Philadelphia (Drama) (1993) ©1999 by Raymond Weschler Major Characters Andy Beckett....................Tom Hanks A gay lawyer practicing business law in Philadelphia, who loses his job after he begins to get sick with AIDS. Joe Miller......................Denzel Washington A young black attorney who agrees to represent Andy in a lawsuit against Andy's former employers, for illegally firing him. Charles Wheeler...............Jason Robards Head of the law firm which fires Andy. Walter Kenton..................Charles Glenn Another important lawyer at Andy's firm, who is clearly prejudiced against homosexuals. Miguel Alvarez................Antonio Banderas Andy's long time lover who continues to take care of him. Belinda Conine.................Mary Steenberger Attorney for Charles' law firm. Plot Summary This is the first major movie to deal with the subject of AIDS. It is about a Philadelphia lawyer, Andy Beckett, who is fired from his job after he starts to become sick. The law firm where he works claims that they fired Andy because he was no longer a good lawyer, but Andy is convinced that the real reason he was fired is because his bosses found out that he had AIDS. In the United States, it is illegal to fire somebody simply because they have a disease. Andy therefore decides to sue (file a lawsuit) against his former bosses for illegally firing him. For Andy and his family, the lawsuit will come to represent a major fight against prejudice, and thus a fight for justice. In many ways, this film is as much about Joe Miller, Andy's African-American lawyer, as it is about Andy himself. At first, Joe refuses to work for Andy, in large part because he is himself prejudiced against both homosexuals and people with AIDS. But eventually Joe comes to realize that the discrimination Andy faces is both illegal and unethical, just as it is with discrimination against blacks. He agrees to take Andy's case, and over the course of an exhausting trial, sets out to prove that Andy was fired not because he was a bad lawyer, but because he was a victim of illegal discrimination. Words and Expressions that You may not Know Andy and Joe battle in court, and Andy's boss assign him the most important case that his law firm has. This petulant dust. This means very irritating, but it is rarely used. Messy but innocuous. A useful word for not harmful. It's defined by Webster's as harmless. The name of a standard dictionary used by many English speakers. I will grant a restraining order. "To grant" is to offically give or approve something. A "restraining order" is an official decree by a judge telling one or more people that they may not continue with a given action (in this case, constructing a building), until a trial has settled the legal iss责任编辑:yechenglu
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