Philadelphia

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Reviewed by The Medindia Medical Review Team on Mar 10, 2013

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Philadelphia

Language : English
Year : 1993
Medical Theme : AIDS
Actors : Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Jason Robards, Joanne Woodward
Storyline : Andrew Beckett, a gay lawyer infected with AIDS, is fired from his Law firm in fear of contracting the disease from him. Andrew makes a last attempt to sue the law firm with the help of a homophobic lawyer, Joe Miller. The lawyer realizes Andrew is not different from ordinary people sheds his homophobia and helps Becket before AIDS overcomes him.

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