Philadelphia...

Directed by Jonathan Demme
Produced by Jonathan Demme
Edward Saxon
Written by Ron Nyswaner
Starring Tom Hanks
Denzel Washington
Jason Robards
Antonio Banderas
Joanne Woodward
Music by Howard Shore
Distributed by TriStar Pictures
Release date(s) December 23, 1993
Running time 125 min.
Language English
Budget $26,000,000 US (est.)

Bit of linkage here. Yet another film Tom Hanks plays the lead role in, but also directed and produced by Jonathon Demme. The film stars another great actor Denzel Washington. Legend.

The story begins with Tom Hanks, a successful worker, whos character develops a serious strain of AIDS. His job is lost, and he seeks help from a homophobic lawyer, who at first refuses to take his case on. The filming is well suited to sympathise for Tom Hank's character, who is portrayed to have suffered greatly from his job loss.



My favourite scene, is the first meet between Mr Beckett (Tom Hanks) and Councilor (Denzel Washington). The use of zooms within the objects the infected Mr Beckett touches, shows Washingtons charaters discomfort in the matter. I also like the scenes in court, where the lawyers talk directly to the jury. The proximity of the characters to the camera and the focus upon single characters, shows thier importance in this specific scene.



The film is inspired by the homophobic behaviour within society not only at the time of the film, but in the past and future years. People against homosexual behaviour may have been opened up to the effects of AIDS on the gay cumminity. A powerful scene shown above, where the sufferer being watched by the initial homophobe, with powerful music, works well to relate the audience to the scene. The red lighting also shows his suffering well.

Prrrrrrrrrropa sad ending. I hate them :)