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Annotated Bibliography

Pristin, T. (1996). Philadelphia' Screenplay Suit To Reach Court. Retrieved April 06, 2016, from http://www.nytimes.com/1996/03/11/business/philadelphia-screenplay-suit-to-reach-court.html

This is a New York Times article that goes a lot more in depth about the making of the film. More specifically it discusses the individual that the film was made after, a lawyer named Geoffrey Bowers, who died in 1987 before winning a discrimination case against his former employer, after they fired him shortly after discovering that he had been diagnosed with AIDS. It details the lawsuit that the Bowers family filed shortly after the release of the film, claiming that several of the scenes were identical to what had happened to Geoffrey, even though the filmmakers were not given consent to use his real life events. This is a relevant source for my Wikipedia article because it is from a reputable news source about the legal troubles and back story of the man the movie was based off of.

The Philadelphia Phenomenon. (n.d.). Retrieved April 06, 2016, from http://www.glreview.org/article/the-philadelphia-phenomenon/

This article is from a LGBT online publication known as the Gay & Lesbian Review, a “bimonthly magazine of history, culture, and politics”. The article was centered around the re-release of the film in 2013 for its 20^th anniversary. The article highlights the successes of the film, the makers, and the actors themselves. The article additionally highlights the positive influence the film had in the realm of LGBT figures in film and in the community at large. The article maintained an unbiased tone however, as it also includes some of the films downfalls when representing someone who is a member of the LGBT community or someone who has been diagnosed HIV/AIDS. This is a relevant source for my Wikipedia article because it is from a respected LGBT specific news source.

09, J. (1994). FILM COMMENT : Why I Hated 'Philadelphia' : A playwright and gay activist goes to see Hollywood's first major AIDS movie and comes away bitterly disappointed. Retrieved April 06, 2016, from http://articles.latimes.com/1994-01-09/entertainment/ca-9875_1_aids-movie

This article, featured in the Los Angeles Times is about why Philadelphia failed as a LGBT film. He claimed that it wasn’t an honest portrayal of someone in the AIDS community and how the makers of this film failed to turn Tom Hanks character into a fully formed one. The author, Larry Kramer, felt like all those around him had much more of a story line and character development than the individual meant to be the one the movie was centered around. Instead he remained stagnant, with hardly any lines or much background information at all. The idea is that even when we have work put out there that’s centered around LGBT related issues, the characters portraying them still end up silenced or in the background. This is a relevant source for my Wikipedia article because it is from a reputable news source about the problems associated with the movie and its portrayal of its main antagonist and how that negatively impacts those viewing the movie both in and outside of the LGBT and HIV/AIDS community.