Trivia: The film was based on an actual lawsuit against Hyatt Legal Services, a storefront chain in the Midwest with a less-than-sterling reputation in the legal profession.
Trivia: The film starred Tom Hanks and Jason Robards, the last two actors to win consecutive Oscars.
Trivia: Daniel Day-Lewis was the first considered to play this role that would give Tom Hanks an Oscar, but he refused it.
Trivia: Before Tom Hanks was cast as Andy Beckett, Michael Keaton was in talks to take the role.
Trivia: Bill Murray was considered for the role of Joe Miller.
Answer: My take was that one of his firm's issues was that they didn't consider him a "victim" of the disease because, unlike his co-worker who contracted the AIDS virus from a blood transfusion, he was infected due to what they considered were his reckless and immoral life-style choices.
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