Angels in America
- Director: Mike Nichols
- Writer: Tony Kushner
- Producer: Celia D. Costas
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If you haven't seen this - then, you are denying yourself an experience you will never forget.
Episode 1: Millennium Approaches: Chapter One - Bad News
Episode 2: Millennium Approaches: Chapter Two - In Vitro
Episode 3: Millennium Approaches: Chapter Three - The Messenger
Episode 4: Perestroika: Chapter Four - Stop Moving!
Episode 5: Perestroika: Chapter Five - Beyond Nelly
Episode 6: Perestroika: Chapter Six - Heaven, I'm in Heaven
Trailer...
The(ir) Blurb...
God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Lou, his lover of four years, he's ill; Lou bolts. As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Lou. Joe Pitt, an attorney who is Mormon and Republican, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Both Pitt and Cohn are in the closet: Pitt out of shame and religious turmoil, Cohn to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death. Pitt's mother and Belize, a close friend, help Prior choose.
Cast & Characters
Patrick Wilson as Joe Pitt;
Al Pacino as Roy Cohn;
Meryl Streep as Ethel Rosenberg;
Emma Thompson as Homeless Woman;
Mary-Louise Parker as Harper Pitt;
Justin Kirk as Leatherman in the Park;
Jeffrey Wright as Belize;
Ben Shenkman as Louis Ironson;
James Cromwell as Henry - Roy's Doctor;
Michael Gambon as Prior Walter Ancestor #1;
Simon Callow as Prior Walter Ancestor #2;
Robin Weigert as Mormon Mother