Tom Hanks won an Academy Award for Best Actor with his stirring portrayal of Andrew Beckett a successful attorney stricken with AIDS who sues his powerful Philadelphia firm after they dismiss him. The only lawyer who will help him is ambulance-chaser Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) who agrees to take the case despite his discomfort with Andrew s illness and homosexuality. With Jason Robards Mary Steenburgen Antonio Banderas and Joanne Woodward; Jonathan Demme directs. 125 min. Widescreen; Soundtrack: English. Two-disc set.