Overview:
Two competing lawyers join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. As their unlikely friendship develops their courage overcomes the prejudice and corruption of their powerful adversaries.| Status: | Released (1993-12-22) |
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| Awards: | Won 2 Oscars. 20 wins & 23 nominations total |
| BoxOffice: | $77,446,440 |
| Screen: | Ron Nyswaner |
| Productions: | TriStar Pictures |
| Production Countries: | United States of America |
| Spoken Languages: | English |
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Casts
- 31: Tom Hanks - Andrew Beckett
- 5292: Denzel Washington - Joe Miller
- 4765: Jason Robards - Charles Wheeler
- 2453: Mary Steenburgen - Belinda Conine
- 3131: Antonio Banderas - Miguel Alvarez
- 32592: Ron Vawter - Bob Seidman
- 25626: Robert Ridgely - Walter Kenton
Crews
- 117: Howard Shore - Original Music Composer - Sound
- 557: Colleen Atwood - Costume Design - Costume & Make-Up
- 16297: Edward Saxon - Producer - Production
- 16300: Tak Fujimoto - Director of Photography - Camera
- 16296: Ronald M. Bozman - Executive Producer - Production
- 16294: Jonathan Demme - Director - Directing
- 16294: Jonathan Demme - Producer - Production
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Reviews
John Chard
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What do you love about the law, Andrew? Andrew Beckett is a gay lawyer infected with AIDS, who in spite of being his law firm's rising star, is fired on a trumped up charge of negligence. Refusing to accept defeat, Andrew manages to enlist the help of homophobic lawyer Joe Miller, ....
Continue reading ->Peter McGinn
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Yet another of those movies I watched close to when it came out umpteen years ago, and only recently watched again. For entertainment value, it hasn’t aged particularly well for me. I am not sure I can even describe why, except that it seemed to lack energy. There are a lot of goo ....
Continue reading ->tmdb15435519
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Compelling performances by both Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. And to think I almost didn't watch this because the poster doesn't look like Hanks...
Continue reading ->Filipe Manuel Neto
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**A dense, disturbing, difficult, but highly relevant film.** Well, those who has the patience and charity to read what I write may have already realized that I'm not a big fan of overly militant films, even if they are causes or ideas that I defend or with which I tend to agree. ....
Continue reading ->CinemaSerf
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It's quite hard to overstate how significant this film was at a time when AIDS-driven homophobia was rife. Right from the outset with Bruce Springsteen's delicate opening ballad, this effectively counters an whole range of prejudices that prevailed not just in the USA but around the ....
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