| Description |
2 videodiscs (approximately 352 min.) : sound, color w/black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Note |
Originally broadcast by HBO in 2003. |
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Based on the play by Tony Kushner. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. Millennium approaches -- pt. 2. Perestroika. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; editor, John Bloom ; music by, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Ann Roth ; visual effects supervisor, Richard Edlund. |
| Cast |
Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright, Justine Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson, Brian Markinson, James Cromwell. |
| Summary |
Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn, personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he's fighting with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter, who is visited by an angel and deserted by his self-pitying lover, Louis. Louis moves on to a relationship with Joe Pitt, a Mormon lawyer whose closeted homosexuality drives his wife to delusions and brings his mother to New York. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround. |
| Awards |
Winner of 5 Golden Globe Awards, Best Miniseries, Best Actor - Al Pacino, Best Actress - Meryl Streep, Best Supporting Actor - Jeffrey Wright, Best Supporting Actress - Mary-Louise Parker. |
| Language |
English, French or Spanish dialogue with optional English or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Angels -- Drama.
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AIDS (Disease) -- United States -- Drama.
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Gay men -- United States -- Drama.
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| Genre/Form |
Television mini-series.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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| Added Author |
Nichols, Mike.
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Pacino, Al, 1940-
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Streep, Meryl.
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Thompson, Emma.
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Parker, Mary-Louise.
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Wright, Jeffrey (Jeffrey Charles), 1965-
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Kirk, Justin.
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Shenkman, Ben.
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Wilson, Patrick, 1973-
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Cromwell, James.
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Goldblatt, Stephen, 1945-
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Bloom, John.
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Newman, Thomas, 1955-
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Roth, Ann, 1931-
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Wurtzel, Stuart.
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Edlund, Richard, 1940-
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Kushner, Tony.
Angels in America (1993)
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HBO Films.
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Avenue Pictures.
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HBO Video (Firm)
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| ISBN |
0783129505 |
| Standard No. |
026359229923 |
| Music No. |
92299 HBO Video |
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