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...this was very nice for director Jonathan Demme and TriStar Pictures, which had nervously spent $26 million on the drama about a gay lawyer (Hanks) who contracts AIDS, is fired by his staid Philadelphia firm and hires a streetwise attorney (Washington) to press his case. The public was buying Philadelphia, or at least paying to see it. But among homosexuals all over the country the film was stoking an agitated debate. Their central questions: Is the movie accurate? Is it good for gays? And does its success mean a more gay- friendly cinema -- one that admits to the existence...
...Tristar Pictures, which produced the film, has debuted the movie as a fundraiser for local AIDS organizations in other cities, including New York and Philadelphia...
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...spring hit Dragon ($35 million in the U.S., plenty more abroad), could be the first major Asian hunk in Hollywood since Sessue Hayakawa 75 years ago. "In this town Jason instantly became somebody who could star in a movie," says Chris Lee, senior vice president at TriStar Pictures and one of several Asian Americans (Teddy Zee at Columbia, Bonni Lee at Geffen, Richard Sakai at Jim Brooks' Gracie Productions) inching their way up Mogul Mountain. "We've entered the system and there's more of us to come, and that's changing the face of Hollywood...
...splitsville again for Woody Allen -- he's leaving Sony's TriStar Pictures for Sweetland Films, a tiny independent production company. Sweetland is headed by Allen's friend Jean Doumanian, and Allen's sister, Letty Aronson, is a vice president; Doumanian's longtime companion is Jaqui Safra, nephew of the principal shareholder in the Republic New York banking corporation...