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Production Year: 2003 - Drama - Director: Mike Nichols - Original Language: English - Classification: 18 years and over

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philosophy, politics, and vibrant gay soap opera
that summed up the Reagan era for an entire
generation of theatre-goers. Post-9/11 would seem
to be too late for a film version--philosophy and
politics don't always age well--but this 2003 HBO
adaptation, ably directed by Mike Nichols,
provides a time capsule of the '80s and reveals
the deep emotional subcurrents that will give the
play lasting power.   The story centers around
Prior Walter (Justin Kirk) and Louis Ironson (Ben
Shenkman), a gay couple that falls apart when
Prior grows ill as a result of AIDS. But cancer is
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begins to have religious visions of an angel (Emma
Thompson) announcing that he is a prophet. Louis,
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who works for Roy Cohn (Al Pacino)--the real-life
right-wing lawyer, notorious for his ruthless
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depressed and hallucinating wife Harper (Mary
Louise Parker), his determined but open-minded
mother Hannah (Meryl Streep), a fierce drag
queen/nurse named Belize (Jeffrey Wright,
reprising his celebrated performance from the
Broadway production), and you've still only begun
to discover the wealth of characters and
storylines in Kushner's ambitious work.   The
powerhouse cast (also featuring James Cromwell,
Michael Gambon, and Simon Callow) is uniformly
superb. The script has its weaknesses--some of the
fantastic elements, including Prior's journey to
Heaven towards the end, fall flat--but even what
doesn't work is bristling with ideas and a
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philosophy, politics, and vibrant gay soap opera
that summed up the Reagan era for an entire
generation of theatre-goers. Post-9/11 would seem
to be too late for a film version--philosophy and
politics don't always age well--but this 2003 HBO
adaptation, ably directed by Mike Nichols,
provides a time capsule of the '80s and reveals
the deep emotional subcurrents that will give the
play lasting power.   The story centers around
Prior Walter (Justin Kirk) and Louis Ironson (Ben
Shenkman), a gay couple that falls apart when
Prior grows ill as a result of AIDS. But cancer is
not the only thing invading Prior's life: He
begins to have religious visions of an angel (Emma
Thompson) announcing that he is a prophet. Louis,
who doesn't cope well with disease and suggestions
of mortality, leaves and starts a relationship
with Joe Pitt (Patrick Wilson), a closeted Mormon
who works for Roy Cohn (Al Pacino)--the real-life
right-wing lawyer, notorious for his ruthless
behind-the-scenes machinations. Add in Joe's
depressed and hallucinating wife Harper (Mary
Louise Parker), his determined but open-minded
mother Hannah (Meryl Streep), a fierce drag
queen/nurse named Belize (Jeffrey Wright,
reprising his celebrated performance from the
Broadway production), and you've still only begun
to discover the wealth of characters and
storylines in Kushner's ambitious work.   The
powerhouse cast (also featuring James Cromwell,
Michael Gambon, and Simon Callow) is uniformly
superb. The script has its weaknesses--some of the
fantastic elements, including Prior's journey to
Heaven towards the end, fall flat--but even what
doesn't work is bristling with ideas and a
ferocious desire to capture human existence in
this time and place. --Bret Fetzer
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...a feature length film called Angels in America was winning quite a few awards. And with a cast including Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Emma Thompson and Mary Louise Parker it sounded pretty impressive. Usually, us Brits miss out on such opportunities to see such good dramas, and they’re only shown in the United States. Luckily though, those wonderful people at Channel 4 bought the massively successful and anticipated Angels In America from HBO (where ...
...was better than special! Angels In America, before it’s major success on screen, was a very famous American play written by Tony Kushner. It received nothing but fantastic reviews, and HBO having such good eyes for brilliance bought the idea, and got Tony Kushner to write the screenplay for them. The film was being talked about for months before being premiered late December 2003, on HBO. Every single magazine and newspaper begged people to ... Read review

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Angels In America (Wide Screen)

Main specs

Actor(s): Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Justin Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Marie-Louise Parker, James Cromwell, Jeffrey Wright, James Cromwell

Director(s): Mike Nichols

Genre: Drama

Classification: 18 years and over

Production Year: 2003

Running Time: 6 hours 15 minutes

Video Category: Television

Plot: An adaptation of a stage play which interconnects the lives of several people affected by the AIDS crisis, spiritual experiences and the Reagan administration. These people are visited by an Angel who crashes through the roof insisting he's a prophet.

Release details

DVD Region: Region 2 (Europe)

Studio(s): WARNER HOME VIDEO; CINRAM LOGISTICS

Release date: 13/09/2004

No of Discs: 2

Catalogue No: D 025281

Barcode: 7321900252812

Languages

Main Language: English

DVD Description

In transferring Tony Kushner's Pulitzer Prize-winning play to the small screen, director Mike Nichols has crafted a profound, ambitious masterpiece. The film follows a sprawling group of characters as they navigate their way through the cutthroat New York City of the 1980s, when AIDS began to rear its ugly head. Getting sicker by the minute, Prior Walter is abandoned by his tormented lover, Louis (Ben Shenkman); deluded lawyer Roy Cohn (Al Pacino) is visited by Ethel Rosenberg (Meryl Streep), a woman he helped to condemn; and the pill-popping Harper (Mary-Louis Parker) is on the verge of losing her sanity when she realises that her husband, Joe (Patrick Wilson), is a closet homosexual.
Like the best works of art, Nichols' production doesn't merely reflect a particular chapter in America's history. It floats deeper, into a world where everyday feelings are elevated to a spiritual realm. Already hailed as a modern classic, ANGELS IN AMERICA is one of the medium's crowning achievements.

Technical information

Aspect Ratio: 16:9 Anamorphic Wide Screen

Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1

Dubbing Sound: Dolby Digital 5.1 English

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