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Angels In America (HBO) [2003] [DVD]

Angels In America (HBO) [2003] [DVD]
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  • Seller:Cash Converters Crewe
  • Sales Rank:6,403
  • Format:Anamorphic, Colour, Dolby, PAL
  • Languages:English (Subtitled), Swedish (Subtitled), Portuguese (Subtitled), Hebrew (Subtitled), English (Original Language), Hebrew (Original Language), Yiddish (Original Language)
  • Number Of Discs:2
  • Running Time:337 Minutes
  • Rating:Suitable for 15 years and over
  • Region:2
  • Discs:2
  • Shipping Weight (lbs):0.2
  • Dimensions (in):7.4 x 5.4 x 0.6
  • Release Date:April 7, 2008
  • MPN:7321900252812
  • EAN:7321900252812
  • ASIN:B0001P1B2K
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Tony Kushner's prize-winning play Angels in America became the defining US 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 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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