Philadelphia
Philadelphia is a 1993 American legal drama film directed and produced by Jonathan Demme, written by Ron Nyswaner, and starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Filmed on location in its namesake city, it tells the story of attorney Andrew Beckett (Hanks) who comes to ask a personal injury attorney, Joe Miller (Washington), to help him sue his former employer, who fired him after discovering he was gay and that he had AIDS. The cast also features Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, and Joanne Woodward.
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| Produced by | Jonathan Demme
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| Production company | Clinica Estetico |
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| Running time | 126 minutes
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| Country | United States
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| Language | English
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| Budget | $26,000,000 USD
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| Box office | $77,000,000 USD
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![Philadelphia - Tele Tydzień Magazine Pictorial [Poland] (8 December 2023)](http://img3.bdbphotos.com/images/130x130/9/d/9dutszw4i8sw89wt.jpg?skj2io4l)
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- Tom Hanks lost 26 pounds during his role for this film.
- The film's workings title included "People Like Us", "At Risk" and "Probable Cause".
- Filmed in sequence. ......
- The courtroom scenes were filmed in an actual courtroom that the city let the producers used. It was not a set.
- The library scene was filmed in the Furness Building at the University of Pennsylvania. This building is actually a Fine Arts library.
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