Angels in America (miniseries)
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| Angels in America | |
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| Genre | Miniseries |
| Running time | 352 min |
| Written by | Tony Kushner |
| Directed by | Mike Nichols |
| Produced by | Celia D. Costas |
| Starring | Al Pacino Meryl Streep Emma Thompson Mary-Louise Parker Jeffrey Wright |
| Music by | Thomas Newman |
| Country of origin |  United States Canada |
| Original channel | HBO |
| Original run | December 7, 2003 – December 14, 2003 |
| No. of episodes | 6 chapters |
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| IMDb profile | |
Angels in America is an award-winning 2003 HBO miniseries adapted from the play of the same name by Tony Kushner. Kushner adapted his original text for the screen, and Mike Nichols directed.
HBO broadcast the film in various formats: two three-hour chunks that correspond to "Millennium Approaches" and "Perestroika," as well as six one-hour "chapters" that roughly correspond to an act or two of each of these plays; the first three chapters ("Bad News", "In Vitro" and "The Messenger") were initially broadcast on December 7, 2003 to international acclaim, with the final three chapters ("Stop Moving!", "Beyond Nelly" and "Heaven, I'm In Heaven") following.
Angels in America was the most watched made-for-cable movie in 2003, garnering much critical acclaim and, with it, many Golden Globe and Emmy nominations.
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[edit] Cast
- Al Pacino as Roy Cohn
- Meryl Streep as Hannah Pitt, Ethel Rosenberg, the Rabbi, and the Angel Australia
- Patrick Wilson as Joe Pitt
- Mary-Louise Parker as Harper Pitt
- Emma Thompson as Nurse Emily, the Homeless Woman, and the Angel America
- Justin Kirk as Prior Walter and the Leatherman in the Park
- Jeffrey Wright as Mr. Lies, Belize, and the Angel Europe
- Ben Shenkman as Louis Ironson and the Angel Oceania
[edit] Awards and nominations
[edit] Golden Globe Awards
- Best Miniseries or Made for TV Movie
- Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie (Al Pacino)
- Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie (Meryl Streep)
- Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Movie (Jeffrey Wright)
- Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Movie (Mary-Louise Parker)
[edit] Emmy Awards
Angels in America broke the record previously held by Roots for the most Emmys awarded to a program in a single year by winning 11 awards from 21 nominations.
- Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie
- Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
- Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special (Non-Prosthetic)
- Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie
- Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Mary-Louise Parker)
- Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (Jeffrey Wright)
- Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (Al Pacino)
- Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Meryl Streep)
- Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special (Tony Kushner)
- Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special (Mike Nichols)
- Outstanding Miniseries.
[edit] Other
- Best Picture Made for Television
- Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television (Mike Nichols)
- GLAAD Media Awards
- Best Miniseries or Film Made for TV
- Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Thomas Newman)
- Best Film Made for Cable TV
- Producer of the Year Award in Longform (Mike Nichols, Cary Brokaw, Celia D. Costas and Michael Haley
- Best Actress - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Meryl Streep)
- Best Miniseries
- Best Supporting Actor - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV (Justin Kirk)
- Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (Al Pacino)
- Best Supporting Actor - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV(Patrick Wilson)
- Best Supporting Actor - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV (Jeffrey Wright)
- Best Supporting Actress - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV (Mary-Louise Parker)
- Best Supporting Actress - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV (Emma Thompson)
- Best Actor - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Al Pacino)
- Best Actress - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Meryl Streep)
- Best Actor - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Justin Kirk)
- Best Actor - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Jeffrey Wright)
- Best Actress - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Mary-Louise Parker)
- Best Actress - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Emma Thompson)
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Angels in America at the Internet Movie Database
- Angels in America at Rotten Tomatoes
- Winged Victory: New York Television Review
- The Lector Effect: A Slate Magazine review arguing that the miniseries "gets Kushner wrong".
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