---
title: 'Philadelphia (1993)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jonathan Demme'
released: '1993-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 125
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United States'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/philadelphia-1993'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0107818/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Philadelphia (1993)

1993 · 125 min · Drama · United States


## Synopsis

Philadelphia is a 1993 American legal drama film directed and produced by Jonathan Demme, written by Ron Nyswaner, and starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Filmed on location in its namesake city, it tells the story of attorney Andrew Beckett (Hanks) who comes to ask a personal injury attorney, Joe Miller (Washington), to help him sue his former law firm, who fired him after discovering he was gay and that he had AIDS. The cast also features Jason Robards, Mary Steenburgen, Antonio Banderas, and Joanne Woodward.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jonathan Demme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-demme)
- **Producer:** [Jonathan Demme](https://cinepixo.com/people/jonathan-demme), [Edward Saxon](https://cinepixo.com/people/edward-saxon)
- **Screenplay:** [Ron Nyswaner](https://cinepixo.com/people/ron-nyswaner)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Howard Shore](https://cinepixo.com/people/howard-shore)
- **Director of Photography:** [Tak Fujimoto](https://cinepixo.com/people/tak-fujimoto)
- **Editor:** [Craig McKay](https://cinepixo.com/people/craig-mckay)

## Cast

- [Dodie Demme](https://cinepixo.com/people/dodie-demme)
- [John Ignarri](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-ignarri)
- [Harry Northup](https://cinepixo.com/people/harry-northup)
- [James B. Howard](https://cinepixo.com/people/james-b-howard)
- [Tracey Walter](https://cinepixo.com/people/tracey-walter)
- [John Bedford Lloyd](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-bedford-lloyd)
- [Freddie Foxxx](https://cinepixo.com/people/freddie-foxxx)
- [Jim Roche](https://cinepixo.com/people/jim-roche)
- [Tony Fitzpatrick](https://cinepixo.com/people/tony-fitzpatrick)
- [Jordan Cael](https://cinepixo.com/people/jordan-cael)
- [David Drake](https://cinepixo.com/people/david-drake)
- [Donna Hamilton](https://cinepixo.com/people/donna-hamilton)
- [Chandra Wilson](https://cinepixo.com/people/chandra-wilson)
- [Ed Rendell](https://cinepixo.com/people/ed-rendell) as Ed Rendell
- [Paul Moore](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-moore)

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