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Philadelphia DVD

PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) :: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment :: Released: 2002-07-25

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Philadelphia Summary Philadelphia - Dvd Movie

Philadelphia wasn't the first movie about AIDS (it followed such worthy independent films as Parting Glances and Longtime Companion), but it was the first Hollywood studio picture to take AIDS as its primary subject. In that sense, Philadelphia is a historically important film. As such, it's worth remembering that director Jonathan Demme (Melvin and Howard, Something Wild, The Silence of the Lambs) wasn't interested in preaching to the converted; he set out to make a film that would connect with a mainstream audience. And he succeeded. Philadelphia was not only a hit, it also won Oscars for Bruce Springsteen's haunting "The Streets of Philadelphia," and for Tom Hanks as the gay lawyer Andrew Beckett who is unjustly fired by his firm because he has AIDS. Denzel Washington is another lawyer (functioning as the mainstream-audience surrogate) who reluctantly takes Beckett's case and learns to overcome his misconceptions about the disease, about those who contract it, and about gay people in general. The combined warmth and humanism of Hanks and Demme were absolutely essential to making this picture a success. The cast also features Jason Robards, Antonio Banderas (as Beckett's lover), Joanne Woodward, and Robert Ridgely, and, of course, those Demme regulars Charles Napier, Tracey Walter, and Roger Corman. --Jim Emerson

Techincal Details Cast: Tom Hanks, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman, Karen Finley
Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
Rated: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time: 125 mins
UPC: 004339652619
Binding: DVD
Studio: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Release Date: 2002-07-25
Region Code: 1
Specs: Anamorphic, Color, Dolby, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC

Language & Subtitles English (Unknown - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Subtitled), Georgian (Subtitled), English (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), French (Original Language - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround), Spanish (Dubbed - Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround),