ANGELS IN AMERICA
DRAMA / FANTASY / ROMANTIC DRAMA
USA
2003
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. ANGELS OF AMERICA consists of 6 episodes of 59 minutes.
STORY: It is 1985, Ronald Reagan is in the White House, and AIDS is causing mass death in the Americas. In Manhattan, Prior Walter (Justin Kirk) tells Louis (Ben Shenkman), his lover of four years, that he has AIDS; Louis, unable to handle it, leaves him. As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis.
GAY COUPLE STORYLINE: Joe Pitt (Patrick Wilson), a Mormon and Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn (Al Pacino) 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 (Meryl Streep) is strung out on Valium, causing her to hallucinate constantly (sometimes jointly with Prior during his fever dreams) and she longs to escape from her sexless marriage. An angel with ulterior motives commands Prior to become a prophet. Joe leaves his wife and goes to live with Louis (Ben Shenkman), but the relationship does not work out because of ideological differences.
Joe Pitt (Patrick Wilson) & Louis Ironson (Ben Shenkman)
PATRICK WILSON (2003) July 3, 1973, Norfolk, VA, USA
BEN SHENKMAN (2003) September 26, 1968, New York City, NY, USA
SPECIAL: In 2004, Angels in America broke the record previously held by Roots for the most Emmys awarded to a miniseries in a single year by winning 11 awards from 21 nominations. 'Angels' along with television movie Eleanor and Franklin became one of the two most honoured programs in television history.
AWARDS: ‘ANGELS IN AMERICA’ Won 11 Primetime Emmys. 67 wins and 43 nominations.
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