Philadelphia
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The film Philadelphia, directed by Jonathan Demme, is a 1993 courtroom drama that centers on the AIDS crisis. The movie stars Tom Hanks and Antonio Banderas. Hanks received an Academy Award for his performance as a homosexual lawyer who is fired after being diagnosed with AIDS. Bruce Springsteen's song "Streets of Philadelphia" from the film won both an Academy Award and a Grammy Award.12
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Antonio BanderasHollywood success: Philadelphia and Interview with the Vampire…lover in the box-office hit Philadelphia (1993).
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Roger CormanOther projects and legacy…in such Demme films as Philadelphia (1993), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), and Rachel Getting Married (2008). Other notable films include Apollo 13 (1995).
Read More…in such Demme films as Philadelphia (1993), The Manchurian Candidate (2004), and Rachel Getting Married (2008). Other notable films include Apollo 13 (1995).
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Tom Hanks…gay lawyer with AIDS in Philadelphia (1993). Another Academy Award, for the phenomenally popular Forrest Gump (1994), made him the first actor to win back-to-back best actor Oscars since Spencer Tracy.
Read More…gay lawyer with AIDS in Philadelphia (1993). Another Academy Award, for the phenomenally popular Forrest Gump (1994), made him the first actor to win back-to-back best actor Oscars since Spencer Tracy.
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Jason RobardsRobards’s later films included Philadelphia (1993), A Thousand Acres (1997), and Magnolia (1999).
Read MoreRobards’s later films included Philadelphia (1993), A Thousand Acres (1997), and Magnolia (1999).
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Mary Steenburgen…What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Philadelphia (1993), and Oliver Stone’s Nixon (1995). She starred with Ted Danson (her husband from 1995) in the acclaimed two-part TV miniseries Gulliver’s Travels (1996). Steenburgen and Danson also starred in the short-lived TV comedy Ink (1996–97). She later appeared in Life as a House…
Read More…What’s Eating Gilbert Grape (1993), Philadelphia (1993), and Oliver Stone’s Nixon (1995). She starred with Ted Danson (her husband from 1995) in the acclaimed two-part TV miniseries Gulliver’s Travels (1996). Steenburgen and Danson also starred in the short-lived TV comedy Ink (1996–97). She later appeared in Life as a House…
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Denzel WashingtonSuperstardom: Malcolm X and Training Day…Hanks in the courtroom drama Philadelphia (1993), the hard-boiled mystery Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), and the military thriller Crimson Tide (1995). The latter was the first of several popular movies he made with director Tony Scott.
Read More…Hanks in the courtroom drama Philadelphia (1993), the hard-boiled mystery Devil in a Blue Dress (1995), and the military thriller Crimson Tide (1995). The latter was the first of several popular movies he made with director Tony Scott.
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Joanne Woodward…in the Academy Award-winning movie Philadelphia, and that same year she was the narrator of Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence, based on Edith Wharton’s novel of the same name. Woodward’s last collaboration with her husband before he died, in 2008, was in the cable television miniseries Empire Falls (2005),…
Read More…in the Academy Award-winning movie Philadelphia, and that same year she was the narrator of Martin Scorsese’s The Age of Innocence, based on Edith Wharton’s novel of the same name. Woodward’s last collaboration with her husband before he died, in 2008, was in the cable television miniseries Empire Falls (2005),…
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