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Angels in America ()

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Season: 1 Year: 2003
In 1985, Prior is diagnosed with AIDS and his lover Louis deserts him. Powerful lawyer Roy Cohn tempts Mormon and closeted gay Joe Pitt to the dark side. Joe and Louis get it on while Joe's wife Harper hallucinates an imaginary friend.
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  • Won 11 Primetime Emmys. Another 56 wins & 43 nominations.
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  Roy Cohn (6 episodes, 2003)
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  Harper Pitt (6 episodes, 2003)
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  Prior Walter / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
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  Mr. Lies / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
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  Louis Ironson (6 episodes, 2003)
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  Joe Pitt (6 episodes, 2003)
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  Hannah Pitt / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
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  Martin Heller (5 episodes, 2003)
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  Nurse Emily / ... (5 episodes, 2003)
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  Roy's Doctor (4 episodes, 2003)
Melissa Wilder ...
  Louis's Sister (4 episodes, 2003)
Fatima Da Silva ...
  Cousin Doris (4 episodes, 2003)
Florence Kastriner ...
  Louis' Mother (4 episodes, 2003)
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  Louis' Father (4 episodes, 2003)
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  Mormon Mother (3 episodes, 2003)
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  Super (3 episodes, 2003)
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  Singer in Church (3 episodes, 2003)
Lisa LeGuillou ...
  Nurse (3 episodes, 2003)
Shawn Bartels ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (3 episodes, 2003)
Brian Dougherty ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (3 episodes, 2003)
Mary Esbjornson ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (3 episodes, 2003)
Barbara Fusco ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (3 episodes, 2003)
Serafina Martino ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (3 episodes, 2003)
Steven Edward Moore ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (3 episodes, 2003)
Christopher Schuman ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (3 episodes, 2003)
Reldalee Wagner ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (3 episodes, 2003)
Matthew Yohn ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (3 episodes, 2003)
Sterling Brown ...
  Orderly (1 episode, 2003)
Elizabeth Clancy ...
  Mennonite Choir Members (1 episode, 2003)
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  Prior Walter Ancestor #1 (uncredited) (2 episodes, 2003)
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  Prior Walter Ancestor #2 (uncredited) (2 episodes, 2003)
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  Rabbi (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
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  Rabbi on Bench #1 (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
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  Mourner (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
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  Bar Patron (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
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  Rabbi on Bench #2 (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
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  Funeral Service Member (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
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  Biker (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
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  Restaurant Patron (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
Dhonna Harris Goodale ...
  Pedestrian (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
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  Central Park Sex Couple (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
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  Drag Queen (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)
Tina Benez ...
  Drag Queen Mourner (uncredited) (1 episode, 2003)

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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 bolts. As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, an attorney who is Mormon and Republican, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. 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. Written by

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Also Known As
  • Angeli in America (Italy)
  • Angeli in America (Italy, Italian title)
  • Les anges en Amérique (France)
  • Engel in Amerika (Germany)
  • Ángeles en América (Spain)
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  • 59 min
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Budget $60,000,000 (estimated)

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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. See more »
Goofs When Louis takes Joe to his Alphabet City (tenement) apartment, he opens his door which is in a long line of doors down the hallway. Once inside, he suddenly has two large windows, front and back, where there shouldn't be windows because there are more apartments on either side of his. See more »
Movie Connections Edited from Godzilla (1998). See more »
Soundtracks Shall We Gather At The River? See more »
Crazy Credits Person Generally in Charge of Everything Aaron Geller See more »
Quotes Prior: I usually say, "Fuck the truth," but mostly, the truth fucks you.
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