DAVIS, Christopher; Based on a Screenplay by Ron Nyswaner. [Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington].
Philadelphia.
New York: Bantam Books, 1994.
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First Edition of Philadelphia; Signed by Christopher Davis and Academy Award-winning Actors Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington
First edition of this landmark work, basis for the Academy Award-winning film starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington. Octavo, original half cloth. Boldly signed Christopher Davis and by Academy Award-winning actors Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington on the front free endpaper. Fine in a fine dust jacket. Rare and desirable.
Philadelphia is a 1993 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. Philadelphia is one of the first mainstream Hollywood films not only to explicitly address HIV/AIDS and homophobia, but also to portray gay people in a positive light. It premiered in Los Angeles on December 14, 1993, in a benefit for the AIDS Project. The film was positively received by critics for its screenplay and the performances of Hanks and Washington. For his performance as Andrew Beckett, Hanks won Best Actor at the 66th Academy Awards, while the song "Streets of Philadelphia" by Bruce Springsteen won Best Original Song. Nyswaner was also nominated for the Best Original Screenplay,
Philadelphia.
$2,800.00
In Stock