Philadelphia Released Date, Rating, Genre, Cast

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Released Date

December 22, 1993

Distributor

TriStar Pictures

Genre

Drama

Rating

PG-13

Budget

$26,000,000

Worldwide Gross

Domestic Gross + International Gross = Worldwide Gross
$77,446,440 + $129,232,000 = $206,678,440

Cast

Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Antonio Banderas, Mary Steenburgen, Bradley Whitford, Joanne Woodward, Ann Dowd, Charles Napier, Anna Deavere Smith

Tom Hanks

as Andrew Beckett

Denzel Washington

as Joe Miller

Antonio Banderas

as Miguel Álvarez

Mary Steenburgen

as Belinda Conine

Bradley Whitford

as Jamey Collins

Joanne Woodward

as Sarah Beckett

Ann Dowd

as Jill Beckett

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Charles Napier

as Judge Lucas Garnett

Anna Deavere Smith

as Anthea Burton

About Philadelphia

When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.

About

When a man with HIV is fired from his powerful law firm, he gains the help of a homophobic small time lawyer in order to sue against his prior place of employment for discrimination.

Trivia

The home videos at the end of the film is actual home video footage of Tom Hanks as a child. Tom Hanks won the Academy Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role.