The messenger has arrived.
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 leaves but as disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis. Joe Pitt, a Mormon Republican attorney, is pushed by right-wing fixer Roy Cohn toward a job at the Justice Department. Pitt and Cohn are closeted: 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.
Made in US
7.6/10
2003
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Cast
Al Pacino
As Roy Cohn
Justin Kirk
As Prior Walter / Leatherman in the Park
Ben Shenkman
As Louis Ironson / The Angel Oceania
Mary-Louise Parker
As Harper Pitt
Meryl Streep
As Hannah Pitt / Ethel Rosenberg / The Rabbi / The Angel Australia
Jeffrey Wright
As Norman 'Belize' Ariaga / Mr. Lies / Homeless man / The Angel Europa
Patrick Wilson
As Joe Pitt
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