Library Scene | Philadelphia (1993) | Now Playing

[@TheMt45]

I'm a lawyer in modern times, and I love watching movies about how law was practiced before 2000. Going to the law library, asking law librarians to find a case for you, overhearing what other lawyers are working on and butting in. It's an entirely different skillset and culture than what's required now. And like with so many things in society, we lost a lot of our sense of community when lawyers can do all their research eating a sandwich at their computer in their office.

[@alexfonseca2063]

It’s a lot easier now. I’m a lawyer as well.

[@adampincente209]

You should vote for Donald J Trump if you would like to go back to the old days and Make America Great Again. 👍

[@smellincoffee]

Did something "happen" in 2000, or is that just a general landmark?

[@TheMt45]

@@smellincoffee Just a nice round number! I became a lawyer a few years later, and by then obviously we had all full legal online databases. The 90s were kind of a transition period, people still used books, but offices would maybe have a few individial law database terminals and you paid by the hour.

[@smellincoffee]

@@TheMt45 Gotcha, and it's understandable. Commrecial web in '93, big shift to online stuff in 2000s.

[@waxedearth5425]

So much is being conveyed without dialogue, this is brilliant filmmaking and acting

[@DamianTHallan]

Thanks to Tom Hanks for such great acting. And Denzel, well, again, we were spoiled in the 90s

[@billjoe39]

Tracy Walter, of all people, letting hanks know he is an eyesore to the library patrons

[@richardbruce8869]

90's was Hollywood's grand finale for good movies. 2000s, HBO was basically carrying TV. Then Breaking Bad and a farewell tour of Better Call Saul. Now we're in the age of extortion by the streaming cartels.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

Indeed, we were.

[@nocturnalrecluse1216]

​@richardbruce8869 More like, Disney, genZ, and Marvel killed the industry

[@frederickdefeo3768]

IMO, the decade was the pinnacle of cinema. We’ll never see it again.

[@deadseagull-xf3lk]

Joe couldn't help but see the comparison's between racial vilification and the discrimination Andy was suffering.

[@richardsiciliano7117]

Denzel chewing is always a good thing.

[@Tallahassee21]

You sir are insane.

[@sagancobra6402]

Hahaha you two are a riot. In here by yourself 😂

[@Veldoril]

Nom nom nom nom nom.

[@bradpitto14]

The way dude starred at denzel in the beginning of the scene 😂😂😂😂😂

[@rul1175]

The guy was like that black dude looks like Denzel.

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

He was spying on him to see if he was eating in the library.

[@smellypatel5272]

Librarians have some vendetta against people eating while studying. I never understood that. As long as someone isn't spreading grease or nastiness on pages what's the problem?

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

@@smellypatel5272 Yah.

[@bayjustin3885]

It’s racial.

[@petepyeatt6909]

I love all those Banker’s lamps.

[@bayjustin3885]

Pretty green lights ❤

[@davidlloyd3116]

Having worked with the HIV virus over many years, been involved in developing antivirals and testing, I was always astounded how people suffering from this disease were stigmatised. The gutter press weren’t much help at the time as they discriminated homosexuals but it also stigmatised haemophiliacs, who through no fault of their own, became infected via contaminated blood plasma products. Luckily I was involved in resolving this problem and nobody receiving blood plasma products today can contract HIV or hepatitis viruses from contaminated blood products.

[@utubeiswatchingme]

"... resolving this problem and nobody receiving blood plasma products today can contract HIV or hepatitis viruses from contaminated blood products." Is this correct? It is my understanding that all infusions can carry risks. Even the required wavier a patient signs in the hospital prior to the administration of transfusions contains a list of them. Isn't there an abundance of evidence in medical literature exploring the concerns of transfusions, as well? I mean no insult but, your statement seems irresponsible if not patently incorrect.

[@davidlloyd3116]

@utubeiswatchingme The UK regulators, the MHRA stipulated a minimum of two separate viral inactivation procedures (such as solvent-detergent followed by dry heat treatment post lyophilisation). Each procedure needed to be a minimum of 4 logs removal virus. Therefore, the probability of contracting an infection would be less than one in 10 million. We achieved far higher inactivation levels, somewhere in the region of 20 logs.

[@johnorourke5506]

Initially in the late 80's until the early 90's there was a lot of ignorance regarding the disease. The media put fear into people. Everyone was concerned about drinking from the same cup, going to the swimming pool etc. They did the same.with covid. 2 years ago if someone coughed around you, you'd be quite annoyed and afraid of catching it.. the media have a lot to answer for !

[@jackmitchelles2646]

There should be a stigma on aids. It's a dangerous virus that kills people

[@Sandman-n2i]

Amazing!

[@emperorreign6154]

I love how actively witnessing this type of discrimination was the tipping point for Joe, and became the catalyst for him helping Andrew, despite washing his hands of the case earlier and displaying similar discrimination by refusing to take the case due to his personal prejudice. Despite his self confessed prejudice against Andrew in the beginning, he’s still a lawyer and wants to help people and knows injustice when he sees it.

[@darrsil]

I don't know what Denzel was eating but it looked amazing

[@Balin93]

Looks like tuna or chicken salad; sounds like potato chips. Maybe they added the sound later, or maybe he put chips on the sandwich. Either way, I'm hungry now

[@MA37679]

We’ve come a long way with so much further to go. Brilliant acting by both.

[@katiedempsey6404]

Well said. #truth

[@seanwebb605]

How much further can we go? We have had movies, TV shows and plays that have dealt with HIV/AIDS. I'm pretty sure there is also some good podcasts. I'm not sure if there are great TikTok videos on the subject. That's not my thing.

[@nicolarollinson4381]

Great acting from Tom...and Denzel, as always. Aids was scarey when it first raised its head, until we learned through research and experience how it was passed on.

[@bayjustin3885]

Yeah imagine if mosquitoes carried HIV from someone infected … That would be crazy. Lucked out on that one …

[@kimmyfreak200]

1:52 love the attitude "so what now" head shake haha

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

More like "Well Becket, would you be?.....Would a private research room be more comfortable?"

[@TheRealBDouble]

Two of the greatest in the same movie...we got spoiled in the 90's

[@Ezr_tvkah]

I can't imagine if Not Mr Hanks handled this role.... He is so remarkable in this movie. He deserves many honored for his acting career....🎉

[@Balin93]

He won Best Actor for this role.

[@josephmarzullo]

I always wonder what Denzel is eating in this scene. Makes me want to buy a deli sub

[@williamdon3442]

That crunch

[@edgaraquino2324]

I would like to think it is a nice roast beef sandwich accompanied by a dill pickle.....yum! 😊

[@PeteMcCorvey]

It was a deli sandwich. The scene before this shows him leaving a deli.

[@richardsiciliano7117]

I'm guessing tuna on toast.

[@tugboat2030]

Um, get it right, it's a hoagie

[@geovilla5777]

The sandwich deserves a Oscar

[@hankheavy]

Bob The Goon out here being a librarian haha

[@socraytes]

"Bob?....Gun!"

[@omarcharles9420]

Nice catch

[@gregman05]

phonebook...

[@jamvan2k]

That’s because he’s the number 1…. Guy.

[@Sapp440]

That librarian really has a pumpkin pie haircut.

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

Idk why, but this is the funniest shit I’ve read all day.

[@davemustaki134]

I think Loyd Christmas Jim Carrey's character from dumb and dumber takes the cake on pumpkin pie haircuts lol

[@Sapp440]

@@davemustaki134 yeah but that was on purpose.

[@dathx]

You'd shut your mouth if you knew it was good for ya

[@davemustaki134]

@@dathx tic tac sir? Lol

[@sem9604]

Great scene

[@johngoodson680]

Not sure if I’m the only one who would love to see these two star in a movie together again.

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

0:16 "Are you eating in the library?" 😒 0:18 "What?" 😶 0:20 "Are you eating in the library?" 😒 0:22 "Uh...no." 😶 0:25 "I'm watching you." 😒😑

[@PeteMcCorvey]

Oh I always though the librarian was being racist.

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

@@PeteMcCorvey He was. But I was just joking. Eating isn't allowed in libraries. At least some.

[@kimmyfreak200]

haha i couldn't tell if it was the food or his race

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

@@kimmyfreak200 It was his race.

[@Balin93]

@@kimmyfreak200 100% his race. It provides the commonality between what he experiences every day and the prejudice Tom Hanks is getting at that moment. It's the reason he gets up.

[@jeremykrause153]

I like how Denzel came over to help Tom.

[@SinisterMud]

People who are most fearful become the most vile.

[@jackmitchelles2646]

Is it bad to be afraid of a deadly virus

[@SinisterMud]

@@jackmitchelles2646 It is bad to discriminate on false pretences. They never even tried to understand.

[@Goodlaw86]

@@SinisterMudRemember, the events that inspired this film was in 1987. Back then people didn’t understand how HIV spread.

[@johnarthur620]

@@jackmitchelles2646 As bad as Republicans are of Covid.

[@seanwebb605]

@@jackmitchelles2646 It is bad to give into ignorance.

[@michaelanthony386]

Movies were so good in the '90s

[@bayjustin3885]

Like double impact and a few good men … No dumb nudity … Just great acting and story.

[@Dreama40]

That'a an acting masterclass if ever I saw one.

[@karenpotter3562]

Denzel is Gorgeous ❤

[@typicaledc]

I got it! That's the guy from Big. Tom Hanks that's it, funny guy.

[@Balin93]

He wasn't as funny in this one.

[@andrewmorris4628]

Family guy bit

[@JJones-zg7yz]

Love seeing Eddie Murphy in such a serious role

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

That's Denzel Washington. You were making a joke, right?

[@JJones-zg7yz]

@@theintrovertedaspie9095 Tell me you're a racist without telling me

[@troywright359]

Never ever considered this film till I saw these clips. I knew of it but just thought it wasn't my thing. Looks good though

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Thomas Jeffrey Hanks (Concord, California; 09 de julio de 1956) es un actor y director de cine estadounidense. Es de los intérpretes más reconocidos de Hollywood. Varias de sus películas, sean dramas o comedias, han recibido el reconocimiento internacional. 67 AÑOS. (68)

[@BobSacamanoIndustries]

The play here is Denzel's character is being profiled by one librarian, while the other is doing the same to Hanks. Even makes fun of Hanks before he realizes he's being discriminated against (for AIDS) as he has for years (due to his race). Hence why he turns around and decides to start talking about the case. He threw out his worry about contracting AIDS to help someone else that is being discriminated against.

[@goldentaco4970]

That sounds like a nice theory, but I disagree. Since the movie deals a lot with homophobia, for years I thought the one librarian was supposed to be a gay man checking Denzel out. Later I concluded he was suspecting that Denzel was eating, which he was. As for deciding to Help Hanks, that was a culmination of things.

[@CiceroSolo]

Who has a conversation in a library like that? Rude.

[@reuben.x.herrera1930]

Trump supporters.

[@CiceroSolo]

@@reuben.x.herrera1930 dumb

[@timshort9585]

This is a safe space Reuben. Show us where he hurt you.

[@reuben.x.herrera1930]

@@timshort9585 I can't. Its a process.

[@Bossi22]

​@@reuben.x.herrera1930Can they even read? What are they doing in the library?

[@camselle]

Tracey Walter.. 1994 Best Supporting Actor..

[@karenpotter3562]

Awesome movie 🍿

[@mitchtheronin1469]

Seriously, i would have looked at the black guy the same way if I saw how he bit into that sandwich at 0:12

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

Why? Was it satifying?

[@TheRealBDouble]

Yea it was a bit strange how he took that bite. Dunno why I'd never noticed that before

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

His names Joe btw.

[@apocalypsepow]

Where was this filmed??

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

@@UltraConstantine I thought it was filmed in Philadelphia. Hence the movie title.

[@jmart4197]

Beijing, China

[@WhoopityDoo]

Mogadishu, Somalia.

[@rickfrenzy9556]

Anyone talking bad about lawyers should watch this

[@partybear2579]

This is easily one of the most important scenes in film. Really punctuates the the parallels of racial discrimination and homosexual discrimination

[@redclayscholar620]

Was is racial profiling or was it that crunchy delicious sandwich the librarian was eyeballing? 😆

[@Doogmeister84]

Interesting that I got an advertisement for Clorox bleach wipes after watching these clips… 🤔

[@ricwhite612]

this happens if youre homeless too. try jsut traveling and sitting in a church to pray they ask you to leave

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

Church: 🎵All are welcome, all are welcome, all are welcome in this place🎵 Also Church: "Excuse us, we're gonna ask you to leave. No homeless people allowed."

[@ricwhite612]

@@theintrovertedaspie9095 100% accurate

[@Balin93]

"This is the essence of disrimination: formulating opinions about others not based on the individual merits, but rather on their membership in a group with assumed characteristics." - Woke America, are you listening?

[@jackrabbitping]

So close, yet so far.

[@DomenicZappia-xj2lt]

Powerful

[@davegrier523]

Something about that librarian says he might be packin...

[@kencook7580]

Heartbreaking xxxxx

[@cakeisavegatable]

My heart breaks that people died of this only bc they didn’t make it long enough. Chris Rock said the moneys in the cure… 😔

[@chrishouston3566]

The one prejudice i understand. At the time, very little was known about AIDS and HIV. All the public knew was that it was deadly and it was spreading like wildfire. People were terrified.

[@silvernoob1603]

exactly

[@AlyssMa7rin]

Especially with Dr Fauci's fearmongering. People were afraid to share a cereal box.

[@DripSerpent]

People did know, they just gave into ignorance and there was definitely a wealth of knowledge to show how hard it is to actually catch, but like today, people like you just listened to far right media and swallowed it whole.

[@swastikausa]

chicy did the white guy statre at denzel?

[@tabutabu-omochi]

これ見ると、仕事頑張ろう！という気持ちになれます。

[@felixthelmocevallosmorales41]

Denzel Hayes Washington, Jr. (Mount Vernon, Nueva York; 28 de diciembre de 1954) es un actor, productor y director de cine estadounidense, ganador de tres Globo de Oro, un Premio del Sindicato de Actores, un premio Tony y dos premios Óscar; estos por las cintas Glory como mejor actor de reparto en 1989, y por Día de entrenamiento como mejor actor principal en 2001. En 2020, el New York Times lo calificó como el gran actor del siglo xxi. Conocido por sus actuaciones en la pantalla y el escenario, ha sido descrito como un actor quien reconfiguró "el concepto de cómo ser una estrella de cine", relacionando con personajes definidos por su gracia, dignidad, humanidad y fuerza interior. 69 AÑOS. (70) Capricornio ♑♑♑♑♑♑♑♑♑♑

[@goldentaco4970]

The line where he asks him how they found out he had the aids is one of my favorite parts. As it signifies a turn in the movie. Its hard to describe the feeling of nostaliga I get from 90s movies, especially early to mid 90s. Its like a cozy, fall time type feel. Very hard to explain. I was about 15 when this came out.

[@micro-emprendimientos.1642]

you gotta be careful the way you stick things in your mouth out there.

[@Geo-cf7fx]

who eats a sandwich longways?????

[@Paulitica]

Am I the only one interested in what Denzel was eating? It looks delicious.

[@philosoFreedomGaming]

Croissant?

[@negbefla6956]

Lets not forget only one nationality was unfairly initally listed as one of the four H's.

[@bilalnasirvvvv]

gas are disgusting

[@JT-zh1oz]

This is so stupid…it’s a movie….that never happened…

[@blindfollower]

Was that a gay library, literally everyone except the woman and Daniel looked gay 😅

[@tinman3586]

LOL my thoughts exactly!

[@theintrovertedaspie9095]

How?

[@winterspirit3734]

Great movie. Great actors. Good portyal of people & awareness of Std. No creepy cross dressing. No bs of lzgbtqrs. No they/them bs. Miss the time when rainbow was just a rainbow & not some propaganda.

[@Mimi-cq4bg]

No you miss a time when these people lived in a closet, lived in fear. Theyre never going back in. Get used to it. Humans are entitled to live as they see fit so long as they’re not harming anyone else. And spare me the “indoctrination” nonsense. If I can’t talk you into being gay or living as a different gender, nobody else can either. People are who they are. You don’t have to like it. You do have to live with it.

[@kendallevans4079]

Why do ill people get so entitled? He's visibly sick, the librarian has every right to question him as he needs to protect the other patrons, yet he gets this confrontational attitude? That librarian has every right to insist he isolate himself or even leave. We didn't know ANYTHING yet about transmission until later.

[@nicblank09]

That's not the point. Blacks were treated like this for years.....

[@kendallevans4079]

@@nicblank09 BS....Thus isn't a political thread, fool

[@JoseMorales-wl1nh]

@@nicblank09 People like Kendall before the late 60s would probably argue “why are blacks so entitled? The sign says White Only. The shop owner has a right to deny them service because the sign says Whites Only. Same goes for water fountains, busses, and schools. We have every right to protect ourselves“

[@jamsid33]

its funny, but today the geeky guy would say the same thing about someone unvaccinated, and libs would applaud

[@ArmandTRobotson]

I've never thought I'd live this discrimination....and struggle to get a lawyer to take my case too.

[@WisconsinWanderer]

I took care of my dying brother who had Aids I was appalled at my family’s blatant ignorance and shunning because of his illness, also back in those days he wasn’t sickened enough to be in a hospital so they discharged him, nursing homes said they weren’t set up for aids patients so he ended up dying alone in a old hotel room. It was the worst death I ever witnessed the body shuts down all vital organs one by one because the virus destroys the immune system. I hated him for what he did to me as a child , but no one should go out like that with out a human hand to hold onto. My prayers to all those who suffered like my brother did and their families. 🩵

[@chucksucks8640]

I wouldn't blame people for being concerned about getting aids from touching. A lot of people didn't know a lot about the disease when it first came out in the early 80s. The fear that gripped people wasn't nearly as bad as the fear of getting covid but it was there. I don't know if I would have touched someone with aids either and before you judge them remember how scared people got in 2020 over covid.

[@sconesindi2222]

This story didn't take place in the early 80s though. By the time this story took place, doctors knew that you couldn't get it just from being close to or touching people with HIV.

[@Goodlaw86]

@@sconesindi2222Doctors did (which was addressed in the movie through Denzel’s doctor), but the general public didn’t.

[@samanthasmith8301]

What is it with these Karen librarians? Geez.