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 …

Dec 30, 2021 · Joe Miller frequently takes anti-discrimination or social-cause cases, and he and Andy initially meet when Joe is suing a developer for gentrification and Andy is defending …

Jun 3, 2022 · Joe Miller, Denzel Washington's character, was created as a sort of audience surrogate. At the beginning of the film, Miller is deeply homophobic, and even initially refuses …

Philadelphia: Directed by Jonathan Demme. With Tom Hanks, Denzel Washington, Roberta Maxwell, Buzz Kilman. When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, …

Joe Miller : This is the essence of discrimination: formulating opinions about others not based on their individual merits, but rather on their membership in a group with assumed characteristics.

Jan 3, 2019 · Desperate to make his former employees confront their prejudices, Beckett hires lawyer Joe Miller (Denzel Washington)—a one-time adversary—to represent him in a wrongful …

Suspecting that homosexuality and the deadly disease are the only reasons he was fired, Andy summons up the courage to sue his cruel former employers, enlisting the help of an …

Fired shortly afterwards, Beckett resolves to sue for discrimination, and teams up with Joe Miller (Denzel Washington), the only lawyer willing to help. In court, they face one of his...

Jun 29, 2020 · In this powerful scene from Philadelphia (1993), Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) throws a curve-ball in the courtroom when he questions his witness' (Bradley Whitford) sexual …

Sep 13, 2024 · Joe Miller: This is the essence of discrimination: formulating opinions about others not based on their individual merits, but rather on their membership in a group with assumed …