"Angels in America" (2003)TV series

Seasons:

1

Release Date:

7 December 2003 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | Fantasy

Tagline:

The messenger has arrived.

Plot:

Playwright Tony Kushner adapts his political epic about the AIDS crisis during the mid-eighties, around a group of separate but connected individuals.

Plot Keywords:

Gay Friend | Barefoot | North Pole | Surreal | Gay Straight Relations

Awards:

Won 5 Golden Globes. Another 33 wins & 27 nominations

Cast

Patrick Wilson	...	Joe Pitt (6 episodes, 2003)
Al Pacino	...	Roy Cohn (6 episodes, 2003)
Meryl Streep	...	Ethel Rosenberg / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
Emma Thompson	...	Homeless Woman / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
Mary-Louise Parker	...	Harper Pitt (6 episodes, 2003)
Justin Kirk	...	Leatherman in the Park / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
Jeffrey Wright	...	Belize / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
Ben Shenkman	...	Louis Ironson / ... (6 episodes, 2003)
James Cromwell	...	Henry - Roy's Doctor (2 episodes, 2003)

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Series Directed by
Mike Nichols		(4 episodes, 2003)

Series Writing credits
Tony Kushner		(4 episodes, 2003)

Series Produced by
Cary Brokaw	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 2003)
Celia D. Costas	....	producer (4 episodes, 2003)
Michael Haley	....	co-executive producer (4 episodes, 2003)
Paul A. Levin	....	associate producer (4 episodes, 2003)
Mike Nichols	....	executive producer (4 episodes, 2003)
Marco Valerio Pugini	....	line producer (unknown episodes)

Series Original Music by
Thomas Newman		(4 episodes, 2003)

Series Cinematography by
Stephen Goldblatt		(6 episodes, 2003)

Series Film Editing by
John Bloom		(3 episodes, 2003)
Antonia Van Drimmelen		(3 episodes, 2003)

Series Casting by
Ellen Lewis		(unknown episodes)
Juliet Taylor		(unknown episodes)

Series Production Design by
Stuart Wurtzel		(3 episodes, 2003)

Series Art Direction by
John Kasarda		(unknown episodes)

Series Set Decoration by
George DeTitta Jr.		(unknown episodes)

Series Costume Design by
Ann Roth		(3 episodes, 2003)

Series Makeup Department
J. Roy Helland	....	hair designer / makeup designer (6 episodes, 2003)
David Brian Brown	....	key hair stylist (unknown episodes)
John Caglione Jr.	....	makeup artist: Mr. Pacino (unknown episodes)
Joseph A. Campayno	....	key makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Angel De Angelis	....	hair stylist: Mr. Pacino (unknown episodes)
Kelly Gleason	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Heidi Kulow	....	makeup artist (unknown episodes)
Jason Joseph Sica	....	hair stylist (unknown episodes)

Series Production Management
Fabiomassimo Dell'Orco	....	unit production manager (unknown episodes)
Patricia Anne Doherty	....	unit production manager (unknown episodes)
Jan Foster	....	production manager (unknown episodes)

Series Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Consuelo Bidorini	....	floor assistant director (1 episode, 2003)
Joseph Aspromonti	....	second assistant director: second unit (unknown episodes)
Alex Corven Caronia	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Nate Grubb	....	dga trainee (unknown episodes)
Michael Haley	....	first assistant director (unknown episodes)
Amy Lauritsen	....	second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Kathryn-Ann Oaks Shertzer	....	additional second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Fiona Mary Spillard	....	assistant director (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Truelove	....	second second assistant director (unknown episodes)
Simonetta Valentini	....	second assistant director: Italy (unknown episodes)

Series Art Department
Charles Cecil	....	construction coordinator (6 episodes, 2003)
Steven Shellooe	....	on-set scenic (6 episodes, 2003)
Daniel Geary	....	carpenter (3 episodes, 2003)
Michael Kall	....	carpenter (3 episodes, 2003)
David H. Allen	....	property master: reshoot (unknown episodes)
Tommy Allen	....	property master (unknown episodes)
Dawn M. Baker	....	scenic artist (unknown episodes)
Eric Cheripka	....	props (unknown episodes)
Dan DeTitta	....	shopper (unknown episodes)
James Donahue	....	scenic artist (unknown episodes)
Sandro Erdolini	....	painter (unknown episodes)
Bruce Lee Gross	....	lead man (unknown episodes)
Rumiko Ishii	....	art department production assistant (unknown episodes)
Nora Kasarda	....	art department coordinator (unknown episodes)
Hinju Kim	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes)
Christine Mayer	....	assistant set decorator (unknown episodes)
Alessandra Querzola	....	set decorator: Italy (unknown episodes)
Jeremy Rosenstein	....	art department production assistant (unknown episodes)
Grant Shaffer	....	storyboard artist (unknown episodes)
David Stein	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes)
Ginny Walsh	....	property fabricator (unknown episodes)
Tom Warren	....	assistant art director (unknown episodes)
Joan Winters	....	graphic designer (unknown episodes)

Series Sound Department
Chris Fielder	....	assistant sound editor (6 episodes, 2003)
Jamie Baker	....	foley recordist (unknown episodes)
Ron Bochar	....	sound re-recording mixer / supervising sound editor (unknown episodes)
Laura Civiello	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Marko A. Costanzo	....	foley artist (unknown episodes)
Lee Dichter	....	sound re-recording mixer (unknown episodes)
Kenna Doeringer	....	assistant adr editor (unknown episodes)
Kyle Godbey	....	sound effects intern / sound recordist (unknown episodes)
Heather Gross	....	first assistant sound editor (unknown episodes)
Dan Guachione	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
John Gutierrez	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Paul Hsu	....	sound designer (unknown episodes)
George A. Lara	....	foley mixer (unknown episodes)
Branka Mrkic	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
Jay Peck	....	foley artist (unknown episodes)
James Sabat	....	sound mixer (unknown episodes)
James J. Sabat Jr.	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Andrew Schmetterling	....	boom operator (unknown episodes)
Philip Stockton	....	dialogue editor (unknown episodes)
David Warzynski	....	foley recordist (unknown episodes)
Allan Zaleski	....	sound effects assistant (unknown episodes)
Alexa Zimmerman	....	apprentice sound editor (unknown episodes)

Series Special Effects by
Mark Bero	....	special effects coordinator (unknown episodes)
Stefano Corridori	....	special effects (unknown episodes)
Richard Bryan Douglas	....	special effects technician (unknown episodes)
Steven Kirshoff	....	special effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Doyle Smith	....	artist (unknown episodes)
John Stifanich	....	special effects (unknown episodes)

Series Visual Effects by
Kelly Bumbarger	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Timothy Michael Cairns	....	quality control supervisor: Efilm/Panavision (unknown episodes)
Patrick Clancey	....	digital opticals (unknown episodes)
Carole Cowley	....	visual effects producer (unknown episodes)
Paul Curley	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Dominic Daigle	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Enid Dalkoff	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Andrea D'Amico	....	visual effects executive producer, R!OT (unknown episodes)
Matt Davis	....	Spydercam rigger technician (unknown episodes)
John Decker	....	lead animator: R!OT Pictures (unknown episodes)
Tommy Dorsett	....	visual effects editor: R!OT Pictures (unknown episodes)
Kim Doyle	....	visual effects coordinator (unknown episodes)
Travis Dutch	....	scanning and recording (unknown episodes)
Richard Edlund	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Dennis Fitzsimmons	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Lori Freitag-Hild	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Gian Ganziano	....	visual effects editor: R!OT pictures (unknown episodes)
Rocco Gioffre	....	matte artist (unknown episodes)
Don Greenberg	....	digital compositor: R!OT Pictures (unknown episodes)
Mark Intravartolo	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Joni Jacobson	....	senior compositor (unknown episodes)
Gregory Jein	....	lead model maker (unknown episodes)
Karin Joy	....	visual effects producer: The Post Group (unknown episodes)
Ntana Key	....	digital intermediate assist: EFilm (unknown episodes)
Kathy LaCommare	....	visual effects editor (unknown episodes)
Michael Lafuente	....	software engineer (unknown episodes)
Mark Larranaga	....	compositor (unknown episodes)
Marcus LeVere	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Kevin Lin	....	digital cleanup artist (unknown episodes)
Lawrence Littleton	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Nicholas Lund-Ulrich	....	data management (unknown episodes)
Heather MacPhee	....	texture painter: MetroLight Studios (unknown episodes)
Thomas Mathai	....	data manager (unknown episodes)
Yvette Memory	....	visual effects coordinator: The Orphanage (unknown episodes)
Michele Moen	....	senior matte artist: R!ot Pictures (unknown episodes)
Kenneth Nakada	....	matte artist: R!OT Pictures (unknown episodes)
Jaime Norman	....	visual effects production manager (unknown episodes)
Scott Paider	....	Spydercam head rigger (unknown episodes)
Liz Ralston	....	visual effects producer (unknown episodes)
Jim Rider	....	digital effects artist (unknown episodes)
Chris Ryan	....	CG artist: MetroLight Studios (unknown episodes)
Marc-Andre Samson	....	digital artist (unknown episodes)
Nabil Schiantarelli	....	compositor (unknown episodes)
Steven J. Scott	....	digital intermediate colorist: EFilm (unknown episodes)
Todd Semmes	....	spydercam coordinator/rigging (unknown episodes)
Ron Simonson	....	visual effects supervisor (unknown episodes)
Ben Britten Smith	....	spydercam flight control (unknown episodes)
Elaine Essex Thompson	....	visual effects coordinator (unknown episodes)
Stefano Trivelli	....	compositing sequence supervisor: R!OT Pictures (unknown episodes)
Jerry Weil	....	computer graphics supervisor (unknown episodes)
Sean Wilson	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)
Jeff Zaman	....	digital compositor (unknown episodes)

Series Stunts
Danny Aiello III	....	stunt coordinator (4 episodes, 2003)
Chris Barnes	....	stunt performer (4 episodes, 2003)
Tim Gallin	....	stunt performer (4 episodes, 2003)
Donald John Hewitt	....	stunt performer (4 episodes, 2003)
Don Hewitt	....	stunt performer (4 episodes, 2003)
Jery Hewitt	....	stunt coordinator (4 episodes, 2003)
Jennifer Lamb	....	stunt performer (4 episodes, 2003)
Mick O'Rourke	....	stunt performer (3 episodes, 2003)
Jake Brake	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 2003)
Chris Colombo	....	stunt double (2 episodes, 2003)
Vince Cupone	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 2003)
Jacob Dewitt	....	stunt rigger (2 episodes, 2003)
Amir Hoff	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 2003)
Steve Mack	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 2003)
Kelly Malone	....	stunt double: Ms. Thompson (2 episodes, 2003)
Kim Rideout	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 2003)
David Shumbris	....	stunt double: Mr. Kirk (2 episodes, 2003)
Mam Smith	....	stunt performer (2 episodes, 2003)
David Ambrosi	....	stunt coordinator (unknown episodes)
Randy Beckman	....	stunt rigger (unknown episodes)
Bret Kiene	....	stunt driver / stunt rigger / ... (unknown episodes)

Series Camera and Electrical Department
Michael Gallart	....	lighting console operator (6 episodes, 2003)
Will Arnot	....	camera operator: "b" camera / steadicam operator (unknown episodes)
Timothy R. Boyce Jr.	....	video assist operator (unknown episodes)
Steve Briante	....	camera loader (unknown episodes)
Daniele Caiuli	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Steve Comesky	....	best boy electric (unknown episodes)
Trevor Coop	....	camera operator: Europe (unknown episodes)
Kathleen Corgan	....	second assistant camera: "a" camera (unknown episodes)
Ray De La Motte	....	camera operator (unknown episodes)
Jon Delgado	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Chris Drechsler	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Gene Engels	....	gaffer (unknown episodes)
Stanislao Galasso	....	electrician: Italy (unknown episodes)
Joel Holland	....	video assist operator (unknown episodes)
Saiyiu. Li	....	additional camera loader (unknown episodes)
Frances 'Buddy' McBride	....	rigging gaffer (unknown episodes)
John Milcetic	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Adam Nixon	....	assistant still photographer (unknown episodes)
George Patsos	....	key grip (unknown episodes)
Ron Phillips	....	still photographer (unknown episodes)
Lewis Sadler	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Chris Silano	....	first assistant camera: "a" camera (unknown episodes)
Kyle Stephens	....	electrician (unknown episodes)
Paolo Tiberti	....	key grip (unknown episodes)
Joel Tishcoff	....	rigging best boy (unknown episodes)
Albert Valera	....	assistant camera (unknown episodes)
Rebecca Venezia	....	camera loader (unknown episodes)
Kevin Walsh	....	electrician (unknown episodes)

Series Casting Department
Patricia Kerrigan DiCerto	....	casting associate (unknown episodes)

Series Costume and Wardrobe Department
Mickey Carleton	....	set costumer (unknown episodes)
Lynne Maureen Curtis	....	additional wardrobe (unknown episodes)
Donna Maloney	....	costume supervisor (unknown episodes)
Michelle Matland	....	assistant costume designer (unknown episodes)
Christopher Peterson	....	assistant costume designer (unknown episodes)
Amy Roth	....	costumer (unknown episodes)
Jonathan Schwartz	....	assistant costume designer (unknown episodes)

Series Editorial Department
Amy Tompkins	....	digital intermediate editor (6 episodes, 2003)
Terra Bliss-Alvarez	....	digital intermediate producer (unknown episodes)
Matthew Crocker	....	post-production assistant (unknown episodes)
Ann Gray	....	post-production coordinator (unknown episodes)
William Henry	....	associate editor (unknown episodes)
Daniel Hoffman	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Michael Moran	....	post-production assistant (unknown episodes)
Beatrice Sisul	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)
Ralph Tarr	....	color timer (unknown episodes)
Paul C. Warschilka	....	assistant editor (unknown episodes)

Series Music Department
Nancy Allen	....	assistant music editor (unknown episodes)
Evyen Klean	....	music supervisor (unknown episodes)
Thomas Pasatieri	....	orchestrator (unknown episodes)
Suzana Peric	....	music editor (unknown episodes)
John Rodd	....	orchestral scoring recordist (unknown episodes)
Thomas Vicari	....	scoring mixer (unknown episodes)
Jesse Voccia	....	music engineer (unknown episodes)

Series Other crew
Christian Giuliani	....	assistant production coordinator (1 episode, 2003)
Mary Bailey	....	script supervisor (unknown episodes)
Randall Balsmeyer	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Will Beekman	....	key location assistant (unknown episodes)
Mona Bernal	....	production coordinator: Italy (unknown episodes)
Rebecca Booth	....	set production assistant (unknown episodes)
Blanca Camacho	....	adr loop group (unknown episodes)
Al Cerullo	....	helicopter pilot (unknown episodes)
Sonia Cilia	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
J. John Corbett	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Crammer	....	assistant production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Lou Crisa	....	assistant: Mr. Pacino (unknown episodes)
Trip Cullman	....	set assistant: Mr. Nichols (unknown episodes)
Ged Dickersin	....	location scout (unknown episodes)
Deb Dyer	....	accountant (unknown episodes)
Guy Efrat	....	location scout (unknown episodes)
Allie Feldman	....	assistant to executive producer (unknown episodes)
James Feldman	....	script coordinator (unknown episodes)
David Fischer	....	key production assistant (unknown episodes)
Barone Francesca	....	unspecified assistant (unknown episodes)
Heather Gauntt	....	location assistant (unknown episodes)
Judy Geletko	....	production executive: Avenue Pictures Productions (unknown episodes)
Aaron Geller	....	person generally in charge of everything (unknown episodes)
Geoffrey Goodman	....	assistant to executive producer (unknown episodes)
Joe Guest	....	assistant location manager (unknown episodes)
Sean Ilnseher	....	assistant: Ms. Emma Thompson (unknown episodes)
Jenessa Joffe	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Tim Judge	....	executive assistant: Mr. Pacino (unknown episodes)
Joseph Keyes	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Christina Kim	....	post delivery supervisor (unknown episodes)
David Koch	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Victoria C. Lang	....	set production assistant (unknown episodes)
Kendra Levenberg	....	key craft service (unknown episodes)
Erica Levy	....	production assistant: Al Pacino (unknown episodes)
Jane Levy	....	assistant: Mr. Nichols for Icarus Productions (unknown episodes)
Josh Liveright	....	payroll accountant (unknown episodes)
Ana Lombardo	....	stage manager (unknown episodes)
Lisa Madden	....	assistant accountant (unknown episodes)
Keira March	....	first assistant accountant (unknown episodes)
Nicola Marzano	....	key set production assistant: Italy (unknown episodes)
Nicola Mazzei	....	stand-in (unknown episodes)
Meegan Neeb	....	production secretary (unknown episodes)
Ben Nicolosi-Endo	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Jonah Oskow	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Deborah Parker	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Giampiero Pelusi	....	location assistant (unknown episodes)
Carla Maria Perrina	....	payroll clerk (unknown episodes)
Jess Prosser	....	additional production assistant (unknown episodes)
Jennifer Quesenbery	....	location scout (unknown episodes)
John Reeves III	....	production assistant (unknown episodes)
Jim Rider	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Jonathan Roumie	....	location scout (unknown episodes)
Federico Santangelo	....	production secretary (unknown episodes)
Amit Sethi	....	title designer (unknown episodes)
Brennan Shroff	....	accounting clerk (unknown episodes)
Emily Sklar	....	assistant: Meryl Streep (unknown episodes)
Matthew Spiegel	....	production coordinator (unknown episodes)
Eugene Stamos	....	craft service second unit (unknown episodes)
Cristina Tacchino	....	location manager (unknown episodes)
Eva Vedock	....	craft service (unknown episodes)
Steven Wargo	....	key craft services (unknown episodes)

Production Companies

• Avenue Pictures Productions

Distributors

• Home Box Office (HBO) (2003) (USA) (TV) (original airing)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (DVD)
• Argentina Video Home (2004) (Argentina) (VHS)
• Eesti Televisioon (ETV) (2006) (Estonia) (TV)
• Home Box Office Home Video (HBO) (2004) (USA) (DVD)
• Super! Drama TV (2006) (Japan) (TV)
• Warner Bros. (2004) (Argentina) (all media)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Switzerland) (DVD)
• Warner Home Video (2005) (Germany) (DVD)
• WoWow (2007) (Japan) (TV)

Special Effects

• Riot (visual effects)
• Post Group, The

Other Companies

• Act One Script Clearance  script research
• Post Logic Studios  digital film mastering
• Prologue Films  titles
• Sylvia Fay/ Lee Genick & Associates Casting  extras casting

Runtime:

352 min (6 parts)

Country:

USA

Language:

English | Hebrew

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.78 : 1

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Certification:

Argentina:13 | Germany:12 | Singapore:(Banned) | Canada:A (Ontario) | Netherlands:16 | Portugal:M/16 (DVD rating) | USA:TV-MA | Finland:K-15 (DVD rating)

Filming Locations:

Bethesda Fountain, Central Park, Manhattan, New York City, New York, USA

Company:

Avenue Pictures Productions

Trivia:

Among its seven Golden Globe nominations were mentions for all its principal cast members (a most unusual occurrence) with the sole exception of Justin Kirk. The reason for his omission was that he was originally put forward for a Supporting Actor nomination, until it was realized that he actually has more screen time than most of his co-stars. However, by switching to the Best Actor category, he was effectively canceled out as he lost the votes he had previously amassed in the supporting category.

Goofs:

Continuity: When Louis takes Joe to his Alphabet City (tenement) apartment, he opens his door which is in a long line of doors down the hallway. Once inside, he suddenly has two large windows, front and back, where there shouldn't be windows because there are more apartments on either side of his.

Quotes:

The Angel Oceania: I-I-I think I have a copy.

Movie Connections:

Referenced in People Like Us (2008)

Soundtrack:

Life & Death

If you meet some requirements, you may find it the most moving thing you ever saw

It seems to me that to be able to experience the full depth of this production, you need to meet a few requirements. First, you need to know that this is a PLAY. Like in any play, texts are delivered that you will not easily hear in everyday life (nobody makes up 'Antebellum Insufficiently Developed Sexorgans' as an alternative interpretation of AIDS during a split second in mid-conversation). Shakespeare isn't realistic in that way, Oscar Wilde isn't, Ibsen isn't, and nor is Tony Kushner. All of them are however extremely realistic in that they highlight essential aspects of the human condition in ways no other medium can achieve. Second, you need an ability to look beyond the surface. Reading reviews of AinA I'm stunned at how simplistically literal some people take it (maybe that explains why you've got Bush for president over there?). This play isn't about gays, it isn't about AIDS, it isn't about Jews and it isn't about Mormons. Its theme is the necessity for people to change, the scariness of change, while most of us would prefer to just let things stay as they are. That's what Louis Ironson wants and makes him run away from his sick lover (consider that: the superficially leftist intellectual is in fact a thorough conservative, more so than the apparently conservative Joe Pitt). That's what the angels want: unchangeable status quo; all the human history making tempted their god to leave heaven, and they want him back. This is the crux of AinA's undeniable political agenda: it sets out to show how conservatism of necessity thwarts and corrupts human nature. Oh yes, that's a third requirement: you really shouldn't belong to that curious group of people who consider the bible a god-given record of factual happenings rather than a piece of ancient mythology: you are likely to be shocked. Kushner's fantasies on biblical themes are very original indeed, and fit into a long tradition of reinterpreting ancient mythology in contemporary contexts. The church could learn a thing or two from him.

Personally, I was very deeply moved by the experience of watching this (as I was by the play nearly ten years ago). I'm sure that, unlike some people seem to think, you don't need to be like the gay men portrayed in AinA to be able to stand it, let alone like it (a ridiculous notion anyway: as a gay man I constantly watch movies about heterosexuals, and am often touched by them). I'm a Dutchman, I know New York only from a few brief visits, and though I'm gay my lifestyle has very little in common with that of the men in AinA; none of that prevented me from being deeply engrossed in this story. Its themes, as said, are universal (if you doubt that this play is essentially about YOU, the closing scene ought to convince you otherwise; if that scene makes you cringe, as I saw somebody complain, you've not really been watching). Its texts are wonderfully written, unafraid of pathos, farce and intellectualism alike, and fiercely direct in their expression. The acting of the whole cast is formidable. Pacino may be redoing previous roles (Devil's Advocate sprang to mind), but boy, does this Roy Cohn have clout, and in the end, how peculiarly difficult it is to really hate him… Patrick Wilson is the perfect pretty boy with a dark secret, and knows how to bring his torment across. Marie-Louise Parker at times has you wondering if she's really been taking pills (and I mean that as a compliment). There simply can't be another Louis than Ben Shenkman (that role was seriously miscast in the Dutch theater production I saw in '95), and Justin Kirk plays his taxing role with utter conviction. Jeffrey Wright goes all out on his ex-drag-queen-with-an-attitude character, and yet succeeds to remain believable as a person. Streep and Thompson are no less great, but I really feel the laurels in the end belong with Parker, Shenkman, Kirk and Wilson. To top it all off, the imagery is beautiful and full of fantasy, without going overboard on bloodless digital effects (it is still a play, remember). The atmosphere is often subtly and hauntingly unreal. And Thomas Newman's score – well, like any truly good music, words cannot do it justice.