Angels in America Summary
Director: Mike Nichols
Genres: Drama, Fantasy
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The epic HBO miniseries Angels in America is directed by Mike_Nichols and written by the play's author, Tony_Kushner. This six-part drama is adapted from the two full-length award-winning plays (+Part I: The Millennium Approaches and +Part II: Perestroika) originally performed on Broadway in 1993. Set in New York City during the mid-'80s, the story follows the interconnected lives of several people affected by the AIDS crisis, intense spiritual experiences, and the Reagan Administration. Newcomer Justin_Kirk plays Prior Walter, a young man dying of AIDS. Things are made worse when he's abandoned by his lover, Jewish court clerk Louis Ironson (Ben_Shenkman). Then he's visited by an Angel (Emma_Thompson), who keeps crashing through his roof and insisting that he's a prophet.
Meanwhile, conservative power monger Roy Cohn (Al_Pacino) is also dying of AIDS, but he's in serious denial about it. While in the hospital, he's continually visited by the ghost of Ethel Rosenberg (Meryl_Streep), a woman he had sent to the electric chair. Roy's prot
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