If you go into a meeting with your bosses and the first thing they say is "Everyone in this room is your friend", your response should be, "OK, what's my severance package going to be?"
@@richardsiciliano7117 And I just noticed that they positioned the tables and only seat for him to sit at to be on the complete opposite side of the room.
This film is amazing. Wild Denzel didn't get an Oscar for this, but we know good acting when we see it alright. This is a great example from all of them.
@@willh7352 Years ago Entertainment Weekly included Denzel Washington's performance in "Philadelphia" on its list of 100 performances most snubbed by the Oscars.
Such a good movie. And I remember the early days when there was this panic that you could get it from water fountains, toilet seats, etc. so everyone’s reaction in the movie is pretty spot on for the time.
The way the music starts playing when he starts to walk out of the office, brilliant. The perfect atmosphere of hopelessness & also the miniscule possibility of finding someone to take on his case.
The way Joe pulls his hand away when Andy says he has aids is amazing acting of course but also a stark reminder of the stigma the disease carried in the beginning and still does to some extent I should think .
The way this scene is shot. **chef kiss** the way the camera swings to everything TH touches as if DW is cataloguing everything he has to burn or disinfect.
s a germaphobe, they nailed that part... *but* then they completely messed it up when, after shaking his hand, he touches his own face at 5:47 and then at 6:35 uses the same hand to eat an anti-acid. No way lmao.
Hanks was on a liquid diet during production to thin out so it looks like he was dying of AIDS. One day, Washington knocked on Hanks' trailer with a double cheeseburger and told Hanks it was the greatest thing ever.
I remember early 1990's I knew someone who passed away from HIV after a blood transfusion they got in the late 1980's. It was very difficult time for anyone with HIV even medical community treated patients differently who had HIV. They had to be told repeatedly how they contracted it as a direct result of the medical community.
As crazy as it sounds, the first client that Joe deals with actually does have a case. Regardless of whether the hole on the road that’s under construction is blocked off or marked, the city can still be sued for negligence if they’ve been found not to have taken further precautions to seal it off completely. If they’ve been found not to have taken every reasonable care, the claim could be successful. I know the scene was intended for the purpose of a bit of humour before Andy walks in but these things happen every day in the legal realm all over the world.
For a while I was commuting to work in Philly and I always made a point to walk over a particularly sketchy-ass storm drain. When they finally fixed it after a year and a half I joked that they ruined my retirement plan lmfao
@hillbilly4895 I wish I had a better command of the English language to properly convey the societal impact of movies and media in the age in which this movie was released. Productions like this film could affect the masses in a way a single piece of media now cannot. I am aware this is obvious also.
I wish that was true. I wish things got better, not just in the United States. They didn't. I know people that were still bigoted after this and maybe moreso after Brokeback years later.
I never get tired of watching this brilliant movie, as were both Hanks and Washington’s acting, but the cold stark look on Hanks face of facing the terrible and awful reality of his situation when he steps out onto the street is unforgettable!
As a National Guardsman within 4 months of coming back from a combat deployment to Iraq I was called into HR and asked "If called up again, would you go?" to which I answered in the affirmative, as it was my DUTY to do so. A week later I was quietly laid off along with a couple others (the other two had work quality issues, I did not). I filed a complaint with the State EEOC board, and was summarily denied because I couldn't "Prove" that they had asked me about my military service. No movie was made, but Combat Veterans, especially Guard & Reserve Servicemembers routinely have been discriminated again, and it's VERY HARD to prove.
I never noticed how far they placed Andy’s seat in comparison to the rest. They were also scared they were going to get AIDS not realizing that u can’t get to that way.
Damn I’ve seen this so many times and never noticed that either. It also explains why they pushed him out asap, rather than trying to slow-play the firing to make it appear legit.
@@csaldana1989 that’s easily a major detail as to why their explanatory firing was bogus. Top notch lawyer who always delivers just happens to “misplace” a file and u sack him. Sacking him was far too severe a punishment for what appears to be his only infraction. That alone was a big red flag and raised suspicion. They thought they would get aids, they thought no one would want to be represented by an aids patient & it would hurt their bottom line.
@@matthewmaning4859and he just had a baby so he has a box of cigars bc that used to be a gift for new fathers. Phillies in Philadelphia. Was too much for dude to handle.
Lmfao all I can think about is Family Guy with Stewie and Brian doing a radio show and making fart noises and then Stewie hits a button and you hear “because regardless of the intent, the fact of the matter is, when they fired him BECAUSE he had AIDS… they…broke…the LAW.” And Brian goes “my God man!” And Stewie goes “I swear that was supposed to be party time.”
the dialogs in this movie are so meticulous and so well delivered that I wonder if they rehearsed them, and if they did, how many times they need to do it
I experienced a very similar termination from a bank, due to my age. It was a clear age discrimination termination, but the branch manager lied to me that I was not catching up fast enough, but I was brand new in the job and I was doing well the first month.
age discrimination would mean that you worked there for 30 years and making $$ and one day they termed you for no good reason. You were there for a month, so they knew how old you were. Maybe you weren't catching up fast enough.
They probably figured he'd be dead soon anyway. On top of that they were ignorant about the disease and were convinced there was a risk that he could infect them and the rest of the firm killing them all. In this context it seems plausible that they would fire him right away. Doesn't mean they were right in doing so but given their state of mind you can see their internal flawed logic.
@red2977 agree with a lot here. Very reasonable for the law firm to assume he would slink away in shame rather than fight back, and they thought they could get it simply by touching a person.
I remember seeing the trailer, the audience thinking it's going to be another Tom Hanks comedy, then "I have AIDS." You could have heard a piece of popcorn hit the floor. One hell of movie.
As a germaphobe, they nailed the part with the camera showing him clocking all the stuff in his office that Tom Hanks touches. But then they completely messed it up when, after shaking his hand, he touches his own face at 5:47 and then at 6:35 uses the same hand to eat an anti-acid. No way lmao.
He's not a germaphobe. He probably just did that stuff without realizing it. He eats an antacid while discussing the case with Hanks but then starts to look at his hand once he leaves.
It was the 90s. Everyone was touching their face and wiping their nose. You’d be amazed at what that generation thought was acceptable hand washing in the bathroom.
@@worldsheaviestjamband93 I was there, friend. I know. I'm talking as someone with germaphobia, not someone who was born at all recently. If something touches my hand that's not clean, I'll remember not to touch my face even when I sleep.
The opening scene is at 19th and Chestnut. I used to work a block from there and ate many lunches at Snow White and the chinese buffet to the right of the screen.
I remember Snow White and the Sam Eric movie theater. There used to be an eyeglasses place there too. I was actually hit by an Old City taxi cab right on the corner of 19th and Chestnut.
Me lo son chiesto io pure e son arrivata alla conclusione che o l' ha presa con l' altra mano oppure si è trattato di un' azione inconsulta dovuta all' agitazione.
Around this same time .Ervin Magic Johnson had just notified the NBA ,that he had been diagnosed with the Virus. Magic dealt with it with class and style
in all fairness Andy needed tell his bosses immediately a) he was ill and b) it would deteriorate.. that said, his bosses should have confronted him about it instead of just showing him the door
I I'll NEVER forgot when 1st Sgt Becket took over HQ Platoon. Had a meeting.. "I what you to know that you ALL have my back".. (You KNOW your days are numbered.. 😒)
tom touches all that stuff on purpose! its a test. Denzel ate a 'tums?' with the same hand shook with tom. at the end he looks at both hands. character dynamics.beautiful scene.
Denzel rubbed his eyes and touched his face while listening to Tom. If that disease spread like that, he would of been in trouble. A lot of unknowns back then. More so in the mid 80's, but this isn't too far from. It is a great movie. Sadly, the real life story of Freddy Mercury would be a reference. You can watch his last video and see how terrible the disease is.
Great acting by Tom Hanks in any movie he stars in. However, I have always wondered in this scene was there a hiring clause to begin with that states what is and isnt acceptable behavior for representatives of the law firm? Because if his character knew that being hired and accepted the job any way . Then his character was more about making a statement than fair employment practices. Afterall, employers have to be candid in interviews about what they are looking for in candidates.
He doesn’t, really. Denzel’s character says he does either because he wants the guy’s money or is confident he can do lawyer magic or something. The point is just to show Denzel’s prejudice and how up against it Andy is. He can’t even get a lawyer who will take pretty much anything to take him on.
The 90s were a great time to be alive. The 2020s are a AWFUL time to be alive. Before anyone says b-b-but what about this character and all that trouble? Give me a break, you just moved the headstones not the bodies. It's just as bad now just insert a different marginalized victim.
If they hadn't fired him how much longer could he have kept working before AIDS started impacting his abilities?A year?Maybe two?And how much longer until potential clients started noticing his sickly demeanour?Ie they'd say 'we want someone else to represent us this guy looks half dead'. A year maybe? So realistically his career was cut short by at most 18 months. Once he started looking visibly ill no client of any importance would want him anymore. So he would at most be assigned secondary or tertiary duties.
Yes that should have occurred. Instead they sacked him. The man is facing the last year of his life with no significant income. They added insult to illness.
This was AIDS in the 1980s so there was a lot more going on than what you detailed. The fact that he was someone with AIDS was the only factor in the decision. Not his ability as a lawyer or his visible illness. He had AIDS. I'm not trying to justify any of it but that was the paranoia and stigma of AIDS back then. Children who were born with AIDS were treated the same way and preschools and kindergartens tried to refuse enrol to them.
@jackdillon5903 more than that, he was a gay man who had aids. There's a woman referenced in the film who also has aid but who wasn't fired cos she got ot via a blood transfusion
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (Concord, California; 9 de julio de 1956) es un actor y director de cine estadounidense. Es de los intérpretes más reconocidos de Hollywood. Varias de sus películas, sean dramas o comedias, han recibido el reconocimiento internacional. 67 AÑOS. (68)
I'm NOT a movie goer, and not, any more at least, a Tom Hanks fan, but this was one of the best movies I've ever seen. Just outstanding acting from several key actors in this movie.
He doesn’t see a case with Andy but that idiot who decided to cross the street where a hole is clearly marked had one. Give us a break. I do understand that’s the point of showing that is to illustrate the absurdity of it all, but it makes me wonder if stuff like this has happened for real and in how many instances.
That was the stigma at the time, I praise both Denzel and Tom for their performance and being one of the first mainstream movies to tackle HIV/AIDS directly
His name is Jared… Jared lost weight eating Subway, now he’s cold and alone with no one place to call his home… He likes sandwiches with Philadelpha….cream cheese
😂only in Hollywood.. a man spends the precious remainder of his life arguing with his ex boss😂😂 "See kids, American justice at its finest" DONT BELIVE THE HYPE. EVER.
people would definitely spend precious time on or die for much less for something they believe in. dying plaintiffs showed up in court every day against monsanto and johnson & johnson.
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (Mount Vernon, Nueva York; 28 de diciembre de 1954) es un actor, productor y director de cine estadounidense, ganador de tres Globo de Oro, un Premio del Sindicato de Actores, un premio Tony y dos premios Óscar; estos por las cintas Glory como mejor actor de reparto en 1989, y por Día de entrenamiento como mejor actor principal en 2001. En 2020, el New York Times lo calificó como el gran actor del siglo xxi. Conocido por sus actuaciones en la pantalla y el escenario, ha sido descrito como un actor quien reconfiguró "el concepto de cómo ser una estrella de cine", relacionando con personajes definidos por su gracia, dignidad, humanidad y fuerza interior. 69 AÑOS. (70)
If you go into a meeting with your bosses and the first thing they say is "Everyone in this room is your friend", your response should be, "OK, what's my severance package going to be?"
Yup… “Danger, Will Robinson”…
Then they ask him to close the windows, Andy must have known something was up.
No. It should be "Is that why you're always grabbing my ass?"
@@richardsiciliano7117 And I just noticed that they positioned the tables and only seat for him to sit at to be on the complete opposite side of the room.
With friends like these,who needs enemies?
This film is amazing. Wild Denzel didn't get an Oscar for this, but we know good acting when we see it alright. This is a great example from all of them.
@@willh7352 Years ago Entertainment Weekly included Denzel Washington's performance in "Philadelphia" on its list of 100 performances most snubbed by the Oscars.
false
Denzel is so much better than that hack Hanks
It was such a brave movie at the time. Mad props to Tom hanks too for taking that role.
Such a good movie. And I remember the early days when there was this panic that you could get it from water fountains, toilet seats, etc. so everyone’s reaction in the movie is pretty spot on for the time.
Public toilet seats are still a pretty gross thing.
@@bertroost1675I never sat bare skin on a public toilet seat in my life. Do people really actually do that??
@@finesupplements9698 so you are under 25 years old?
And let’s not forget: casual contact by the family in the household.
We can thank Lord Fauci for that.
I remember as a young one hearing all about the toilet seats…
The way the music starts playing when he starts to walk out of the office, brilliant. The perfect atmosphere of hopelessness & also the miniscule possibility of finding someone to take on his case.
The way Joe pulls his hand away when Andy says he has aids is amazing acting of course but also a stark reminder of the stigma the disease carried in the beginning and still does to some extent I should think .
He’s also about to put his hands to his face at the end, and stops and looks at them as if reminded that they’re filthy.
@@abon587yeah that too
I know vengono well
@@abon587After he already rubbed his eyes at 5:45.
@@daiamod???
The way this scene is shot. **chef kiss** the way the camera swings to everything TH touches as if DW is cataloguing everything he has to burn or disinfect.
That's the Equalizer effect. 😂
Christ, here we go with the “chef’s kiss” BS.
Abbreviating like this is the writing of a 13 year old. “TH?” Seriously.
s a germaphobe, they nailed that part... *but* then they completely messed it up when, after shaking his hand, he touches his own face at 5:47 and then at 6:35 uses the same hand to eat an anti-acid. No way lmao.
@@StudioMod He wasn’t a germaphobe. More of an AIDS-aphobe.
Hanks was on a liquid diet during production to thin out so it looks like he was dying of AIDS. One day, Washington knocked on Hanks' trailer with a double cheeseburger and told Hanks it was the greatest thing ever.
yeah...but when Hanks got the oscar, I guess, then, it was the greatest thing ever. Eat your burger, Denzel.
In other things that never happened ……
What’s your source or you are just making things up for likes
Damn! The acting on display here is over the top on a different level.
Absolute masterclass in acting by both!
Not a netflix movie 😂
Two masters of the craft together
Hanks a "Master?". Hanks can't carry Washingtons Jock. Hank got Oscar due to subject matter of this movie. His performance was sub par...
@@Letnothinggotowasteperfectly said.
@@Letnothinggotowasteif you don’t have anything nice to say…
@@Da_one_tl Mr. Washington is fantastic in this scene, I am awe-struck! :)
Tom Hanks is overrated
I remember early 1990's I knew someone who passed away from HIV after a blood transfusion they got in the late 1980's. It was very difficult time for anyone with HIV even medical community treated patients differently who had HIV. They had to be told repeatedly how they contracted it as a direct result of the medical community.
Passed away from aids not HIV
HIV is the virus and aids is the syndrome
Back then people didn't know much about it, or how to slow it's progression. My uncle has HIV and he is alive and well.
You don't die from HIV..
@@giftedone831 no but from AIDS you do
As crazy as it sounds, the first client that Joe deals with actually does have a case. Regardless of whether the hole on the road that’s under construction is blocked off or marked, the city can still be sued for negligence if they’ve been found not to have taken further precautions to seal it off completely. If they’ve been found not to have taken every reasonable care, the claim could be successful.
I know the scene was intended for the purpose of a bit of humour before Andy walks in but these things happen every day in the legal realm all over the world.
AIDS Spreads through sex and in africa it is highest, and they are 999 percent hetero.
also blood transfusions but the org screen for that.
Humor, and portray Joe as a sort of ambulance chaser. Underscores him not taking a case potentially worth millions because of his prejudices.
For a while I was commuting to work in Philly and I always made a point to walk over a particularly sketchy-ass storm drain. When they finally fixed it after a year and a half I joked that they ruined my retirement plan lmfao
This movie had an actual affect on the social acceptance and understanding of those suffering with aids.
"Could not have said it better myself" ~ Capt. Obvious
@hillbilly4895 I wish I had a better command of the English language to properly convey the societal impact of movies and media in the age in which this movie was released. Productions like this film could affect the masses in a way a single piece of media now cannot.
I am aware this is obvious also.
I wish that was true. I wish things got better, not just in the United States. They didn't. I know people that were still bigoted after this and maybe moreso after Brokeback years later.
Did they finally get that you couldn’t contract aids like you would a cold or the flu?
I never get tired of watching this brilliant movie, as were both Hanks and Washington’s acting, but the cold stark look on Hanks face of facing the terrible and awful reality of his situation when he steps out onto the street is unforgettable!
He was a highly paid lawyer, a parasite who got what was a’comin’ to him.
The best way to get somebody to cop a bad attitude is to wrongfully accuse that somebody of having a bad attitude.
I thought his response was pretty restrained, actually. I know I would have let loose.
@@user-zr6pl6nb6zI agree. Yet, one of the partners still tried to accuse him of having a bad attitude. 🤦♂️
Generally, if people don't like you they will find all sorts of things wrong with you even if you are not guilty of any of them.
As a National Guardsman within 4 months of coming back from a combat deployment to Iraq I was called into HR and asked "If called up again, would you go?" to which I answered in the affirmative, as it was my DUTY to do so. A week later I was quietly laid off along with a couple others (the other two had work quality issues, I did not).
I filed a complaint with the State EEOC board, and was summarily denied because I couldn't "Prove" that they had asked me about my military service. No movie was made, but Combat Veterans, especially Guard & Reserve Servicemembers routinely have been discriminated again, and it's VERY HARD to prove.
I never noticed how far they placed Andy’s seat in comparison to the rest. They were also scared they were going to get AIDS not realizing that u can’t get to that way.
Damn I’ve seen this so many times and never noticed that either. It also explains why they pushed him out asap, rather than trying to slow-play the firing to make it appear legit.
@@csaldana1989 that’s easily a major detail as to why their explanatory firing was bogus. Top notch lawyer who always delivers just happens to “misplace” a file and u sack him. Sacking him was far too severe a punishment for what appears to be his only infraction. That alone was a big red flag and raised suspicion. They thought they would get aids, they thought no one would want to be represented by an aids patient & it would hurt their bottom line.
@@Bfettrules To be fair, that last point would have been a legitmate concern in context, but the way they handled everything was outrageous.
Dude has Phillies on his desk 😂
The name of the movie is Philadelphia
@@matthewmaning4859and he just had a baby so he has a box of cigars bc that used to be a gift for new fathers. Phillies in Philadelphia. Was too much for dude to handle.
@@MrTUBEular10 If the Attorney's name turned out to be "Phil" he would have an aneurysm.
@@gilgamesh818 😭😭
I still say “explain it to me like I’m a 6 year old” lol I love it if someone gets the reference
I remember it being 4 year old
I believe he uses both?
And even 2 year old.
@@leewilson1316a jury member also uses the term!
Me too! ❤
Lmfao all I can think about is Family Guy with Stewie and Brian doing a radio show and making fart noises and then Stewie hits a button and you hear “because regardless of the intent, the fact of the matter is, when they fired him BECAUSE he had AIDS… they…broke…the LAW.”
And Brian goes “my God man!”
And Stewie goes “I swear that was supposed to be party time.”
🤣😂
Family guy is garbage.
@@nikkingman nah that bit was funny
“I love tom hanks, every thing he says is a stitch!”
The acting in this scene alone, not to mention the whole movie, is some of the best you could ever hope to see.
I got it.... That's the guy from Big! Tom Hanks! That's it....! Funny guy.... Tom Hanks! Everything he says is a stitch.
another reason he was fired...
Tim Honks
I have aids
😂😂😂😂😂
@@robpa6473life really is like a box of chocolates huh
the dialogs in this movie are so meticulous and so well delivered that I wonder if they rehearsed them, and if they did, how many times they need to do it
They're both sharp actors, so I don't think it was that hard.
Denzel and Tom together. Two of my favorite actors.
I experienced a very similar termination from a bank, due to my age. It was a clear age discrimination termination, but the branch manager lied to me that I was not catching up fast enough, but I was brand new in the job and I was doing well the first month.
Not the same thing. Aging is natural. Choosing an awful lifestyle is not.
Well how old were you?
@@egordonliddy697 what a disgusting comment
age discrimination would mean that you worked there for 30 years and making $$ and one day they termed you for no good reason. You were there for a month, so they knew how old you were. Maybe you weren't catching up fast enough.
@@Ajidam 40
I haven't seen this in a long time. Just ordered the movie. Thanks!~
‘
I was 17 years old in 1993 when this movie came out
Awesome 90s movie
Denzel and Tom Hanks, doesn't get better than this.
I finally saw this movie about 5 months ago, and I believe that it is a must watch movie
I always thought it was short sighted of his firm to fire someone for a poor reason and who is very much prepared to take you to court.
They probably figured he'd be dead soon anyway. On top of that they were ignorant about the disease and were convinced there was a risk that he could infect them and the rest of the firm killing them all. In this context it seems plausible that they would fire him right away. Doesn't mean they were right in doing so but given their state of mind you can see their internal flawed logic.
@red2977 agree with a lot here. Very reasonable for the law firm to assume he would slink away in shame rather than fight back, and they thought they could get it simply by touching a person.
Lol loved when he stopped shaking hands with him XD
I remember seeing the trailer, the audience thinking it's going to be another Tom Hanks comedy, then "I have AIDS." You could have heard a piece of popcorn hit the floor. One hell of movie.
You should have been out in bars and clubs in 1983 when this hit.
Watching the Sexual Revolution end in real time from 10 feet away was an experience.
This is some incredible acting
As a germaphobe, they nailed the part with the camera showing him clocking all the stuff in his office that Tom Hanks touches. But then they completely messed it up when, after shaking his hand, he touches his own face at 5:47 and then at 6:35 uses the same hand to eat an anti-acid. No way lmao.
He's not a germaphobe. He probably just did that stuff without realizing it. He eats an antacid while discussing the case with Hanks but then starts to look at his hand once he leaves.
Antacid*
But I like anti-acid
It was the 90s. Everyone was touching their face and wiping their nose. You’d be amazed at what that generation thought was acceptable hand washing in the bathroom.
@@worldsheaviestjamband93 I was there, friend. I know. I'm talking as someone with germaphobia, not someone who was born at all recently. If something touches my hand that's not clean, I'll remember not to touch my face even when I sleep.
Lydia face was bad news lol
ignorance has always bred fear and always will.
a quote by ibn rushd.
I love that he accepts a completely bogus case before rejecting a legitimate one
he's looking for cases that he can win, bogus or not.
When you walk into the room and 5 people are on one side of the table and 1 chair on the other side, 20 feet away, that's a bad setup.
“Explain this to me like I’m a 2 year old…. “ A phrase I’ve used countless times since 1993.
The opening scene is at 19th and Chestnut. I used to work a block from there and ate many lunches at Snow White and the chinese buffet to the right of the screen.
I remember Snow White and the Sam Eric movie theater. There used to be an eyeglasses place there too. I was actually hit by an Old City taxi cab right on the corner of 19th and Chestnut.
Why'd Denzel eat a mint after flinching from shaking Andy's hand?
Me lo son chiesto io pure e son arrivata alla conclusione che o l' ha presa con l' altra mano oppure si è trattato di un' azione inconsulta dovuta all' agitazione.
The yogurt on the back joke was effing EPIC
They placed his chair so far away from them
I love how he always says "Explain this like imma 6 year old"😂😂😂😂
Ron Vawter, the actor who played Bob died of AIDS 1 or 2 years after this film came out.
Thank you for this comment. I just read about him and it is more moving than this clip. As always, the real value is in the comments.
actually it was four months after its release when Vawter died.
Do you think the Bosses could have sat any further away from Andy? They knew what was going on with him.
They didn't want to have to shake his hand.
MAN that's a big desk!
When you see Densels name on a movie, you know without a doubt it is going to be great.
3:29 Wait he hit the windows? What was that?
He hit a privacy switch that turns the windows from clear to frosted.
Pretty damn advanced for the time I haven't really seen it around nowadays let alone back then
It was black Magic.
I am watching the third time I love it
Back when movies had heart and soul.
This is the movie which put Tom Hanks at the top. He wasn't taken very seriously as a Serious Leading Man actor prior to this role. Amazing.
Around this same time .Ervin Magic Johnson had just notified the NBA ,that he had been diagnosed with the Virus. Magic dealt with it with class and style
in all fairness Andy needed tell his bosses immediately a) he was ill and b) it would deteriorate.. that said, his bosses should have confronted him about it instead of just showing him the door
Wtf... Employers have no rights to an employees medical records. HIPAA exists for a reason
Jason Robards was great as usual.
I recalled his voice from All the President's Men... amazing movie
As usual :)
Brilliant in All the Presidents Men..
I saw Neil Young in a whole different light after I learned that was his song at the end of this movie.
I never caught that the one lawyer said “that ALONE was inexcusable” and the other lawyer looked at him.
I I'll NEVER forgot when 1st Sgt Becket took over HQ Platoon. Had a meeting.. "I what you to know that you ALL have my back".. (You KNOW your days are numbered.. 😒)
tom touches all that stuff on purpose! its a test. Denzel ate a 'tums?' with the same hand shook with tom. at the end he looks at both hands. character dynamics.beautiful scene.
Great to see Denzel Washington in this movie. His recent movies though fantastic, his roles however seem stereotypical.
Denzel rubbed his eyes and touched his face while listening to Tom. If that disease spread like that, he would of been in trouble. A lot of unknowns back then. More so in the mid 80's, but this isn't too far from. It is a great movie. Sadly, the real life story of Freddy Mercury would be a reference. You can watch his last video and see how terrible the disease is.
Great acting by Tom Hanks in any movie he stars in. However, I have always wondered in this scene was there a hiring clause to begin with that states what is and isnt acceptable behavior for representatives of the law firm? Because if his character knew that being hired and accepted the job any way . Then his character was more about making a statement than fair employment practices. Afterall, employers have to be candid in interviews about what they are looking for in candidates.
Jesus didn’t the director go too full on with the face zoom in every movie he did,his signature was burned out in SOTL..
My favorite movie
im always so hard trying to fit in i feel bad for those who have friends who called themselves there friends.
Did tom hanks say nine or none?
Nine.
Why does the guy that fell threw the hole have a case?
He doesn’t, really. Denzel’s character says he does either because he wants the guy’s money or is confident he can do lawyer magic or something. The point is just to show Denzel’s prejudice and how up against it Andy is. He can’t even get a lawyer who will take pretty much anything to take him on.
@@abon587😢 your right!! I didnt even think about that. It does show major tolerance for anyone other than andy.
Isn’t that the same ball cap Edward Scissorhands wore when he was in the burglary?
great film
we need to stop shaking hands with these people
‘
You Don’t get AIDS by shaking someone’s hand
Trash take from a trash person.
@@Adam_AZ1976Maybe they meant with prejudiced people
bigots? yeah
The 90s were a great time to be alive. The 2020s are a AWFUL time to be alive. Before anyone says b-b-but what about this character and all that trouble? Give me a break, you just moved the headstones not the bodies. It's just as bad now just insert a different marginalized victim.
The film came out about 5 years too late...
He didn't grab his hat on his way out...
“Joe, counting silently to ten in his head, takes out his machete and chops off his hand World War Z-style”
If they hadn't fired him how much longer could he have kept working before AIDS started impacting his abilities?A year?Maybe two?And how much longer until potential clients started noticing his sickly demeanour?Ie they'd say 'we want someone else to represent us this guy looks half dead'. A year maybe? So realistically his career was cut short by at most 18 months. Once he started looking visibly ill no client of any importance would want him anymore. So he would at most be assigned secondary or tertiary duties.
Yes that should have occurred. Instead they sacked him. The man is facing the last year of his life with no significant income. They added insult to illness.
This was AIDS in the 1980s so there was a lot more going on than what you detailed.
The fact that he was someone with AIDS was the only factor in the decision. Not his ability as a lawyer or his visible illness.
He had AIDS.
I'm not trying to justify any of it but that was the paranoia and stigma of AIDS back then. Children who were born with AIDS were treated the same way and preschools and kindergartens tried to refuse enrol to them.
They didn’t fire him because she had AIDS- they fired him because he was gay… everything else was a pretext
@jackdillon5903 more than that, he was a gay man who had aids. There's a woman referenced in the film who also has aid but who wasn't fired cos she got ot via a blood transfusion
Walter likes little girls; wants to know if Jack is still his friend...
How little we knew about HIV & AIDS back then. I suppose we've come a long way.
Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (Concord, California; 9 de julio de 1956) es un actor y director de cine estadounidense. Es de los intérpretes más reconocidos de Hollywood. Varias de sus películas, sean dramas o comedias, han recibido el reconocimiento internacional.
67 AÑOS. (68)
🤦
I'm NOT a movie goer, and not, any more at least, a Tom Hanks fan, but this was one of the best movies I've ever seen. Just outstanding acting from several key actors in this movie.
He doesn’t see a case with Andy but that idiot who decided to cross the street where a hole is clearly marked had one. Give us a break. I do understand that’s the point of showing that is to illustrate the absurdity of it all, but it makes me wonder if stuff like this has happened for real and in how many instances.
I noticed how Denzel immediately lets go of Tom’s hand when Tom reveals that he has AIDS.
You must’ve finished top of your class
@@BeatMedicareLMFAO
That was the stigma at the time, I praise both Denzel and Tom for their performance and being one of the first mainstream movies to tackle HIV/AIDS directly
Not only did he just let go of his hand but he also moved to the other side of the room.
His name is Jared…
Jared lost weight eating Subway, now he’s cold and alone with no one place to call his home…
He likes sandwiches with Philadelpha….cream cheese
lmao
The colonel was hired after his time spent in the California penal system
Brilliant.
If he didn;t wamp to be fire why did he wear the wrongful termination suit.
Denzel is the MFing man!!
The vibe of this movie reminds me of that movie where the guy wakes up and is like "I'm retarded?"
Ah yes - the After School Special.
looking stupified is tom's gift.
That guy in the beginning DOESN'T have a good case.
oh no tom's makeup beard and hair in the beginning looks so fake and pasted on lmao 😂😂
Two great actors
One of those groundbreaking movies that allow for a societal catharsis.
Now playing where? Lol
😂only in Hollywood.. a man spends the precious remainder of his life arguing with his ex boss😂😂 "See kids, American justice at its finest" DONT BELIVE THE HYPE. EVER.
people would definitely spend precious time on or die for much less for something they believe in. dying plaintiffs showed up in court every day against monsanto and johnson & johnson.
back when Denzel, Hanks and Springsteen were all at there peak
he shouldn’t have been touching everything in the lawyers office, aids or not.
♥️♥️♥️
They fired him for packing fudge
Lol that's one way to put it
Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (Mount Vernon, Nueva York; 28 de diciembre de 1954) es un actor, productor y director de cine estadounidense, ganador de tres Globo de Oro, un Premio del Sindicato de Actores, un premio Tony y dos premios Óscar; estos por las cintas Glory como mejor actor de reparto en 1989, y por Día de entrenamiento como mejor actor principal en 2001. En 2020, el New York Times lo calificó como el gran actor del siglo xxi. Conocido por sus actuaciones en la pantalla y el escenario, ha sido descrito como un actor quien reconfiguró "el concepto de cómo ser una estrella de cine", relacionando con personajes definidos por su gracia, dignidad, humanidad y fuerza interior.
69 AÑOS. (70)
Tom hanks could pass for a white rapper in this outfit
Sick
iris is an absolute dime
I always thought that too! Also Miguel's sister later on in the movie.