Tom Hanks And Denzel Washington: Movie Analysis

Summary :
The movie Philadelphia stared by Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington entails the story of Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks) suing his old employers for firing him based on prejudice against his HIV + condition. Andrew is a senior associate at one of the largest corporate law firms in Philadelphia who’s asked to be the head lawyer in a major case for the firm. While he’s working on the case he’s dealing with the condition of being HIV + avoiding to come to work not to raise suspicions about his disease and his sexual orientation, that as far as he knew were unknown facts to the partners of the firm. Once he gets back to the firm he’s fired over what seemed to be a boycott from someone in the firm, leading him to seek representation to sue the
The movie is arguably an adaptation of the real case of Geoffrey Bower’s case against Baker & McKenzie for wrongful dismissal and is a political statement within American culture. Besides the remarkable acting quality of Tom Hanks, who won the Academy award for best actor in his role as Andrew Becker, the political aspect of this movie is undoubtedly its best quality. The movie brings to the common audience a subject that is very unknown and veiled for many throughout the US to question how a whole country is dealing with the stigma of disease. The movie goes even further in addressing the legal issues of homosexual couples, as seeing in the scene of the hospital in which Miguel ( Antonio Banderas is dismissed by the nurse as she brings up the fact that he has no legal connection to Andrew. The movie presents on a very well developed scenario the relatable story of a man, who is no saint but also no devil, to help the American population to put a face and positive story behind the evil monster lurking in the dark they imagined AIDS as. The movie was also immensely successful in putting together a memorable and emotional soundtrack, primarily in the famous scene in which Andrew, already in his last days, plays Opera for Miller and the whole scene bursts into an emotional roller-coaster in which you can feel his turmoil of emotions coming together. The artistic quality of the acting and the music bring the human and relatable quality to a very important yet dense political story that come together as a very emotional and relevant