Angels in America is a
HBO miniseries adapted from the
play of the same name by
Tony Kushner. Kushner adapted his original text for the screen, and
Mike Nichols directed.
HBO broadcast the film in various formats: two three-hour chunks that correspond to "Millennium Approaches" and "Perestroika," as well as six one-hour "chapters" that roughly correspond to an act or two of each of these plays; the first three chapters ("Bad News", "In Vitro" and "The Messenger") were initially broadcast on December 7, 2003 to international acclaim, with the final three chapters ("Stop Moving!", "Beyond Nelly" and "Heaven, I'm in Heaven") following.
Angels in America was the most watched made-for-cable movie in 2003, garnering much critical acclaim and multiple
Golden Globe and
Emmy nominations.