Philadelphia | Andy And Joe Library Scene | CineStream 

Okay, but can we laugh at the fact that this librarian finds and hands Tom Hanks cases for discrimination for AIDS and then proceeds to discriminate against him for having AIDS

My uncle died of AIDS when i was 2. when he was diagnosed as HIV positive I hadn't been born yet but when I turned one he started suffering from skin lesions and pneumonia, so he preferred not to pick me up or kiss me, he just patted me on the head. my mother told me that once, a few months before he died, while he was caressing me, he was crying... he probably wanted to hug me like he did when I was a newborn and maybe he also knew that we would never see each other again but I'm sure that since the diagnosis no one had hugged him again without showing fear or disgust. I don't know what he felt but I know that I love him even now that he's not here, and I'm grateful to him for being affectionate with me even if I don't remember it

Tom Hanks is a great actor. Won the Oscar for best lead actor in this film. What I don't get is how Denzel did not get a nomination. Not even a mention.

These two were magical together. Totally cried at the end, very beautiful film.

That librarian is still the Joker’s number onnnneee!!

The Librarian..."You're right, THERE IS A SECTION ON HIV RELATED DESCRIMINATION." About as subtle as artillery.

Denzel Washington’s performance by todays standards would have easily gotten him an Oscar.

What always amazes me is the advent of the "triple cocktail" drug treatment regime. So many people had seen the disease run it course and knew exactly where it would lead. And then to have this treatment be available and all of a sudden your life us handed back to you, seemingly overnight. It also makes you think about the character here of Andy. A couple years give or take, and could have been saved. He just misses the window.

This is TRUE acting. Only REAL actors can pull this off. I love it!! Its like watching a great tennis match.

I saw this in the theater. At the time I didn't pick up on the symbolism of Andy wearing a hat with an African pattern on it while Joe recognizes he's being treated like a black man would've been treated in the Jim Crow era.

" A social death which precedes the actual physical one "😔

My mom had an hiv/aids support group in the 90s. I remember asking her how she stood so many losses. She said if I don't who will.

Who cares about awards. These guys kill this scene, two GOATS coming together to talk about discrimination.

Saw this in the theater, at 1:30 the theater roared with applause.

Young people today will never know or appreciate the significance of this beautiful film.

At this point Denzel's career is so goddamn long and stacked with great performances that this one seems to fly under the radar. It's one of his greatest though in my opinion

DENZEL SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED BEST SUPPORTING ACTOR FOR THIS PERFORMANCE AND THE WIN !!

It's a terrible shame that we have not gotten more movies with these two working together. This is like Jordan and Bird. All you would need is some top-notch scriptwriters and these two, and it would be instant cinema gold.

Oh man that familiar tug to do the right thing even when it’s going to cost you big. What is society without it?

Philadelphia is one of the best movies ever made in the 90s and Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington did phenomenal performances in this movie 🎥. This movie really hit hard for me and it is an amazing movie .

Two amazing actors. This is one of my favorite scenes from the movie. I’m a lawyer.

Tracy Walter is one of those great character actors who ive always said deserves more work.

I tell you this is a perfect example of how a black person who have been discriminated against all our lives can’t walk away from any person who is being discriminated against ❤️👍🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽

That librarian always plays a mean guy.

Such a great movie. Should be noted that Denzel character probably was old enough at that time where going to law school he probably dealt with people walking away because he sat at their table

What a wonderful treat seeing Denzel & Tom on the same screen.

Denzel's face in that thumbnail tho. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

These guys should have won best actor and best supporting actor at the academy for this film

I took care of hundreds of AIDS patients in the early 90s. It broke my heart. Their families abandoned them.

Thanks for this clip. We've come a long way since 1993. (I'm negative- I mean, as a society.) I remember the signs in the high school bathroom, how terrified everyone was- This was an important movie

The librarian was so disturbed by Andy not taking the private research room that he immediately quit his job and went and joined the Joker’s gang.

yeah, now i remember why I love 90s movies

Beautiful movie - these two knock it out of the park

5:45 how to be a great actor with your eyes only

Denzel should had got a Oscar.

My mom had a friend that had aids. I miss him so much. He was sweet and very smart. I remember when I had my son and his dad was like don’t ever let that man hold my son. I was like excuse me and told him off. He was so ignorant. He acted like you can get aids by hugging and kissing on the check 😡. I grew up around him. We hugged a lot. I know I’ll see him again. Rip

When he pushed the book over - I reckon that’s one of the most powerful moments in film

I cry like three separate times when I watch this wonderful, powerful scene.

I cared for and nursed many individuals in The The Inner City New Orleans community at Ochnser Foundation Hospital. I specifically recall an individual Professional Interior Decorator who lost clientele, contracts and social relationships because he was isolated due to his disease and disability in hospital. I recall him begging for a " librium" because if the emotional inability to cope with the anxiety and fear associated with the losses he was experiencing. He wanted a peaceful night's rest, and by God almighty, that Man got a Librium capsule and we cried together for the panic he was feeling.

The movie was centered on Hank's character but it was Washington's character arch which made the story.

Demme was one of the few who benefited and treasured the amercan cinema of the 70s, his approach was subtle yet frank, like reality could bring as much emotion than a Hollywood fake and easy teardrop movie. A great director and a great personality.

Wish Denzel and Tom made more movies together. 2 of my favourite actors

Did people still think, even at this point, that you could easily catch AIDS like you would a cold or the flu?

I love these two professional actors making movie and legal history together through cinema.

Who excuses themselves from a public library? Like dude just leave he doesn't know you 🤣

3:45, this is why you get a lawyer. They help fill the gaps an average person sometimes leaves open.

Brilliant acting

oh gosh, I remember now, several years ago. I was getting treated for a hospital-induced case of MRSA at a popular northern virginia hospital that gave it to me during a surgery. And they put this man who was in horrible pain in my room. One night his family came in and was yelling at him to talk to him (he couldn't hear well) and tell him he had AIDS and they needed to sign a DNR order and lots of other stuff. I was in so much torment from the long conversations and other stuff going on, that I asked to be transferred. I didn't know how to help the guy, and I didn't have any tools to help him. And all of the family drama stuff was too much, along with the guy in constant pain. I don't know the relationship between AiDS and hearing loss though. My wife was with me at the time, she died 2 years ago from an aggressive breast cancer (5 months time).

I didn't know Scotty Kilmer was also a librarian

This scene was not shot at the University of Pennsylvania's Biddle Law Library. I've studied there many times. Instead, the filmmakers chose the much more atmospheric Fisher Fine Arts Library, in the Furness Building on the Penn campus in Philadelphia.

Its Bob the Goon from batman 89!

Now our commercials are like “You have HIV? Take this pill and go have some fun!”

So what changed Joe's mind about helping Andy? It was unjust for sure what Andy was going though and he without a doubt had a case for discrimination. But i also tend to think that maybe he drew the parallel's between black racism and exclusion and Homosexual/AIDS fear that was very prevalent at the time. I'm old enough to remember when AIDS was new and when being Gay was absolutely a death sentence socially for people. We've really come a long way since those days, of course nothing is perfect but this film was a huge achievement and eye opening into the humanity of people suffering with AIDS as well as showing that Gay people are still human beings like everyone else.

This movie had to be made..Thank you Tom..you freak me out man...😊

I guess im gonna watch the whole movie just in short youtube clips

We are suppose to feel bad for Hanks in this scene but damn… dude is sitting there coughing and blowing his nose at a public table with other people sitting around.

This is what good acting looks like. A must watch movie in a lifetime

Such a brilliant, brilliant film. Two powerhouses at work.

3 amazing humanitarian actor's. Thankyou ❤ Thankyou ❤Thankyou ❤

This movie is insanely good. Truly a must watch for all.

Their acting is so good its spooky. Also Tom totally gave me the idea of having tough illness.

This is one of my fav Denzel performances.

No eating in the library.

The cinematography and editing is amazing

DAMN Tom Hanks was good in that movie!

great acting, solid movie, loved watching those two act together

classic scene what a great movie.

Two of best actors , together.

The thumbnail makes Denzel look like he has a growth on the side of his face. They did him dirty

*GREATEST MOVIE OF MY LIFETIME!*

This scene was shot at around 4:00 pm, and the discussion at the table between Tom's and Denzel's characters happened at 4:10 pm. How did I deduce that?

The amsr is REALLY strong in this clip.

0:29 LOL. Sorry, I find Denzel with his mouth full very amusing cos it looks as if his mouth has swelled up like a balloon.

who cares about the individual Oscar nomination albeit it opened up the opportunity for an everlasting speech - above all the movie is brilliant and a wakeup for many at the time - at least humanity has come a long way on this front

2 Acting ultra powerhouses.

Such a great and heartbreaking movie. 💔

Denzel Washington was smoking hot. Remember seeing this movie few months after my coming out in 1993. Didn't get how deep it was about issues back then

Just a movie where 2 dudes did a masterclass on acting

Bob. Gun.

Look at how young everyone was. But then again I was a baby when this came out. My Xer sister remembers hysteria around HIV.

Name Hanks best movie !!!!! All of them

I think a lot of people forget about Philadelphia when they think of Hanks' and Washington's best performances

* Brings him a book about HIV discrimination * * Discriminates against him for having HIV * What a time to be alive 😭

0:41 they got inspired for Devil In A Blue Dress… 😂 when Denzel gets his jaw broke from those gangsters 😂

"On membership within a group with assumed characteristics" so generalization, yeah, but I would add "especially unwilling otherwise involuntary membership"

Librarian looking like a grown up chucky

Masterpiece

Those were interesting times. A lot of paranoia and fear. Glad things progressed past it and people aren't stigmatized like that anymore.

Joker's number 1 guy Bob left Gotham and became a librarian!

The Terrain is everything

Such a powerful movie. Highly recommend watching it. 😊

Great actors.

The thumbnail got me like 😂

Tracy Walters the librarian, he’s a very nice man in real life.

Bob....GUN!

What I never understood about this scene was when Joe asks him how he goes from one of the partners noticing a lesion to them deducing he had AIDS and firing him on the basis of that conclusion and Andrew says “hmm, that’s a good point.” I am like, how would a lawyer not have thought about that? Isn’t that kind of the crux of what he would have to prove or explain in court? That’s a pretty basic question that, what, he just never considered until Joe asked him about it?

John David Washington looks so much like his father in this movie.. I thought pauletta made him all alone til I saw this movie

This film was actually about the homosexuality. The AIDS part was the subtext

At the time most people were ignorant regarding how AIDs was transmitted. I can promise you, given how Covid was handled and how people reacted that most of the people in this chat would have reacted similar.

the joker right hand was by far the best actor of that scene