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Philadelphia : Personal Reasons

Andrew Becket (Tom Hanks) explains why he was fired from his job to Joe Miller (Denzel Washington) with hopes that Miller might represent him in court

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beat, action, beat, emotion, beat, event, close-up, dialogue, dolly shot, establishing shot, flashback, focus, full shot, generic sound, handheld camera, high angle, interior, medium close-up, medium shot, music, nondiegetic, natural lighting, over the shoulder shot, point-of-view shot, shallow focus, sound advance, sound bridge, sound lag, tracking shot, two-shot, zoom-in

Diversity in Media Representation

Black: African-American, LGBTQ: Cisgender Male, LGBTQ: Gay Man, LGBTQ: Heterosexual Man, White

"Personal Reasons" in Philadelphia. Directed by Jonathan Demme, TriStar Pictures, 1993, Kinolab, https://kinolab.org/FilmClip.php?id=2853

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