a deadly disease and people became infected through contact. Given the current panic regarding COVID, something nowhere near the category of AIDS, maybe you can understand why people reacted the way they did.
I remember hating her so much when watching this movie for the first time even though i saw her true self in this scene. Its not often you feel that way when watching a movie because you usually can distance yourself from it but not this time. Mary Steenburgen did such a great job in this movie and deserved an Oscar for an actress in a supporting role... Great job.
I'm not homosexual. But when i watched phillipelpha, and saw this scene for the very first time as a 16 year old in london in my home in 1994 . It nearly sliced me in half. I had to hold back the tears.
I was watching this movie tonight..crying a river. But I really love in the way she act ..her voice and attitude.. She's so elegant and classy... an excellent actress ❤❤❤
Although this was an incredible movie, I always thought "And the Band Played On" was more important. It showed the politics behind HIV treatment and how it was started. Awesome cast of actors as well.
I once saw a woman who was dying from AIDS, and it's not something I'll ever forget. And it's why I personally practice safe-sex, which includes wearing a condom, as well as observing all other safe-sex practices, and why I encourage everyone who reads this comment to do the same. Sex is a one of the most enjoyable pleasures in the world, but it's also not a game, as it can result in very serious consequences like unwanted pregnancy and STD's. And for those of you feel invincible; and you want to have adventure, that nothing bad can ever happened to you, and I understand what that feels like, but I'm also just going to come right out and say it: You're fooling yourself.
I’ve told this story a few times, but I was born in the early 90s, and needed several blood transfusions, and I received a donors blood. He saved my life. He did develop AIDS a few months after I was born, and I had to do routine blood tests for five years to monitor both my anemia and if I would develop AIDS as well. I never did get it, I instead developed a severe phobia of needles that took 27 years to overcome. I’m 32 now, and I really hope the man who saved my life got to be happy and feel loved.
Only an afterthought, but how clever to cast Charles Napier as the Judge, such a strong-looking man, military, sporting, artistic, strikingly honest in real life, and himself (by the way) forced through painful final years 16 years after this film. They could have thrown the part of the Judge away, and instead added a brick to the building. John
The Prosecuting Attorney is Mary Steenburgen. (Mrs. Ted Danson). Her Former First Husband is Malcolm McDowell A British Actor and their Son Charlie is The Boyfriend of Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Carol). The African American Lawyer is Obba Babatunde who was one of the Original Players in Dreamgirls whose Creator Michael Bennett and Choreographer Michael Peters both died of AIDS. Obba is now on The Soap Opera The Bold And The Beautiful.
If I was Andy's friend I would of shown up in the court room I'm mad how people get fired for no reason because of i'llnesses handicapped or disabled. I could of shed tears if I was there
It's easy to speak from hindsight and lack of experience. All that was known about AIDS at the time is that it was a deadly disease and people became infected through contact. Given the current panic regarding COVID, something nowhere near the category of AIDS, maybe you can understand why people reacted the way they did.
@@mark-1234 not an excuse for people to be assholes.even during the beginning of Covid, I refuse to give people that excuse.which says a lot because out of the two, Covid can actually be caught through direct contact.
She was always so underated if you ask me. She and Anne Archer. I remember when she played Miep Gies in a TV Movie about The Hiding Of Anne Frank from her point of view. Her Ex Husband is Malcolm McDowell who nararrated a brilliant unauthorized Documentary called The Compleat Beatles in the 1980's. It was done by Malcolm Leo and Stephanie Bennett who also did Documentaries about The Beach Boys, not to mention the "Original" Girl Groups many of which are no longer with us like Florence Ballard Of The Supremes, Nedra Talley Of The Ronettes Maryanne & Margie Ganser & Betty Weiss of The Shangri-Las. They also did an amazing Documentary in 1978 called The Heroes Of Rock & Roll Hosted by Jeff Bridges and they also worked on re releasing The legendary performances from The Ed Sullivan Show. Her Son's Former Girlfriend Rooney Mara became a Lesbian Icon in Carol as Therese Belivet and The Associate was in the first production of Dreamgirls where Michael Bennett (The Creator) & Michael Peters (His Assistant Choreographer) both died of AIDS.
Two things: First, Tom Hanks was so skinny he kind of looked like Tim Robbins and secondly, George Costanza's boos Mr. Kreuger is serving on the jury (2:35).
Tom Hanks had to lose quite a bit of weight for "Philadelphia", whereas Denzel Washington was asked to gain a few pounds. Tom Hanks felt a little uncomfortable watching Denzel Washington eat chocolate bars on the set. That's what I read.
+Joshua Bellamy On Inside The Actors Studio, Tom said one of the hardest parts about being in the movie was the scene where he was undergoing the blood transfusion, where he was seated next to a guy who weighed almost nothing. It was so heartbreaking and hard to someone in a condition like that. He did, however, got to know the guy and talked about what he did for a living.
This film perfectly illustrates the humiliation and embarrassment victims have to go through on the stand for all sorts of cases but it's despicable that lawyers are allowed to make someone feel dirty, unwanted, disgusting, like they deserved what happened.
There's so much to it mate. The onsite locations, the lack of any attempt to change the colour grading, the patience not to try and have some big rousing set piece or gotcha moment every five seconds but to allow longer, more intimate and drawn out scenes of character development and growth to occur. Even the camera work, how they'll happily hold on the actors, sit with them, show all of their reactions and emotions, rather than flitting between several actors the moment the camera locks onto their face. Movies were simply better made 30 years ago for the absolute most part and that's why I generally now try to look for films I have or haven't seen from the 70's to about...the 2010's just in case.
The defense lawyer tries to claim it'll influence the jury but she opened up the question in the first place so has no ground the stand on with trying to object to it.
If I'm not mistaken here, the reason Belinda Conine (Mary Steenburgen) here is using this approach is to try to establish that Mr. Beckett did not visible symptoms of AIDS (in this case, lesions), and thusly, Wheeler and Associates wouldn't have known of it?
Esta escena presentada por la defensa es dolorosa y hssta cruel, la actriz fue muy convincente. Este es "el poder del dinero" que llega hadta lo mas bajo para ganar. Excelente la actuacion de Tom Hanks, gran actor, muy versatil.
@@oacaparov In any given year there are quite a few really good movies presented. But when you talk about the top five there can be some debate about the top three. Then it really drops off after that. To add honourable mentions beyond that is to say we want to be inclusive of interesting and good but not great films.
We have come a long ways since this great movie was made. I was just a kid. Laws have passed, medicine has approved but unfortunately discrimination still exist. Did I forget to mention fantastic actors and music video.
I love and hate this movie so much. _Philadelphia_ is so powerful and moving, but gods, it's so painful. I saw it soon after it came out. I would have been 12 or 13. It was right as I was realizing I might be gay, and it left me so scared. And then there was _Four Weddings and a Funeral_ and others like it. Every time I saw a gay character in a movie, they or their partner died. I didn't know a single out gay person in my life with a career and a life. I didn't think I _could_ be gay and have those things. I wonder how much that contributed to the mental health problems I suffered thereafter. In many ways, it's tough to be young and different today with social media, but at least young LGBTQ kids today can see people like them finding success, and see LGBTQ characters in movies who get happy endings from time to time. I wonder what a film like _Love, Simon_ might have done for me and my whole generation.
The attorney should have objected to the defense attorney's question grounds of relevance. Whether Andrew had visible facial lesions on his face during the trial is logically irrelevant to whether he had a visible lesion on his face when he was fired, especially when Andrew testifies that he had more and they were more visible then.
Just like the early days of Covid when so many died alone, apart from their loved ones so did many afflicted by AIDS. But not because they couldn’t be with them, many of their so-called friends and family members abandoned them long before their inevitable demise. So many faced the end frightened, broken-hearted & alone as alone as a human being could be.
Como termino...sin importarle lo que la gente diga como lo mire... verguenza pero lucho frente al poder la mentira y el dinero peliculasa pero tristemente la muerte revindica.
I don't know if it's an AIDS symptom but some people wake up with grey hair after a big tragedy in their life -death or illness-and I've heard that many times.
Yes his looks in this are fairly accurate. Towards the end their hair thins and becomes wiry/frizzy looking. Many wore beanies to keep their head warm. I'm glad it's not a death sentence these days.
It can be.. the same with cancer I had a friend who had cancer of the bone marrow. He thankfully recovered but after he had lost his hair it grew back grey! He was only 21... he had been in the RAF and suddenly out on a run his whole left leg collapsed...
I nursed HIV Patients in the 80's and 90's. It was heartbreaking as one after another died. Their friends/lovers/also died. Drug addicts who shared needles also died. It was an honor to nurse them with the dignity they deserved. We became their family.
👏🏾👏🏾
God bless you. I can only imagine. You must have seen so much. 💞
Your words truly encouraged me to strive for my dream as a nurse with HIV specialty. As a current Nursing student, I always desire to nurse them with the dignity there absolutely deserve.
@@mg305 No i didn't. You have to remember no one knew of this disease until people started getting sick and dying plus seemed to only be homosexual males at the time. People also contracted through blood transfusions. I don't even know why I'm answering you, i find your comment insulting to all who spread HIV not knowing they even had it. It was your type of narrow mindness that caused the stigma of people with HIV.
@@mg305 Yes i know by the 90,s it was well known HIV was spread through unprotected sex. What i am trying to say is the people i nursed caught HIV long before the 90's and were full blown aids by the 90s. HIV doesn't present immediately and can also lay dormant. You are a dr?? Oh and FYI i am no angel.
I love that despite how traumatizing this all is for Andrew, he smiles at Joe at the end. From lawyer to lawyer, he recognizes it was a great move
You may be mistaken in the perception of what is traumatizing to Andrew. When we choose to walk a path that is against others, to change the world, we know we will be in the centre of the fire. We walk there willingly, and have no shame, no trauma. This scene proves that the trauma is only in the perception of the people around him.
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How nervous he gets when he realised he can't see the lesion on the mirror always breaks my heart.
He was blind in one eye
And then Joe made them greatly regret bringing that mirror to court.
This film is such a rollercoaster of emotions, and the way it ends with Neil Young's wonderful song - god, harrowingly beautiful.
wasnt it peter gabriel?
@@luuko656 No, it was Neil Young - you might be thinking of the end credits of the Bone Collector, another Denzel film.
@@Elcore Yup! thats the one i was thinking off!!!! Thanks!
03:38 his sister's eyes get me every time. All the actors are doing such a good job in this scene.
I agree!
Humans used to be so talented... I don't know what happen..
Absolutely one of the most powerful and memorable scenes in cinematic history! We all know the genius that Washington and Hanks bring to the table but Mary Steenburgen was absolutely masterful.
You should really give credit to the director Johnathan Demme. This is all him not them.
Outstanding scene..Denzel could've been a terrific lawyer.
Except that he didn't write the script, as a real lawyer would have to.
Denzel's been doing so well for himself, he doesn't need the legal profession....
You're right though - he's good.
Denzel could have been great in whatever career he chose
Imagine that and actor that is good at pretending to be something else...
Ggg vggggggggggggggg
The "well done" look Andy is able to give through his exhaustion and sickness after he answers the question about his chest lesions always gets me. In that moment, it wasn't about AIDS, it wasn't about his wrongful termination/discrimination case. Instead it was a brief return to appreciating the skill of a man he tangled with in the past and the ultimate show of respect. Brilliant acting from everyone in this movie. I miss movies like this.
it was a very powerful moment in the film.
You sum it up perfectly!
While I was in college in Chicago during the mid to late 80s, I volunteered deliver meals from a local restaurant every Wednesday night to the AIDS patients at Illinois Masonic Hospital. They couldn’t find anyone willing to do it. Everyone was scared that AIDS was easily transmitted. I had faith that I would be safe doing this work to help those in need. Every Wednesday the number of meals would either increase or decrease based on the number of patients who passed or were admitted. No one was going home from there at that time. It was one of the most humbling while satisfying experiences in my life.
Thank you so much for delivering meals to patients in the late 80's. I remember when people wouldn't sit in a chair that a person with HIV had just sat in. So many people thought it was highly contagious.
The look on his sister's eyes 03:35 breaks my heart every time.
+hannes nyberg Me too, also when the camera zooms in on his mum, that gets me too.
hannes nyberg well toughen up sally
@@lorklorkman7937 sorry what are you trying to say? I don't understand the conotations of your comment?
Made me wish they found that new drug for HIV decades earlier 😔💔
@@Andyscobie I'm a straight person but even his partner got to me as well I really hate AIDS
Mary Steenburgen is amazing in this scene. Just by saying "I hate this case" she humanizes her character.
It's because she's tired of looking immoral by defending a bunch of bigots & making the victimized gay man with AIDS look like the bad guy. It would probably suck to be a defense attorney at times.
+Mister Sarajevo I don't know, it could be that she herself is a bigot and hates the case because she hates being anywhere a gay man with AIDS.
Rhaegar Targaryen I don’t think so because when Tom and Denzel win the case she congratulated them and seems pretty nice about it
@@KleWdSide I don't think they should have fired him for being gay or having AIDS; but I am getting tired of people throwing out the term "bigot" when everyone is one and has been one.
@@nomas9862 Okay...
I took a class in college called "Law and Public Affairs". We had these long 40-50 page, dense chapters filled with legal terminology to read on a weekly basis. I used to put this movie on in the background while I read my book. It's not that I want to be a lawyer or anything, but this movie just really got me in the mood to read my law book. Great movie.
Exceptional acting by both Denzel and Tom Hanks. They don't make movies like this anymore. Those days are gone.
This breaks my heart! Im so sorry for all the people who have gone thru this!
Shelic D we as people need to step up and ban homosexuality
Lol
@@lorklorkman7937 you're an idiot
@@lorklorkman7937 erm actually if you looked into the stats you'll find that heterosexual people are more at risk of developing HIV (then AIDS if not treated) these days because of stupid comments you just made.
And also it makes you look rather gay yourself as most people whom have a lot of hate for LGBT people in general, are not comfortable in their own sexuality.
@Lork Lorkman, you’re a waste of space.
Dat Smile at 3:59 He's like "Damn, you are good, you are good! I got the right guy!"
I was watching Schindler's list and questioning how on earth does Liam Neeson didn't get the Oscar nod . Then I watched this masterpiece and I would finally say that Tom Hanks deserved it . Awesome portrayal .
Honestly, IMO, Liam Neeson was better
It is so difficult to root for one exceptional performance over a second one equally exceptional. Some years it is a famine of good movies but someone has to be declared a winner. Other years you wish it had been a two-way or three-way tie!
I do agree I will take Schindler’s List to my grave.
Mary Steenburgen ad-libed the line, "I hate this case."
Demme kept it in because it gave her character some needed humanity.
really?!
Smart Lady! Also keep in mind that while she is the prosecuting attorney, she is also compassionate. Maybe she knew or or had someone who had AIDS and it hit too close to home.
I’ll never forget watching this movie for the first time with my own sister. I reached for her hand and we cried when they panned to his sister, the look in her eyes of heartbreak watching someone you love being treated so unjustly 😢
this movie is so powerful and love the soundtrack by Springsteen !!!
I think Mary Steenburgen did really well here. Obviously her job is to defend the partners who fired Andrew and yes this involves taking the most aggressive approach, however you can tell that underneath she is struggling with her empathy.
IMHO, Mary at least deserved an Oscar nomination for this scene. What a great, truly vivid portrayal of a lawyer.
jkboxhero she is gorgeous either way you look at it.
@ Plato2017: Sorry, _where_ do you see empathy here or in general in _that_ woman? All she shows during the whole trial is disdain, hatred and homophobia towards Andrew Beckett, that's all! ...
I don't think she shows either if the things you mentioned, she is a lawyer and has to be aggressive in order government win the case whether she shows sympathy or not. Maybe the aggressive attitude is a way of making her emotions? It's all conjecture but Shen does say she's hates this case to her partners so take from that what you want.
@ Maldini88: ??? "Either if"? "Government"? "Shen"?? ... What are you talking about?? ...
Amazing, wonderful acting. It touches the hearts.
Two outstanding actors of our times
of all times actually...
This film was groundbreaking. Anyone who has lost someone to hiv/aids will understand
His “you nailed them” little smile at the end
How dare those monsters fire poor Andy, you can clearly see that he is more then capable of being a great lawyer.
I agree!
called a movie
These actors are all amazing, they immerse your inner soul into the scene and bring out your humanity. Who is cutting these onions!!!
The female atty, Steamburgen, sitting down at the table after using that mirror and whispering "I hate this case" to her co-council is brilliant.
I worked so hard to prevent this disease affecting haemophiliacs contracting HIV. I worked with this virus for 20 years, including anti viral research. Now it’s a treatable illness. I am so proud of what I, and my fellow researchers achieved.
Denzel, Tom, you are greats actors !!
Pure gold, the whole scene and all the actors involved!
This is a powerful heartbreaking movie, but i hope that it reached a lot of people. Tom Hanks deserved the Oscar that he won. I nursed AIDS patients in the 80's and 90's, and it was heartrending. HIV was a death sentence, and they knew it, everybody did. They suffered so terribly. I remember the hate and irrational fear that was directed toward them. This movie hopefully did a lot to soften the hearts of some. I had a supervisor who I had thought was a decent person make the comment "I resent my tax dollars being spent on these perverts who got what they deserve." The hate and meanness that still goes on today is sad.
As I told someone else, it's easy to speak from hindsight. All that was known about AIDS at the time was that it was a deadly disease and people became infected through contact. Given the current panic regarding COVID, something nowhere near the category of AIDS, maybe you can understand why people reacted the way they did.
I remember hating her so much when watching this movie for the first time even though i saw her true self in this scene. Its not often you feel that way when watching a movie because you usually can distance yourself from it but not this time. Mary Steenburgen did such a great job in this movie and deserved an Oscar for an actress in a supporting role... Great job.
I'm not homosexual. But when i watched phillipelpha, and saw this scene for the very first time as a 16 year old in london in my home in 1994 . It nearly sliced me in half. I had to hold back the tears.
Outstanding scene.
I was watching this movie tonight..crying a river. But I really love in the way she act ..her voice and attitude.. She's so elegant and classy... an excellent actress ❤❤❤
One of the most important movies of all time that does not get enough credit. Man's consistency is man's inhumanity to man.
Although this was an incredible movie, I always thought "And the Band Played On" was more important. It showed the politics behind HIV treatment and how it was started. Awesome cast of actors as well.
@@jcfra420 Yes. Also a great one.
This movie is FINALLY on Netflix you guys!
Nope is not
Marco Rodriguez, this was a year ago. OBVIOUSLY it’s not going to be on Netflix anymore 🤦🏽♀️
@@victoriarodriguezgarcia6683 that why I prefer cheapflex
Marco Rodriguez congrats 🤦🏽♀️
Y'all bad
I once saw a woman who was dying from AIDS, and it's not something I'll ever forget. And it's why I personally practice safe-sex, which includes wearing a condom, as well as observing all other safe-sex practices, and why I encourage everyone who reads this comment to do the same.
Sex is a one of the most enjoyable pleasures in the world, but it's also not a game, as it can result in very serious consequences like unwanted pregnancy and STD's.
And for those of you feel invincible; and you want to have adventure, that nothing bad can ever happened to you, and I understand what that feels like, but I'm also just going to come right out and say it: You're fooling yourself.
The Cowboy well said hun. Sex can kill.
Sex didn't use to be that dangerous... But our society made certain choices which allowed aids to arrive and flourish
I would hate to be involved in such a case. Regardless if a person is straight or gay, the fact is your still dealing with a fellow human being.
I’ve told this story a few times, but I was born in the early 90s, and needed several blood transfusions, and I received a donors blood. He saved my life. He did develop AIDS a few months after I was born, and I had to do routine blood tests for five years to monitor both my anemia and if I would develop AIDS as well. I never did get it, I instead developed a severe phobia of needles that took 27 years to overcome. I’m 32 now, and I really hope the man who saved my life got to be happy and feel loved.
Only an afterthought, but how clever to cast Charles Napier as the Judge, such a strong-looking man, military, sporting, artistic, strikingly honest in real life, and himself (by the way) forced through painful final years 16 years after this film. They could have thrown the part of the Judge away, and instead added a brick to the building. John
Didn’t realize it back then but there was a lot of great actors
You see when you have a illness you know your true friends who stick by you and the ones who ignore you and treat you sub human
The Prosecuting Attorney is Mary Steenburgen. (Mrs. Ted Danson). Her Former First Husband is Malcolm McDowell A British Actor and their Son Charlie is The Boyfriend of Rooney Mara (The Girl With The Dragon Tattoo, Carol). The African American Lawyer is Obba Babatunde who was one of the Original Players in Dreamgirls whose Creator Michael Bennett and Choreographer Michael Peters both died of AIDS. Obba is now on The Soap Opera The Bold And The Beautiful.
"I hate this case".
I need to watch this movie! This gave me goosebumps.
Had an old VHS of this movie, too bad its all messed up now. I gatta go buy a new copy, its a great film
I've never seen this film, probably one of the only Tom hanks films I've not seen. Apart from castaway and captain Phillips
All 3 are brilliant
If I was Andy's friend I would of shown up in the court room
I'm mad how people get fired for no reason because of i'llnesses handicapped or disabled.
I could of shed tears if I was there
It's easy to speak from hindsight and lack of experience. All that was known about AIDS at the time is that it was a deadly disease and people became infected through contact. Given the current panic regarding COVID, something nowhere near the category of AIDS, maybe you can understand why people reacted the way they did.
@@mark-1234 not an excuse for people to be assholes.even during the beginning of Covid, I refuse to give people that excuse.which says a lot because out of the two, Covid can actually be caught through direct contact.
I've seen all the Best Actor nominees that year. Tom Hanks - hands down a winner. Though the others gave a strong performances too.
She was always so underated if you ask me. She and Anne Archer. I remember when she played Miep Gies in a TV Movie about The Hiding Of Anne Frank from her point of view. Her Ex Husband is Malcolm McDowell who nararrated a brilliant unauthorized Documentary called The Compleat Beatles in the 1980's. It was done by Malcolm Leo and Stephanie Bennett who also did Documentaries about The Beach Boys, not to mention the "Original" Girl Groups many of which are no longer with us like Florence Ballard Of The Supremes, Nedra Talley Of The Ronettes Maryanne & Margie Ganser & Betty Weiss of The Shangri-Las. They also did an amazing Documentary in 1978 called The Heroes Of Rock & Roll Hosted by Jeff Bridges and they also worked on re releasing The legendary performances from The Ed Sullivan Show. Her Son's Former Girlfriend Rooney Mara became a Lesbian Icon in Carol as Therese Belivet and The Associate was in the first production of Dreamgirls where Michael Bennett (The Creator) & Michael Peters (His Assistant Choreographer) both died of AIDS.
This disease didn’t just steal life away, in many instances it isolated and filled the inflicted with great shame. A very lonely death.
Such a Brilliant scene, Bravo!!!!
Such a beautiful film.
*Defense Counsel:* (in a whisper)"Damn! I thought for sure he was a vampire!"
that was an awesome redirect
Two things: First, Tom Hanks was so skinny he kind of looked like Tim Robbins and secondly, George Costanza's boos Mr. Kreuger is serving on the jury (2:35).
Tom Hanks had to lose quite a bit of weight for "Philadelphia", whereas Denzel Washington was asked to gain a few pounds. Tom Hanks felt a little uncomfortable watching Denzel Washington eat chocolate bars on the set. That's what I read.
+Joshua Bellamy On Inside The Actors Studio, Tom said one of the hardest parts about being in the movie was the scene where he was undergoing the blood transfusion, where he was seated next to a guy who weighed almost nothing. It was so heartbreaking and hard to someone in a condition like that. He did, however, got to know the guy and talked about what he did for a living.
+Dave A A festivus for the rest of us
The acting is stunning.
This film perfectly illustrates the humiliation and embarrassment victims have to go through on the stand for all sorts of cases but it's despicable that lawyers are allowed to make someone feel dirty, unwanted, disgusting, like they deserved what happened.
Why don’t we get movies with this level of acting anymore?
There's so much to it mate. The onsite locations, the lack of any attempt to change the colour grading, the patience not to try and have some big rousing set piece or gotcha moment every five seconds but to allow longer, more intimate and drawn out scenes of character development and growth to occur. Even the camera work, how they'll happily hold on the actors, sit with them, show all of their reactions and emotions, rather than flitting between several actors the moment the camera locks onto their face. Movies were simply better made 30 years ago for the absolute most part and that's why I generally now try to look for films I have or haven't seen from the 70's to about...the 2010's just in case.
1:40 When the counsel from the other side says "I hate this case", it is usually an indication that you have a good case.
Why don’t we make this kind of movie anymore??
Watch the movie Dark Waters with Mark Ruffalo and Tim Robbins. It’s a great film, it’s current, and it involves lawyers, morality, etc.
It seems like AIDS is no longer a part of the zeitgeist anymore. Our greatest fear now is another global killer.
Such a brilliant movie!
Jason Robards,Joann Woodard,Denzel Washington,Antonio Banderas,TomHanks cast alone puts this film above others.Amazing.
The wheelchair istance is gold
RIP Jonathan Demme .. :(
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Great movie
2:28 "Objection! Your honor, it would unfairly influence the jury."
Unfair? Honey, that's exactly what you did one minute earlier.
The defense lawyer tries to claim it'll influence the jury but she opened up the question in the first place so has no ground the stand on with trying to object to it.
@ 1:28 , did anyone notice defense lawyers eyes expression .. she too felt pain
All I can say again is: "what a great movie".
thats torture
Two legendary powerhouses
If I'm not mistaken here, the reason Belinda Conine (Mary Steenburgen) here is using this approach is to try to establish that Mr. Beckett did not visible symptoms of AIDS (in this case, lesions), and thusly, Wheeler and Associates wouldn't have known of it?
Denzel looks older here than in all the other movies he would appear in the rest of the 90s.
I think it's because they made him gain weight for this role
LOVE IT!
Esta escena presentada por la defensa es dolorosa y hssta cruel, la actriz fue muy convincente. Este es "el poder del dinero" que llega hadta lo mas bajo para ganar. Excelente la actuacion de Tom Hanks, gran actor, muy versatil.
This movie changed the conversation about AIDS in America. Art is powerful.
How this movie was not nominated for the Best Picture and Best Director Oscars is beyond me...
Take a look at the films that were nominated.
That’s ok anyways
Because in this time there were only Five movies and Five Directors nominated in The Top Categories. So, these year was a Lot of excelent movies.
@@oacaparov In any given year there are quite a few really good movies presented. But when you talk about the top five there can be some debate about the top three. Then it really drops off after that. To add honourable mentions beyond that is to say we want to be inclusive of interesting and good but not great films.
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks
09 de julio de 1956
67 AÑOS.
the violins were completely unneccesary and distracting
This was a good one
We have come a long ways since this great movie was made. I was just a kid. Laws have passed, medicine has approved but unfortunately discrimination still exist. Did I forget to mention fantastic actors and music video.
I always forget Joanne Woodward played Andy's mother in Philadelphia.
Even the Defense Attorney (Mary Steenburgen) was not on the same page with her clients.
Tom Hanks 3
i agree this is amazing. unfornately one person doenst think.
I love and hate this movie so much. _Philadelphia_ is so powerful and moving, but gods, it's so painful. I saw it soon after it came out. I would have been 12 or 13. It was right as I was realizing I might be gay, and it left me so scared. And then there was _Four Weddings and a Funeral_ and others like it. Every time I saw a gay character in a movie, they or their partner died. I didn't know a single out gay person in my life with a career and a life. I didn't think I _could_ be gay and have those things. I wonder how much that contributed to the mental health problems I suffered thereafter. In many ways, it's tough to be young and different today with social media, but at least young LGBTQ kids today can see people like them finding success, and see LGBTQ characters in movies who get happy endings from time to time. I wonder what a film like _Love, Simon_ might have done for me and my whole generation.
The attorney should have objected to the defense attorney's question grounds of relevance. Whether Andrew had visible facial lesions on his face during the trial is logically irrelevant to whether he had a visible lesion on his face when he was fired, especially when Andrew testifies that he had more and they were more visible then.
she did and there was relevance because he was fired based on what had happened previously when the lesions were more visible
@@kittykatsboudoir - That's good if the writer was paying attention to the law.
Denzel Hayes Washington JR
28 de diciembre de 1954
68 AÑOS. (69)
Complimenti per la trattazione in italiano.
Mega legal saudades
So that's what happened to Tucker McElroy after the Good Ole Boys broke up, he became a judge.
In between he was the voice of the Incredible Hulk.
Mr. Kruger in the jury.
Just like the early days of Covid when so many died alone, apart from their loved ones so did many afflicted by AIDS.
But not because they couldn’t be with them, many of their so-called friends and family members abandoned them long before their inevitable demise. So many faced the end frightened, broken-hearted & alone as alone as a human being could be.
Are you actually insane? Or do you just like pretending?
@@SamBrickell You can k*** my a** lady!!!
Como termino...sin importarle lo que la gente diga como lo mire... verguenza pero lucho frente al poder la mentira y el dinero peliculasa pero tristemente la muerte revindica.
Sin miedos...
His hair looks grey here. Is that a symptom?
I don't know if it's an AIDS symptom but some people wake up with grey hair after a big tragedy in their life -death or illness-and I've heard that many times.
Yes his looks in this are fairly accurate. Towards the end their hair thins and becomes wiry/frizzy looking. Many wore beanies to keep their head warm. I'm glad it's not a death sentence these days.
It can be.. the same with cancer I had a friend who had cancer of the bone marrow. He thankfully recovered but after he had lost his hair it grew back grey! He was only 21... he had been in the RAF and suddenly out on a run his whole left leg collapsed...
@@dorarouzi this happened to Barbara Bush when her daughter Robin died at age 3.
Steenburgen too has a good role in this movie, as a stone cold witch (no offense to real witches).
Why the fuck can't they just cut Kaposi Sarcomas out with a small blade and some lidocaine?