Angels in America
Promotional poster for Angels in America
Genre	Miniseries
Running time	352 min
Director(s)	Mike Nichols
Producer(s)	Celia D. Costas
Writer(s)	Tony Kushner
Starring	Al Pacino Meryl Streep Emma Thompson Mary-Louise Parker Jeffrey Wright
Music by	Thomas Newman
Country of origin	United States  Canada
Original channel	HBO
Original run	December 7, 2003 – December 14, 2003
No. of episodes	6 chapters
Official website
IMDb profile

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Angels in America was the most watched made-for-cable movie in 2003.

Cast

• Al Pacino as Roy Cohn
• Meryl Streep as Hannah Pitt, Ethel Rosenberg, the Rabbi, and the Angel Australia
• Mary-Louise Parker as Harper Pitt
• Justin Kirk as Prior Walter and the Man in the Park
• Patrick Wilson as Joe Pitt
• Jeffrey Wright as Belize, Mr. Lies and the Angel Europe
• Ben Shenkman as Louis Ironson and the Angel Oceania
• Emma Thompson as Nurse Emily, the Homeless Woman, and the Angel America
• James Cromwell as Henry
• Michael Gambon as Prior Walter Ancestor #1
• Simon Callow as Prior Walter Ancestor #2
• Robin Weigert as the Mormon Mother

Tony Kushner and Maurice Sendak have brief nonspeaking roles as Rabbis. Alfredo James Pacino (born April 25, 1940) is a renowned and influential Academy Award, four time Golden Globe, AFI, two time BAFTA, Emmy Award, and two time Tony Award-winning American stage and film actor who played such iconic roles as Michael Corleone in The Godfather Trilogy and Tony Montana... Roy Marcus Cohn (February 20, 1927 – August 2, 1986) was an American lawyer who came to prominence during the investigations by Senator Joseph McCarthy into Communism in the government and especially during the Army-McCarthy Hearings. ... Mary Louise Streep, mostly known as Meryl Streep (born June 22, 1949) is an Academy Award-winning American actress who has worked in theatre, television, and film. ... The Rosenbergs Ethel Greenglass Rosenberg (1915-1953) and Julius Rosenberg (1918-1953) were American Communists who captured and maintained world attention after being tried, convicted, and executed for spying for the Soviet Union. ... Mary-Louise Parker (born August 2, 1964 in Fort Jackson, South Carolina) is an American actress whose work in theatre and film has won her international acclaim. ... Justin Kirk is an American stage and film actor known for playing Prior Walter in Mike Nichols screen adaptation of Angels in America, for which he received an Emmy nomination for Best Supporting Actor in a Mini-Series. ... Patrick Wilson (born July 3, 1973) is an Emmy- and Golden Globe-nominated American theater and film actor and singer. ... Jeffrey Wright (born December 7, 1965) is a Tony Award-, Emmy Award-, and Golden Globe Award-winning American film and stage actor. ... Ben Shenkman was born September 26th 1968 in New York. ... Emma Thompson (born 15 April 1959) is an Emmy-, BAFTA- and Academy Award-winning English actress, comedian, and screenwriter. ... James Oliver Cromwell (born January 27, 1940), sometimes credited as Jamie Cromwell, is an Academy Award-nominated American television and film actor. ... Sir Michael John Gambon, KBE (born October 19, 1940), is an acclaimed Irish-British actor who has worked in television, film and theatre. ... Simon Philip Hugh Callow, CBE (born June 15, 1949 in London, England) is a highly-regarded British actor of stage, film and television, and a biographer of Orson Welles and Charles Laughton. ... To meet Wikipedias quality standards, this article or section may require cleanup. ... Tony Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an award-winning American playwright most famous for his play Angels in America, for which he was awarded the Pulitzer Prize. ... Maurice Bernard Sendak (born June 10, 1928) is an American writer and illustrator of childrens literature who is best known for his book Where the Wild Things Are, published in 1963. ...

Awards and nominations

The film was critically acclaimed and swept several awards shows.

Golden Globe Awards

The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and television programs, given out each year during a formal dinner. ...

Won

• Best Miniseries or Made for TV Movie
• Best Actor in a Miniseries or TV Movie (Al Pacino)
• Best Actress in a Miniseries or TV Movie (Meryl Streep)
• Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Movie (Jeffrey Wright)
• Best Supporting Actress in a Series, Miniseries, or Movie (Mary-Louise Parker)

Emmy Awards

Angels in America broke the record previously held by Roots for the most Emmys awarded to a program in a single year by winning 11 awards out of 21 nominations. An Emmy Award. ... Roots is a 1977 American television miniseries based on Alex Haleys work Roots: The Saga of an American Family, his critically acclaimed genealogical novel. ...

Won

• Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie
• Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
• Outstanding Makeup for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special (Non-Prosthetic)
• Outstanding Single-Camera Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie
• Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Mary-Louise Parker)
• Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (Jeffrey Wright)
• Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie (Al Pacino)
• Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or Movie (Meryl Streep)
• Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special (Tony Kushner)
• Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Dramatic Special (Mike Nichols)
• Outstanding Miniseries.

Other

• Broadcast Film Critics:
  • Best Picture Made for Television
• Directors Guild of America (DGA):
  • Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Movies for Television (Mike Nichols)
• GLAAD Media Awards:
  • Best Miniseries or Film Made for TV
• Grammy Awards:
  • Best Score Soundtrack Album for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media (Thomas Newman)
• National Board of Review:
  • Best Film Made for Cable TV
• Producers Guild of America (PGA):
  • Producer of the Year Award in Longform (Mike Nichols, Cary Brokaw, Celia D. Costas and Michael Haley
• Satellite Awards:
  • Best Actress - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Meryl Streep)
  • Best Miniseries
  • Best Supporting Actor - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV (Justin Kirk)
  • Best Actor - Miniseries or TV Film (Al Pacino)
  • Best Supporting Actor - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV(Patrick Wilson)
  • Best Supporting Actor - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV (Jeffrey Wright)
  • Best Supporting Actress - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV (Mary-Louise Parker)
  • Best Supporting Actress - (Mini)Series or Film Made for TV (Emma Thompson)
• Screen Actors Guild (SAG):
  • Best Actor - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Al Pacino)
  • Best Actress - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Meryl Streep)
  • Best Actor - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Justin Kirk)
  • Best Actor - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Jeffrey Wright)
  • Best Actress - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Mary-Louise Parker)
  • Best Actress - Miniseries or Film Made for TV (Emma Thompson)

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