Limited Series
all seasons:
1
director:
Mike Nichols
playwright:
Tony Kushner
actor:
Al Pacino
/
Justin Kirk
/
Ben Shenkman
/
Mary-Louise Parker
/
Meryl Streep
…
genre:
Drama
/
LGBTQ
/
Fantasy
region:
United States of America
/
Italy
language:
English
/
Hebrew
/
aramaic
/
Yi
/
French
season number: 1
number of episodes: 6
release date:
2003-12-07
(USA)
IMDb: tt0318997
website:
www.hbo.com/films/angelsinamerica
overview
God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walter tells Louis, his lover of four years, he's ill; Louis leaves but asvdisease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are closeted: Pitt, out of shame and religious turmoil; Cohn, to preserve his power and access. Pitt's wife Harper is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage. An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death.