Angels in America [DVD]
(DVD) 

Originally broadcast by HBO in 2003.

Based on the play by Tony Kushner.

Director of photography, Stephen Goldblatt ; editors, John Bloom, Antonia Van Drimmelen ; music, Thomas Newman ; costume designer, Stuart Wurtzel ; visual effects supervisor, Richard Edlund.

Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, Emma Thompson, Mary-Louise Parker, Jeffrey Wright, Justine Kirk, Ben Shenkman, Patrick Wilson, Brian Markinson, James Cromwell.

Set in 1985. Revolves around two very different men with AIDS, one fictional, one fictionalized. Roy Cohn, personifies all the hypocrisy, delusion and callousness of the official response to the plague. Nothing shakes Roy's lack of empathy: even on his death bed, he's fighting with his gay nurse and taunting the woman he helped put to death, Ethel Rosenberg. The other patient is Prior Walter, who is visited by an angel and deserted by his self-pitying lover, Louis. Louis moves on to a relationship with Joe Pitt, a Mormon lawyer whose closeted homosexuality drives his wife to delusions and brings his mother to New York.

Not rated.

DVD, Region 1, widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, Dolby Digital 2.0 surround.

English dubbed French or Spanish dialogue, optional French or Spanish subtitles; closed-captioned.

Emmy Awards, 2004: Outstanding Miniseries; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Al Pacino); Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Meryl Streep); Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie (Jeffrey Wright); Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie (Mary-Louise Parker); Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special; Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special; Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special; Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or a Movie; Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special (Non-Prosthetic); Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special.

Golden Globes, 2004: Best Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television; Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Al Pacino); Best Performance by an Actress in a Mini-Series or a Motion Picture Made for Television (Meryl Streep); Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Jeffrey Wright); Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television (Mary-Louise Parker).