Filming for Philadelphia began in October 1992; by the end of that year more than 194,000 people had died from AIDS in the United States. Just a year later, as the movie opened, the death toll had ...

PHILADELPHIA stars Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington as two competing lawyers who join forces to sue a prestigious law firm for AIDS discrimination. And as their unlikely friendship develops ...

10 years after the release of "Philadelphia", director Jonathan Demme ... mainstream Hollywood film about dealing with the topic of Aids, revealing its impact on culture and society.