TY - BOOK AU - Mike Nichols AU - Mike Nichols AU - Tony Kushner AU - Al Pacino AU - Meryl Streep AU - Emma Thompson TI - Angels in America AV - PN1997 .A544 2003 PY - 2003/// CY - United States PB - Avenue Pictures, HBO Films, Panorama Films N1 - Based on the 1991 play "Angels in America" by Tony Kushner N2 - From case cover: Al Pacino, Meryl Streep, and Emma Thompson lead an all-star cast in an epic movie event directed by Mike Nichols and screenplay by Tony Kushner based on his Pulitzer Prize winning play. From IMDb: 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 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 ER -