Angels in America 2003 God has abandoned Heaven Its 1985 the Reagans are in the White House and Death swings the scythe of AIDS In Manhattan, Prior Walter Justin Kirk tells Louis Ben Shenkman , his lover of four years, hes ill Louis bolts As disease and loneliness ravage Prior, guilt invades Louis Joe Pitt Patrick Wilson , an attorney who is Mormon and Republican, is pushed by right wing fixer Roy Cohn Al Pacino toward a job at the Justice Department Pitt and Cohn are in the closet Pitt out of shame and religious turmoil, Cohn to preserve his power and access Pitts wife Harper Mary Louise Parker is strung out on Valium, aching to escape a sexless marriage An angel invites Prior to be a prophet in death Pitts mother and Belize Jeffrey Wright, a close friend, help Prior choose