This is reportedly a fictional movie, but mirrors a couple different real life stories. Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) sues his former boss after he is fired. The firm contends his work was mediocre at best (even though they had just given him an important case. Beckett's contention is that he was fired because they discovered he had AIDS. He is represented in court by Joe Miller (Denzel Washington). Miller does not like being around gay people. But maybe that makes him better at representing Beckett. The firm is headed by Charles Wheeler (Jason Robards) and is represented by Belinda Conine (Mary Steenburgen). Antonio Banderas portrays Beckett's lover.
This movie is one that makes you think about what may be your own prejudices. We see the relationship that Beckett has with his partner. Of course this is in the era before gay marriage.
This movie won two Oscars, Hanks for best actor and Bruce Springsteen for best song, Streets of Philadelphia. In today's environment Tom Hanks probably wouldn't be allowed to play this roll as a strait man playing a gay man.
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