WORKSHOP

Alejandra Perilla, María Fernanda Vargas, Valentina Tuta

6AM
MOVIE CLIPS “PHILADELPHIA”

1. Watch the 8 clips and re-write the full script of all scenes.
2. Underline the law vocabulary you find and then, write a sentence per word.
3. Check the Law vocabulary uploaded in the task on Classroom.
4. Based on the worked case information, write a “defense” paragraph using the law vocabulary
checked previously according to your opinion and highlight the technical vocab-phrases used.
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1. Movie clips:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHSH-NpCQOw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YkpHalgTqpw
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LBP8QDlm6OA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mjbxL_v2DPk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mIqXkwxzUB4&t=57s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tr90d0ZcrCU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eYJYW_9mFVg
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHYuhwnlTZs

Transcription:

Part 1/8:

-Excuse me, am I being fired?

-Let me put it in this way, Andy… Your place in the future of this firm is no longer secure. We
feel it isn’t fair to keep you here when your prospects are limited.

-Now, I don’t want to rush you out. We’ve got a committee meeting.

-Excuse me, Charles… With all due respect, this is… this is preposterous, it doesn’t make any
sense.

-Oh, right, Beckett, you don’t have an attitude problem.

-Take it easy, Walter.

-If you had lost confidence in me, why’d you give me the Highline suit?

-Andy, you nearly blew the entire case for Christ’s sake. That alone is inexcusable. It would have
been catastrophic for us.

-Uh-huh.

-So you were concealing your illness.

-That is correct.

-Alright, explain this to me like I am a 2-year old because there is an element to this thing that I
just cannot get through my thick head. Didn’t you have an obligation to tell your employer you
had this dreaded deadly infectious disease?

-That’s not the point. From the day they hired me to the day I was fired, I served my clients
consistently, thoroughly with absolute excellence. If they hadn’t fired me, that is what I would
be doing today.

-And they don’t wanna fire you for having AIDS, so in spite of your brilliance, they made you
look incompetent thus the mysterious lost file, Is that what you are trying to tell me?

-Correct, I was sabotaged.

-I don’t buy it, counselor.

-That’s very disappointing.

-I don’t see a case.

-I have a case. If you don’t want it for personal reasons…

-Thank you, that’s correct. I don’t.

-Well, thank you for your time, counselor.

Part 2/8:

-Thank you, thank you very much.

-We have a private research room available.

-I’m fine right here, thank you

-Wouldn’t you be more comfortable in a research room?

-No. would it make you more comfortable?

-Oh, Beckett, how’re you doing?

-Counselor?

-Whaterever, sir.

-Who’d you get?

-What?

-Did you find a lawyer?

-I’m a lawyer.

Part 3/8:

-The partner who spotted the lesion. Walter Kenton worked for Walsh Ulmer and Brahm in D.C.
There’s a paralegal there, Melissa Benedict. She showed lesions on and off for better part two
three years she says was common knowledge around the office that relations were caused by
AIDS.

-But they didn’t prior.

-No, they did not fire her.

-So you got a... you got a relevant present.

-Mm-hmm. The airline decision

-All right.

-Supreme Court.

-The federal vocational rehabilitation act of 1973 prohibits discrimination against otherwise
qualified handicapped persons who are able to perform the duties required by their
employment, although the ruling did not address the specific issue of HIV and AIDS
discrimination subsequent decisions have held that AIDS is protected as a handicap under law,
not only because of the physical limitations it imposes, but because the prejudice sorrounding
AIDS exacts a social death which Britain seed, which precedes the actual physical one.

-This is the essence of discrimination, formulating opinions about others not based on the
individual merits, but rather on their membership in a group with assumed characteristics…

Part 4/8:

-how’s the trial going?

-Excuse me?

-It’s a great case, I saw you on television, I'm a law student at Phenn.

- Ohhh alright how are you, so you saw me on tv, it’s a good school Phenn, good school. What
year?

- Second

- Good!

-Listen, I just want to tell you, this case it’s tremendously important and I just want to let you
know I think you are doing a fantastic job.

- Ok, thank you, when you graduate, give me a call. (gives him a card).

- Alright, thank you, thank you very much.

 - Listen Joe, Would you like to have a drink with me? I just finished a game, I could use a beer u
know?

- No I can’t.

- I don't pick up people in drug stores every day.

- Do you think I’m gay?

- Aren’t you?

- What’s the matter with you? Do I look gay to you?

- Do I look gay to you?

(He’s living)

- Joe relax.
- No what do you mean relax? You have to kick your faggoty relax
- Take it as a compliment
- Don’t you know this is exactly the kind of bullshit that makes people hate you guys?
- You wanna try to kick my ass Joe? Asshole
- No, you're an asshole buddy.

Part 5/8

- Mr Collins sexual orientation has nothing to do with this case.

- Please have a seat Moscone.
- Do you approach the bench Mr. Miller?
- Could you kindly share with me exactly what’s going on inside your head, because this
moment I don’t have a clue.
- Your honor, everybody in this courtroom. Just thinking about sexual orientation, you
know? sexual preference, whatever you wanna call it. Who does what to whom and how
they do? I mean, they're looking at Mr. Beckett, and wondering about it. They're looking at
Mr. Wheeler, Miss Connan, even you, your honor, they’re wondering about it. Trust me, I
know that they’re looking at me and thinking about it, so let’s just get it out in the open.
Let’s get it out of the closet because this case it’s just not about AIDS, so let’s talk about
 what this case is really all about, the general public's hatred... our loathing, our fear of
homosexuals and how that climate of hatred and fear translated into the firing of this
particular homosexual, my client and Rebbeca.
- - Please have a sit Mr Miller.
- Very good.
- In this courtroom Mr Miller, justice is blind. To matters of race, creed, color, religion and
sexual orientation.
- With all due respect to your honor, we don’t live in this courtroom, do we?

Part 6/8

- All right! Are you a good lawyer, Andrew?

- I’m an excellent lawyer
- What makes you an excellent lawyer?
- I love the law. I know the law. I excel at practicing it.
- What do you love about the law, Andrew?
- Ah! I… Many things, ah… what u love the most about the law?
- Yes
- It’s that every now and again not often, but occasionally… You get to be a part of justice
being done. And it really is quite thrilling when that happens.
- Thank you, Andrew.

Part 7/8

- May I borrow your mirror, please? Andrew. Do you have any lesions on any part of your
body at this time that resemble the lesions you had on your face at the time that you were
fired?
- Yes. On my tor...torso
- Torso (whispering) If it please the court. I would like to ask Andrew to remove his shirt,
so… you know everyone here could do that… can accurate idea what we’re talking about
- Objection, your honor. It would unfairly influence the jury.
- Your honor. If Andrew was forced to use a wheelchair due to his illness would the defense
ask him to park it outside because it would unfairly influence the jury? Come one, we’re
talking about AIDS, we're talking about lesions. Let’s see what we’re talking about.
- I’ll allow it. Mr. Beckett, would you please remove your shirt?

(whispers: My god a nightmare, yes)

(Andrew is removing his shirt)

- Andrew, can you see the lesions on your chest in this mirror?
 - Yes
- Thank you.

Part 8/8

- What do you call a thousand lawyers chained together at the bottom of the ocean?

Pacient: (Unknown)

- Hahahahaha

(Andrew’s hospital room)

- See you tomorrow buddy, ok?

- God bless you, Andy
- Night son. Try to get some rest, ok? I love you, Andy
- I love you too, dad
- See you first time tomorrow

(Andrew’s brother cries on his chest)

- It’s ok.
- Good night, my angel. My sweet boy

https://www.jud.ct.gov/external/news/jobs/interpreter/Glossary_of_Legal_Terminology_Englis
h-to-Spanish.pdf

https://www.plainenglish.co.uk/files/legalguide.pdf

https://sfy.ru/?script=philadelphia

Words

File: Archivo, expediente, causa

prejudice: perjudicar

Supreme Court: corte suprema

case: Causa, proceso, pleito, acción judicial, caso

jury: jurado

courtroom: Sala de tribunal

trial: Juicio; proceso; vista

counselor: consejero

Defense

Considering that it has not yet been defined what is involved in suffering from a disease
such as HIV, it is very premature to judge an individual who, in addition to being judged
for his or her sexual orientation, is also judged for his condition, denying him or her the
right to work which, according to the Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Act of 1973,
described in the file, AIDS is protected as a disability by law, not only because of the
physical limitations it imposes but also because the prejudice that surrounds AIDS causes
a social death that precedes actual physical death. From this, it is unfair the way my client
has been accused of deteriorating his physical and mental integrity, which are paramount to
the resolution of this case before the Supreme Court.

Now, I turn to the jury, is it right or even necessary to judge someone by his or her sexual
preferences, taking his or her illness as an excuse? People should express themselves freely
without fear, as long as they do not cross the boundaries of the environment of other
members of society around them. In other words, no one should change their natural way of
being, of living, of expressing love. On the other hand, the injuries caused by this silent
killer show, in the eyes of those present in this courtroom, the vulnerability of the human
being, which does not mean that in order to contract a disease of this type, one has to be
homosexual. Furthermore, homosexuality has existed, exists, and will exist, becoming an
unnatural subject in the eyes of society, which should not be related to the symptoms of
HIV.

My goal as a counselor in this trial is to prove that my client is not guilty of the disease in
question and to ask you to maintain your objective opinions to the end. Thank you.