Apparently, a Kiss Is Not Still a Kiss

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THE PELICAN BRIEF

NATURAL REASONS FOR KISS

Julia Roberts and Denzel Washington's characters ended up together in the novel and in an early script.

ONSCREEN KISS AVOIDANCE

At the end of the film, Roberts gives Washington a demure interracial kiss on the cheek and then leaves him.

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SIX DEGREES OF SEPARATION

NATURAL REASONS FOR KISS

Will Smith and Anthony Michael Hall play gay men who have a love scene.

ONSCREEN KISS AVOIDANCE

Smith refused to kiss Hall; they fake kiss in a way so the audience can't see their lips.

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PHILADELPHIA

NATURAL REASONS FOR KISS

Tom Hanks plays a homosexual man dying of AIDS, Antonio Banderas is his passionately devoted lover.

ONSCREEN KISS AVOIDANCE

Banderas kisses Hanks on the hand. Their lips never meet.