http://www.hbo.com/films/...l?vid_id=0

updated and better trailer for "Angels in America:Part 1 Millenium Approaches", which airs Sunday on HBO.

DO YOURSELF A FAVOR: WATCH!

it stars Meryl Streep, Al Pacino, Emma Thompson, Mary Louise-Parker, Jeffrey Wright, amongst others.

it has been getting some incredible reviews.

[This message was edited Thu Dec 4 13:16:56 PST 2003 by cborgman]

Maybe I'll have to bite the bullet and watch some TV this Sunday.

Lammastide said:

i guarantee you will thank yourself for it.

iam so freaking excited, i can not begin to tell you. been waiting years for this. there is also a great cover story and article with meryl and al in this weeks entertainment weekly. they reviewed it two weeks ago ad gave it an A.

Chris, what is it about? I don't think I've heard anything about it.

There is an article in Time about it. also a 2 page ad

I only wish the scene of the angel crashing through the ceiling were kept a bit more secret. That's the visual climax of the story, isn't it?

I'm chomping at the bit to see this. (and Stymie, if I can score a copy, you're comin' over and watching it with me!)

stymie said:

it is a two part miniseries that is adapted from the pulitzer winning two play series, and in my opnion, one of the greatest peices of art i have ever witnessed.

I don't want to say a whole lot on the details, aas I dont's want to give it away. at the very least it, is an incredible story of 7 individuals existing within the beginning of the AIDS crisis. It also serves an very true discourse of the severe mis-handling of the AIDS crisis by the reagan administration (something "the Reagans" on showtime also pointed out) because they saww AIDS as god's vengence on homosexuals. It also is about the apocalypse, as heralded by the angel of the title to a man dying of AIDS. It is also about religion, savation, god, death, life, love... the list goes on and on. it is very hard to define it by one storyline or thought, as it is one of the most densely layered stories i have ever seen/read.

Lammastide said:

it is the climax of part one.


[This message was edited Thu Dec 4 10:15:03 PST 2003 by cborgman]

The Trailers look very exciting.I'm sure this will be released on DVD eventually for those who don't have HBO.

Lammastide said:

your post didn't help!

PhilG said:

i am sure it will be, but for those with HBO, or friends with someone who has HBO, do't wait. i, as a habit, watch very little TV, but this is worth planing around

PLOT SUMMARY!

*~*~*~*~*~ HUGE SPOILER WARNING ~*~*~*~*~*

http://www.sparknotes.com...mmary.html
[This message was edited Thu Dec 4 10:49:43 PST 2003 by cborgman]

IAmTheTouch said:

Oops. Good point.

http://www.hbo.com/films/...?vid_id=12

a SECOND trailer, with footage not in the first trailer

I want to know as little as I can before seeing it so I can go into it with no expectations. The few articles I've read about the HBO miniseries have kept a tight lid on the "spoilers" of the story, and if they do that after the script has been available for almost two decades, you know it's gonna be a mindblower.

...not to mention I can't STAND Emma Thompson, and I think she looks fantastic as the angel...

Anxiety said:

good point... i changed the plot summary to a link

I SOOO will be there on Sunday. I'm cancelling ALL plans to see this on Sunday night!

And Emma Thompson plays the Angel...it doesn't get any better than this...except for the fact that Pacino plays Roy Cohn and Meryl Streep plays Hannah!!!

"Greetings, Prophet..."