“Philadelphia” quotes
(1993)
Jonathan Demme
directed this movie
in 1993
Title Philadelphia
Year 1993
Director Jonathan Demme
Genre Drama
Year 1993
Director Jonathan Demme
Genre Drama
Plot – Andrew Beckett, a young lawyer, is dismissed from his job: his supervisors say he was not competent, but Andrew states he has been fired because he suffers from AIDS. Now he is determined to defend his reputation and hires a lawyer, Joe Miller, to represent him in a case for illegitimate dismissal. Joe is reluctant to accept it because the two men are different socially and culturally. He will face a different struggle now, comparing himself with his own fears and prejudices on homosexuality.
All actors – Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman, Karen Finley, Daniel Chapman, Mark Sorensen Jr., Jeffrey Williamson, Charles Glenn, Ron Vawter, Anna Deavere Smith, Stephanie Roth Haberle, Lisa Talerico, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards, Robert Ridgely, Chandra Wilson, Ford Wheeler, David Drake, Peter Jacobs, Antonio Banderas, Paul Lazar, Bradley Whitford, Lisa Summerour, Freddie Foxxx, Paul Moore, Warren Miller, Lauren Roselli, Jane Moore, Joey Perillo, Bill Rowe, Dennis Radesky, Glen Hartell, Tracey Walter, John Ignarri, Richard Ehrlich, Julius Erving, Ann Dowd, Katie Lintner, Peg French, Ann Howard, Meghan Tepas, John Bedford Lloyd, Robert W. Castle, Molly Hickok, Dan Olmstead, Elizabeth Roby, Adam LeFevre, Gary Goetzman, Daniel von Bargen, Melissa Fraser Brown, Jordan Cael, Dodie Demme, Patricia Greenwell, Donovan Mannato, Harry Northup, Steven Scales, Billy Ray Tyson, Kenneth Utt, Steve Vignari, Lawrence T. Wrentz, Mary Steenburgen, Obba Babatundé, James B. Howard, Charles Techman, Charles Napier, Roger Corman, Jim Roche, Donna Hamilton, Edward Rendell, Daniel Wolff, John T. O'Connell, Edward Kirkland, Tony Fitzpatrick, Kathryn Witt, Debra H. Ballard, Andre B. Blake, Ira Flitter, Gene Borkan, Jon Arterton, Michael Callen, Aurelio Font, Jimmy Rutland, Cliff Townsend, Q. Lazzarus, Lucas Platt, Jiggs Walker, Carmen Mahiques, José Castillo, Leigh Smiley, Philip Joseph 'PJ' McGee, , Robert Breslo, Valerio Bevilacqua, Roy Blount Jr., Bob Bowersox, Quentin Crisp, Tom Detrik, Tony Devon, Randy Aaron Fink, Tak Fujimoto, Jaime Gomez, Cristina Guzman, Ana Leza, Bonnie Loev, T.O.N.E-z, Susan Wool-Rush
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“- Andrew Beckett: What I love the most about the law?
- Joe Miller: Yeah.
- Andrew Beckett: It's that every now and then, not often, but occasionally, you get to be a part of justice being done. That really is quite a thrill when that happens.”“- Joe Miller: What's wrong with your face?
- Andrew Beckett: [upon entering Joe's office] I have AIDS.”“Faith, Andy, is the belief in something for which we have no evidence.”
“- Librarian: [standing next to his table] Sir, wouldn't you be more comfortable in a study room?
[Andrew Beckett looks up and sees people in the library staring at him]
- Andrew Beckett: No. Would it make you more comfortable?”“This is the essence of discrimination: formulating opinions about others not based on their individual merits, but rather on their membership in a group with assumed characteristics.”
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