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Angels in America |  | Director: Mike Nichols
Actors: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Patrick Wilson, Mary-Louise Parker
Studio: HBO Home Video
Category: DVD
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Rating:  216 reviews
Sales Rank: 3911
Format: Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DTS Surround Sound, Dubbed, DVD, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Languages: English (Original Language), Spanish (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Spanish (Subtitled), French (Dubbed)
Rating: Unrated
Region: 1
Aspect Ratio: 1.78:1
Number Of Discs: 2
Running Time: 352 Minutes
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.7 x 0.7
MPN: 92299
ISBN: 0783129505
UPC: 026359229923
EAN: 9780783129501
ASIN: B0001I2BUI
Theatrical Release Date: December 7, 2003
Release Date: September 14, 2004
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| • | Academy Award-winners Al Pacino, Meryl Streep and Emma Thompson lead an all-star cast in a 6-hour HBO Films Event. Directed by Mike Nichols and written by Tony Kushner based on his Pulitzer Prize-winning play: Angels in America.Running Time: 352 min. Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DRAMA Rating: NR Age: 026359229923 UPC: 026359229923 Manufacturer No: 92299 |
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Tony Kushner's prize-winning play Angels in America became the defining theatrical event of the 1990s, an astonishing mix of philosophy, politics, and vibrant gay soap opera that summed up the Reagan era for an entire generation of theater-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 (The Graduate), 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, Sense and Sensibility) 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, Dog Day Afternoon)--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, Fried Green Tomatoes), his determined but open-minded mother Hannah (Meryl Streep, Adaptation), a fierce drag queen/nurse named Belize (Jeffrey Wright, Basquiat, 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 Masterpiece Goes Into a New Decade. January 7, 2010
Kenneth A. Nelson (Pensacola, FL)
If you are unaware of the intense plotline and the superb performances, there are over 200 reviews describing both, so I shan't bore you with another of the same.
I watch this marathon production a couple of times a year or more if I have out-of-town visitors who know nothing about the story. These visitors are usually from other planets. As much fantasy as there is in the film, the reality just knocks the breath out of me.
Here we are, now in 2010 and I watched "Angels" once again and you know, I loved being drawn in again, thrown to the floor, beaten almost to death and then returned to reality.
An emotional roller coaster and I was sitting in the front car with my arms up...
A Moving and Stunning Drama January 1, 2010
Linda E. Dewey MD (Michigan, USA)
I am glad so many people have given this work-of-art film such high ratings and accolades. I cannot add anything more to the countless wonderful comments already expressed, but that I don't think that I have cried more often, nor have been uplifted in joy, so many times watching one film. Truly a masterpiece.
A keeper and great gift.. December 30, 2009
David Coleman (j-town, Pa.)
Moving story, wonderful actors, deeply moving and timeless. A heart-felt thank you to all those involved in the creation of the film.
Exquisite December 4, 2009
Miriam (OH USA)
Tony Kushner's play is amazing to begin with; and Mike Nichols production is stunning. Best acting I have ever seen on tv. Many thanks to HBO for this. I am honored each time I watch it.
Haunting and beautiful December 1, 2009
Marianne Stone (San Francisco)
I can add nothing to the superlatives associated with this work, except to say that it is one of the most moving and educational works of art I have experienced. I become a little breathless when I think of some of the scenes - one that comes to mind often is the scene between Belize and Roy, when Belize describes his vision of heaven. Time stops for me when I view this. It is so beautiful and terrible; the idea that Belize's vision seems like hell to Roy - and that Belize knows this and describes it deliberately with that in mind. Who knows if this really is his vision of heaven - only he knows. Very interesting to think about.
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