"Angel In America" To arrive in the UK This Weekend.

Channel 4, 7^th February 2004.

 

Angels in America is a 5 part HBO mini series, already released in America, and received rave reviews. Director Mike Nichols (The Graduate) adapts Tony Kushner play for television. It has amazing star cast, Al Pacino, Merryl Strrep, and our very own Emma Thompson- to name a few.

 

It has been said that it is a 'difficult' view it touches subjects that were difficult for society/viewers to take in. Life-issues, terminal illness, AIDS, death, love and homosexuality all rolled into one series. It is thought now that the public are ready to deal with and face those issues expressed beautifully through this moving t.v. drama. Highly recommended.

 

Plot Summary for "Angels in America"
(www.imdb.com)

 

"God has abandoned Heaven. It's 1985: the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS. In Manhattan, Prior Walton tells Lou, his lover of four years, he's ill; Lou bolts. As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Lou. Joe Pitt, an attorney who is Mormon and Republican, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Both Pitt and Cohn are in the closet: 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. Pitt's mother and Belize, a close friend, help Prior choose."

 

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