USA,
1993, 125 min
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)Awards
- Winner
- Nominations
Academy Awards
- 1994 - Tom Hanks (Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role)
- 1994 - Bruce Springsteen (Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song))
- 1994 - Ron Nyswaner (Best Original Screenplay)
- 1994 - Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures (Original Song)
- 1994 - Best Achievement in Makeup and Hairstyling
British Academy of Film and Television Arts (BAFTA)
- 1995 - Ron Nyswaner (Best Original Screenplay)
Golden Globes
- 1994 - Tom Hanks (Best Actor in a Motion Picture – Drama)
- 1994 - Bruce Springsteen (Best Original Song)
- 1994 - Ron Nyswaner (Best Screenplay)
Berlinale (Berlin International Film Festival)
- 1994 - Tom Hanks (Silver Bear for Best Actor)
- 1994 - Jonathan Demme (Golden Bear for Best Film)