Oscar Winner ‘Philadelphia’ to Screen in Bryn Mawr, Marking 30 Years of Compelling Significance

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Tom Hanks as Andrew Beckett, a rising Philadelphia attorney with AIDS; the role won Hanks his second Best Actor Oscar.

Philadelphia — the Jonathan Demme 1993 film that was one of Hollywood’s first mainstream commentaries on the AIDS crisis, released before the outbreak proved devastatingly fatal — turns 30 this year. To celebrate its significance, the Bryn Mawr Film Institute is putting it back on the big screen, reported Stephen Silver in The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The Montgomery County showing is Mar. 14 at 6:30 PM.

The showing seems to reflect a twin timeframe, riding the current crest of LGBTQ awareness and support and the calendric focus on film following the Mar. 12 Oscar telecast on ABC.

Philadelphia won three Academy Awards its year:

The evening will include a discussion not only on the movie but also the representation of the lifestyle presented in a mainstream film.

Philadelphia Gay News film critic Gary M. Kramer said of it: “I still admire the film, especially for providing teachable moments about AIDS and discrimination towards the GLBTQ community that were valuable at the time and remain important to remember today.”

More on Philadelphia and its Bryn Mawr showing is at The Philadelphia Inquirer.

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The original 1993 trailer for Philadelphia.

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