Release CalendarTop 250 MoviesMost Popular MoviesBrowse Movies by GenreTop Box OfficeShowtimes & TicketsMovie NewsIndia Movie Spotlight
    What's on TV & StreamingTop 250 TV ShowsMost Popular TV ShowsBrowse TV Shows by GenreTV News
    What to WatchLatest TrailersIMDb OriginalsIMDb PicksIMDb Podcasts
    OscarsABFFPride MonthOutfest OutfrontsSTARmeter AwardsAwards CentralFestival CentralAll Events
    Born TodayMost Popular CelebsMost Popular CelebsCelebrity News
    Help CenterContributor ZonePolls
For Industry Professionals
  • All
  • Titles
  • TV Episodes
  • Celebs
  • Companies
  • Keywords
  • Advanced Search
Watchlist
Sign In
Sign In
New Customer? Create account
  • Fully supported
  • English (United States)
    Partially supported
  • Français (Canada)
  • Français (France)
  • Deutsch (Deutschland)
  • हिंदी (भारत)
  • Italiano (Italia)
  • Português (Brasil)
  • Español (España)
  • Español (México)
Episode guide
  • Cast & crew
  • User reviews
  • Trivia
IMDbPro

Angels in America

  • TV Mini Series
  • 2003
  • TV-MA
  • 5h 52m
IMDb RATING
8.1/10
29K
YOUR RATING
POPULARITY
1,999
51
Al Pacino and Emma Thompson in Angels in America (2003)
Home Video Trailer from HBO Home Video
Play trailer0:31
4 Videos
56 Photos
DramaFantasyRomance

Several disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.Several disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.Several disparate but connected individuals go through the AIDS crisis in the mid-1980s.

  • Stars
    • Al Pacino
    • Meryl Streep
    • Emma Thompson
  • See production, box office & company info
  • IMDb RATING
    8.1/10
    29K
    YOUR RATING
    POPULARITY
    1,999
    51
    • Stars
      • Al Pacino
      • Meryl Streep
      • Emma Thompson
    • 272User reviews
    • 23Critic reviews
  • See more at IMDbPro
    • Won 11 Primetime Emmys
      • 65 wins & 43 nominations total

    Episodes6

    Browse episodes
    TopTop-rated1 Season2003

    Videos4

    A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Stories on Screen
    Clip 4:31
    Watch A Celebration of LGBTQ+ Stories on Screen
    Angels in America
    Trailer 0:31
    Watch Angels in America
    Angels In America
    Trailer 2:37
    Watch Angels In America
    Angels in America
    Trailer 1:53
    Watch Angels in America

    Photos56

    Patrick Wilson in Angels in America (2003)
    Al Pacino and Patrick Wilson in Angels in America (2003)
    Angels in America (2003)
    Mary-Louise Parker and Meryl Streep in Angels in America (2003)
    Jeffrey Wright in Angels in America (2003)
    Patrick Wilson in Angels in America (2003)
    Al Pacino and Patrick Wilson in Angels in America (2003)
    Emma Thompson in Angels in America (2003)
    Justin Kirk and Ben Shenkman in Angels in America (2003)
    Al Pacino in Angels in America (2003)
    Emma Thompson and Justin Kirk in Angels in America (2003)
    Angels in America (2003)

    Top cast

    Edit
    Al Pacino
    Al Pacino
    • Roy Cohn
    Meryl Streep
    Meryl Streep
    • Hannah Pitt…
    Emma Thompson
    Emma Thompson
    • Nurse Emily…
    Mary-Louise Parker
    Mary-Louise Parker
    • Harper Pitt
    Justin Kirk
    Justin Kirk
    • Prior Walter…
    Jeffrey Wright
    Jeffrey Wright
    • Mr. Lies…
    Ben Shenkman
    Ben Shenkman
    • Louis Ironson
    Patrick Wilson
    Patrick Wilson
    • Joe Pitt
    Brian Markinson
    Brian Markinson
    • Martin Heller
    James Cromwell
    James Cromwell
    • Roy's Doctor
    Melissa Wilder
    • Louis's Sister
    Fatima Da Silva
    • Cousin Doris
    Florence Kastriner
    • Louis' Mother
    Howard Pinhasik
    Howard Pinhasik
    • Louis' Father
    Robin Weigert
    Robin Weigert
    • Mormon Mother
    David Zayas
    David Zayas
    • Super
    Flotilla Debarge
    • Singer in Church
    Sterling Brown
    • Orderly
    • All cast & crew
    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

    More like this

    InterNYET: A History of the Russian Internet
    8.0
    InterNYET: A History of the Russian Internet
    Feud
    8.4
    Feud
    Olive Kitteridge
    8.3
    Olive Kitteridge
    Mildred Pierce
    7.6
    Mildred Pierce
    Angels in America
    Angels in America
    Milk
    7.5
    Milk
    A Single Man
    7.5
    A Single Man
    You Don't Know Jack
    7.6
    You Don't Know Jack
    The Romanovs
    8.3
    The Romanovs
    The Hours
    7.5
    The Hours
    Angels in America: Part I - Millennium Approaches
    8.8
    Angels in America: Part I - Millennium Approaches
    Vdud
    7.0
    Vdud

    Storyline

    Edit

    Did you know

    Edit
    • Trivia
      Shortly before his death in 2014, executive producer and director Mike Nichols revealed that out of all of the movies he had directed in his lifetime, he considered this to be his magnum opus.
    • Goofs
      Roy Cohn is depicted as passing away in a New York hospital. In real life, Cohn died in Bethesda, Maryland.
    • Quotes

      Prior: I usually say, "Fuck the truth," but mostly, the truth fucks you.

    • Crazy credits
      Person Generally in Charge of Everything Aaron Geller
    • Connections
      Edited from Godzilla (1998)
    • Soundtracks
      Shall We Gather At The River?
      (hymn written in 1864)

      Music and Lyrics by Robert Lowry (1826-1899)

      Performed by Meryl Streep and choir

    User reviews272

    Review
    Review
    Featured review
    If you meet some requirements, you may find it the most moving thing you ever saw
    It seems to me that to be able to experience the full depth of this production, you need to meet a few requirements. First, you need to know that this is a PLAY. Like in any play, texts are delivered that you will not easily hear in everyday life (nobody makes up 'Antebellum Insufficiently Developed Sexorgans' as an alternative interpretation of AIDS during a split second in mid-conversation). Shakespeare isn't realistic in that way, Oscar Wilde isn't, Ibsen isn't, and nor is Tony Kushner. All of them are however extremely realistic in that they highlight essential aspects of the human condition in ways no other medium can achieve. Second, you need an ability to look beyond the surface. Reading reviews of AinA I'm stunned at how simplistically literal some people take it (maybe that explains why you've got Bush for president over there?). This play isn't about gays, it isn't about AIDS, it isn't about Jews and it isn't about Mormons. Its theme is the necessity for people to change, the scariness of change, while most of us would prefer to just let things stay as they are. That's what Louis Ironson wants and makes him run away from his sick lover (consider that: the superficially leftist intellectual is in fact a thorough conservative, more so than the apparently conservative Joe Pitt). That's what the angels want: unchangeable status quo; all the human history making tempted their god to leave heaven, and they want him back. This is the crux of AinA's undeniable political agenda: it sets out to show how conservatism of necessity thwarts and corrupts human nature. Oh yes, that's a third requirement: you really shouldn't belong to that curious group of people who consider the bible a god-given record of factual happenings rather than a piece of ancient mythology: you are likely to be shocked. Kushner's fantasies on biblical themes are very original indeed, and fit into a long tradition of reinterpreting ancient mythology in contemporary contexts. The church could learn a thing or two from him.

    Personally, I was very deeply moved by the experience of watching this (as I was by the play nearly ten years ago). I'm sure that, unlike some people seem to think, you don't need to be like the gay men portrayed in AinA to be able to stand it, let alone like it (a ridiculous notion anyway: as a gay man I constantly watch movies about heterosexuals, and am often touched by them). I'm a Dutchman, I know New York only from a few brief visits, and though I'm gay my lifestyle has very little in common with that of the men in AinA; none of that prevented me from being deeply engrossed in this story. Its themes, as said, are universal (if you doubt that this play is essentially about YOU, the closing scene ought to convince you otherwise; if that scene makes you cringe, as I saw somebody complain, you've not really been watching). Its texts are wonderfully written, unafraid of pathos, farce and intellectualism alike, and fiercely direct in their expression. The acting of the whole cast is formidable. Pacino may be redoing previous roles (Devil's Advocate sprang to mind), but boy, does this Roy Cohn have clout, and in the end, how peculiarly difficult it is to really hate him… Patrick Wilson is the perfect pretty boy with a dark secret, and knows how to bring his torment across. Marie-Louise Parker at times has you wondering if she's really been taking pills (and I mean that as a compliment). There simply can't be another Louis than Ben Shenkman (that role was seriously miscast in the Dutch theater production I saw in '95), and Justin Kirk plays his taxing role with utter conviction. Jeffrey Wright goes all out on his ex-drag-queen-with-an-attitude character, and yet succeeds to remain believable as a person. Streep and Thompson are no less great, but I really feel the laurels in the end belong with Parker, Shenkman, Kirk and Wilson. To top it all off, the imagery is beautiful and full of fantasy, without going overboard on bloodless digital effects (it is still a play, remember). The atmosphere is often subtly and hauntingly unreal. And Thomas Newman's score – well, like any truly good music, words cannot do it justice.
    helpful•327
    45
    • MartinPh
    • Sep 25, 2004

    Top picks

    Sign in to rate and Watchlist for personalized recommendations
    Sign in

    FAQ1

    • Are there any openly gay actors in this HBO production?

    Details

    Edit
    • Release date
      • December 7, 2003 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • United States
      • Italy
    • Official site
      • HBO
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
      • Aramaic
      • Yiddish
      • French
    • Also known as
      • 美國天使
    • Filming locations
      • Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA
    • Production companies
      • Avenue Pictures
      • HBO Films
      • Panorama Films
    • See more company credits at IMDbPro

    Technical specs

    Edit
    • Runtime
      5 hours 52 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital
    • Aspect ratio
      • 1.78 : 1

    Related news

    Contribute to this page

    Suggest an edit or add missing content
    Al Pacino and Emma Thompson in Angels in America (2003)
    Top Gap
    What is the Hindi language plot outline for Angels in America (2003)?
    Answer
    • See more gaps
    • Learn more about contributing
    Edit pageAdd episode

    More to explore

    Recently viewed

    Please enable browser cookies to use this feature. Learn more.
    Get the IMDb App
    Sign in for more accessSign in for more access
    • Get the IMDb App
    • Help
    • Site Index
    • IMDbPro
    • Box Office Mojo
    • IMDb Developer
    • Press Room
    • Advertising
    • Jobs
    • Conditions of Use
    • Privacy Policy
    • Your Ads Privacy Choices
    IMDb, an Amazon company

    © 1990-2023 by IMDb.com, Inc.