Angels in America

Dec 07, 2003 (en) Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy [0] Min
  • First Air Date
    Dec 07, 2003
  • Production
    HBO Films, Avenue Pictures, Avenue Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato
    76%
  • Original title
    Angels in America
  • Release
    Dec 07, 2003
  • en
    -

The messenger has arrived.

Overview

Angels in America is a 2003 American HBO miniseries directed by Mike Nichols and based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1991 play of the same name by Tony Kushner. Set in 1985, the film revolves around six New Yorkers whose lives intersect. At its core, it is the fantastical story of Prior Walter, a gay man living with AIDS who is visited by an angel. The film explores a wide variety of themes, including Reagan era politics, the spreading AIDS epidemic, and a rapidly changing social and political climate.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Celia D. Costas

    Producer

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Casts

  1. Al Pacino

    Roy Cohn

  2. Mary-Louise Parker

    Harper Pitt

  3. Justin Kirk

    Prior Walter / Leatherman in the Park

  4. Ben Shenkman

    Louis Ironson / The Angel Oceania

  5. Patrick Wilson

    Joe Pitt

  6. Jeffrey Wright

    Norman "Belize" Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa

  7. Emma Thompson

    Nurse Emily / Homeless Woman / The Angel

  8. Meryl Streep

    Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia

  9. Brian Markinson

    Martin Heller

Full Casts & Crew

Casts : 9 / Crews : 26

Limited Series ( 2003-12-07)

Millennium Approaches (Episodes 1-3): It is 1985 and AIDS is causing mass death in USA. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover, that he has AIDS; Louis, unable to handle it, leaves him. Joe Pitt, a Mormon and Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the US Department of Justice. Both Pitt and Cohn are in the closet: Pitt out of shame and religious turmoil, Cohn to preserve his power and image. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, hallucinating constantly and longs to escape from her sexless marriage. An angel with ulterior motives commands Prior to become a prophet. Perestroika (Episodes 4-6): Prior is helped in his decision by Joe's mother, Hannah, and Belize, a close friend and drag queen. Joe leaves his wife and goes to live with Louis, but it does not work out because of ideological differences. Roy is diagnosed with AIDS and dying, while haunted by the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg.

Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News

Episode: 1

Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro

Episode: 2

Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger

Episode: 3

Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!

Episode: 4

Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly

Episode: 5

Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven

Episode: 6
Dec 07, 2003 (en)
Drama, Sci-Fi & Fantasy
[0] Min
  • First Air Date Dec 07, 2003
  • Production
    HBO Films, Avenue Pictures, Avenue Entertainment
  • Rotten tomato 76%
Original Title Angels in America
en

The messenger has arrived.

Overview

Angels in America is a 2003 American HBO miniseries directed by Mike Nichols and based on the Pulitzer Prize–winning 1991 play of the same name by Tony Kushner. Set in 1985, the film revolves around six New Yorkers whose lives intersect. At its core, it is the fantastical story of Prior Walter, a gay man living with AIDS who is visited by an angel. The film explores a wide variety of themes, including Reagan era politics, the spreading AIDS epidemic, and a rapidly changing social and political climate.

  1. Music Supervisor

  2. Celia D. Costas

    Producer