Directed by:
Jonathan DemmeScreenplay:
Ron NyswanerCinematography:
Tak FujimotoComposer:
Howard ShoreCast:
Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Mark Sorensen Jr., Jeffrey Williamson, Charles Glenn, Anna Deavere Smith, Joanne Woodward, Jason Robards (more)VOD (2)
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Tom Hanks' Oscar-winning performance as a gay man dying of AIDS in Jonathan Demme's big-budget, all-star movie brings the modern disease to mainstream Hollywood. Hanks plays Andrew Beckett, a lawyer who is fired when his boss discovers that he has AIDS. He then engages the services of homophobic lawyer Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) to take his company to court. (Sony Pictures Home Entertainment)
(more)Cast
![Obba Babatundé](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/456/456048_b12822.jpg)
Obba Babatundé
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
The Notebook (2004)
![Charles Napier](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272892_61fbbf.jpg)
Charles Napier
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Lords of Dogtown (2005)
![Roger Corman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/891/166891470_87f1c6.jpg)
Roger Corman
USA
Best movies:
The Godfather: A Novel for Television (1977) (series)
The Godfather: Part II (1974)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
![Kathryn Witt](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/462/462496_0efe95.jpg)
Kathryn Witt
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Lenny (1974)
Star 80 (1983)
Quentin Crisp
UK
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Orlando (1992)
Kojak: Flowers for Matty (1990) (TV movie)
![Jaime Gomez](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/529/162529680_68a0b3.jpg)
Jaime Gomez
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Training Day (2001)
Crimson Tide (1995)
Stephanie Roth Haberle
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Melinda and Melinda (2004)
Deception (2008)
![Tak Fujimoto](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/627/160627738_01fbfb.jpg)
Tak Fujimoto
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
![Harry Northup](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/249/163249471_e891ad.png)
Harry Northup
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Chauffeur de taxi (1976)
![Robert Ridgely](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/388/160388232_a18af0.gif)
Robert Ridgely
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Boogie Nights (1997)
Flash Gordon: The Greatest Adventure of All (1982) (TV movie)
![Gene Borkan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/529/160529273_f6737f.jpg)
Gene Borkan
USA
Best movies:
Se7en (1995)
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
The Last Boy Scout (1991)
![Gary Goetzman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/269/168269786_5vkyur.jpg)
Gary Goetzman
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Bustin' Loose (1981)
Something Wild (1986)
Ford Wheeler
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Beloved (1998)
José Castillo
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
Welcome Mr. Marshall! (1953)
Roy Blount Jr.
USA
Best movies:
Philadelphia (1993)
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)
Larger Than Life (1996)
![Ron Vawter](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/758/162758125_9e933c.jpg)
Ron Vawter
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989)
Charles Techman
Best movies:
12 Monkeys (1995)
Philadelphia (1993)
Synecdoche, New York (2008)
Robert W. Castle
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Sleepers (1996)
Andre B. Blake
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Subway Stories: Tales from the Underground (1997) (TV movie)
Kenneth Utt
USA
Best movies:
The Silence of the Lambs (1991)
Philadelphia (1993)
Dogfight (1991)