Although it came at my editor Jen’s highest recommendations, I delayed watching the 1993 courtroom drama “Philadelphia” for as long as I could.
“You will love it!” she proclaimed. I could see why she would think so.
The film is one of the first mainstream Hollywood movies to tackle the HIV/AIDS crisis and the homophobia surrounding it. It won two of its five Oscar nominations and became a box office hit. It was directed by Jonathan Demme, who snagged Oscars for “The Silence of the Lambs,” and written by Ron Nyswaner, who himself is gay and advocates for gay rights.
“Philadelphia” follows high-flying lawyer Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), who is suddenly dismissed from a top law firm…
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