Philadelphia

Saturday night, Dave and Jean snuggled up on the sofa to watch a classic as the sun went down.

Philadelphia, winner of 2 oscars, 9 other awards and 12 nominations, one of Tom Hanks' finest.

Andrew Beckett (Tom Hanks), is discrimated against for being gay and having AIDS. Although a fantastic lawer, he is fired without warning when his employers discover his condition. He then seeks justice taking his former employers to court.

-"What do you love about the law, Andrew?"
-"I... many things... uh... uh... What I love the most about the law?"
-"Yeah."
-"It's that every now and again - not often, but occasionally - you get to be a part of justice being done. That really is quite a thrill when that happens."

It was not the first time Dave had watched this movie, he hoped it wouldn't be his last. He could not imagine that there would be any good reason why anyone would not watch a film of such rare calibre.

Outside of the courtroom, a person is holding a banner "(G)ot (A)ids (Y)et? (GAY)". What was truely horrific about such a banner is the confident knowledge that people really would and do go out of there way to hold up such things at times like this in real life. A person is dying, their life cut drastically short and their fellow man will go out of their way to taunt them.

Where did it all go so wrong? What would it take to put it back on track?

The evil and corrupt rise to the top with little effort, the stupid and violent are on every street corner and religions and politics are tearing people apart, in some countries liturally.

"Prove to me," said Jean, "prove to me that good people can still succeed."

What can one man do against the tide?

Andrew Beckett won $5 million + justice, but died trying. That was the happy ending on a movie set.

Dave wasn't in a film.

Where would Dave's life take him?