They panicked and in their panic they did what most would do which is just get "it" and...
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Joe Miller:
[Plaintiff opening statement]
ladies and gentlemen of the jury: forget everything you've seen on television and in the movies. There's not going to be any last minute surprise witnesses, nobody's going to break down on the stand with a tearful confession, you're going to be presented with simple facts. Andrew Beckett was fired and you'll two explanations on why he was fired, ours and theirs it's up to you to sit through layer upon layer of truth until you determine for yourself which version sounds the most true. There's certain points I must prove to you: point number one: Andrew Beckett was... is a brilliant lawyer, a great lawyer, point number two: my client afflicted with a disabling disease made the understandable, the personal, and the legal choice to keep the fact of his illness to himself point number three: his employers discovered his illness and ladies and gentlemen the illness I'm referring to is AIDS point number four: they panicked and in their panic they did what most would do which is just get "it" and everybody who has "it" as far as away as possible, the behavior of my client's employers seem reasonable to you, it does to me, after all AIDS is a deadly incurable disease but no matter how you come to judge Charles Wheeler and his partners in ethical and moral and inhuman terms, the fact of the matter is when they fired Andrew Beckett because he has AIDS they broke the law.
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And ladies and gentlemen the illness I'm referring to is aids
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Point number four They panicked
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And in their panic they did what most of us would like to do with aids
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which is just get it and everybody who has it
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As far away from the rest of us as possible
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Now the behavior of Andrew Beckett's employers may seem reasonable to you
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It does to me
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After all aids is a deadly incurable disease
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but no matter how you come to judge
Clip duration: 37 seconds
Views: 292
Timestamp in movie: 00h 47m 33s
Uploaded: 17 November, 2022
Genres: drama
Summary: When a man with HIV is fired by his law firm because of his condition, he hires a homophobic small time lawyer as the only willing advocate for a wrongful dismissal suit.
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00:12 What's wrong with your face
00:10 Miguel
02:42 Do you like opera
00:37 Have you ever felt discriminated against at Wyatt Wheeler
00:23 Wouldn't you be more comfortable in a study room
00:36 What do you love about the law
00:09 Some of these people make me sick
00:21 Your honor
00:12 ARE YOU GAY
00:37 Incredibly proud of you
00:34 Not only because of the physical limitations it imposes
00:05 Explain it to me like I'm a four year old
00:19 We're standing here in Philadelphia
00:07 That's their story
00:10 Who did you get
00:15 I don't know
00:15 I appreciate your faith in my abilities
00:06 Forget everything you've seen on television and in the...
00:09 Aren't you
00:16 I have a case