Al Pacino - Angels in America - Was it Legal? (Ethel Rosenberg)

Justin Kirk ...
Prior Walter (2 episodes, 2003)
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Ben Shenkman ...
Louis Ironson (2 episodes, 2003)
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Emma Thompson ...
Nurse Emily (2 episodes, 2003)
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Patrick Wilson ...
Joe Pitt (2 episodes, 2003)
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Jeffrey Wright ...
Belize (2 episodes, 2003)
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Meryl Streep ...
Ethel Rosenberg (2 episodes, 2003)
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Al Pacino ...
Roy Cohn (2 episodes, 2003)
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James Cromwell ...
Roy's Doctor (2 episodes, 2003)
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Mary-Louise Parker ...
Harper Pitt (2 episodes, 2003)
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Brian Markinson ...
Martin Heller (2 episodes, 2003)

[@pendafen7405]

'Moral nosebleed' is such a fantastic turn of phrase.

[@sertorrhenclegane]

You are not the only one. This is probably one of the greatest roles written for not just the American theatre but the world theatre.

[@mikesmythe5448]

Great performance by Pacino as Cohn,wow

[@Lushy260]

I agree!!!

[@user-xt3js8yh1b]

Al Pacino is a Master here ..

[@Lushy260]

I agree, he was fantastic!!!

[@mahansha1]

PHENOMENAL PERFORMANCE !!!

[@fisterhr]

"You broke my heart..." Only Al Pacino!

[@DSaint3018]

another example Pacino remains one of the very best actors.

[@mangelwurzel476]

About time I watched this production again. Am getting withdrawal symptoms.

[@filmladyproduction]

Have not seen this movie yet, but this performance by Al Pacino is 'Outstanding'!! No surprise, he brings it .. this whole cadence brings all the emotions, shock, surprise, sad, goodness and the funny,, 'Nice,Nice man'.. . lol He's cruel, but straight forward,

[@Lushy260]

I finished this series a couple of weeks ago, Wow I have no words. Al was fantastic!!!

[@DarkCr3ed]

Greatest actor in the world !

[@chadvlad69]

you still here?

[@dkg6826]

Denzel is!

[@user-xt3js8yh1b]

@@dkg6826 naah

[@eddiegfan22]

I have to do the al pacino parts for acting class...This is intimidating

[@ahlishaholloway233]

How did you do?

[@paulwiehe8354]

Me too, buddy. How did it go for you?

[@dougr.2398]

No, you have to be able to BE intimidating. Inner rage and anger must be summoned and mustered

[@JC2023HD]

I play this scene looking at the mirror. I sure look like a maniac! 😂

[@abcun17]

Wow! Holly shit... sometimes I forget how good Al really is...😮

[@pam0626]

Notice the clock chiming at 01:40:00 just as Roy starts to talk about his days as a junior Senator prosecuting Ethel Rosenberg. It harkens him back in time while foreshadowing to the viewer that a painful death will soon be at his doorstep.

[@coolcat5714]

I love Al...just cus he’s Al

[@elemental12345678900]

Was looking for this scene for a long long time, thanks for the upload

[@BenjaminSteber]

"You broke my heart" -Fredo-

[@jimforty8196]

amazing gives me chills

[@TheThing2011]

hes scary good in this

[@Lushy260]

I agree!!!

[@EUROPAMusicOfficialChannel]

"Name ONE LAW you can break!"

[@bearjamesnh]

Great actor!!!!

[@jamesfeeney3016]

Superb!!

[@brandon-tech]

Legend period

[@pendafen7405]

The through-line of 'a nice man'...how both Louis & Roy mock Joe for it...thinking thoughts

[@Not-Ap]

1:30 he has point. Although most people don't have the courage to admit this to themselves. 3:45 cut deep.

[@2taggs2]

I wish they would have used blue contacts... I just see Al Pacino... not Roy Cohn.

[@WillScarlet16]

Now we know how Donald Trump became the kind, caring, truthful soul he is today.

[@debaryhanini4322]

There was a techno song that used sample of this film anyone remember????

[@ChrisAthanasopoulos]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXXMe6Wjj6dno8U This one?

[@meeeka]

Cohn was Trumps mentor: do you want nice or do you want effective?

[@jstephenj]

This was a terrific telepic from HBO. Very prescient today, given what's going on now. So my question to you is this: how do I recommend this to family members who might otherwise dismiss this as being too gay? There's alot of gay themes at the surface level, but I see alot of things beneath the surface that affects everyone in general. I see in Joe the same set of self-denial and refusal to accept culpability in their role in electing Donald Trump. I am so pissed at these people who are now having buyer's remorse merely a month into Trump's presidency, as if his wreckless predilictions were unknown for the past 40 years.

[@JackAShepherd]

michelle stein-evers frankl And Donald was like “I’ll take NEITHER, thanks!”

[@JackAShepherd]

jstephenj The final scene between Joe and Louis - where they fight about the decisions Joe has written as a clerk for a conservative judge - is one of the most poignant regarding the fundamental differences between liberals and conservatives. Louis is enraged at Joe’s hypocrisy and the suffering he’s caused; Joe sees his decisions as theoretical and therefore irrelevant to his relationship with Louis. When Louis says “Hey, you love me? FUCK YOU” I always think of how conservatives just don’t get it and seemingly can’t get it... They cannot see beyond themselves, they’re incapable of real sympathy, and they see these life-and-death issues as simple intellectual disagreements.

[@whatabouttheearth]

Effective at what? Merging with organized crime to sell America out and using sexual blackmail rings to gain power? Read Whitney Webbs articles on Jefery Epstein at Mint Press News

[@anthonyvazquez4158]

There was a techno song that used this speech as a sample anyone knows the song????

[@ChrisAthanasopoulos]

kzbin.info/www/bejne/hXXMe6Wjj6dno8U This one perhaps?

[@adik4309]

Roy Cohn had a thing for blonde blue eyed men and apparently he straight away attracted towards Donald Trump who is his type

[@realniggashit3]

Trump is deep in the closet. He looks like Liberace and his house looks like Liberace's style too. Melania is his beard. Notice how all the girls he's been linked to are models and actresses? They're known to be beards for hire.

[@JackAShepherd]

Aditi K Thanks, I just vomited in my mouth imagining Donald to be anyone’s “type.” Young Donald looked like a perfect amalgam of Junior and Eric... Sorry, vomiting again...

[@CaptainSpalding72]

@@realniggashit3 still better than Diaper Biden. Fact

[@Not-Ap]

I mean he had blue eyes himself and aside from being Jewish he was pretty white. He was a white guy who liked white guys. Nothing remarkable about that.

[@Mr.Majestic77]

Roy Cohn, James Buchanan(U.S. President), or Edgar J. Hoover. Which person was more in the closet and denial about their sexuality????

[@Jamietheroadrunner]

It's a tie between Cohn and Hoover.

[@jslasher1]

Can't say anything about Buchanan, but 'Gay' Edgar and Roy were possibly on equal level when it came to being in the closet.

[@Eudaimaniac44]

well it's "J Edgar Hoover", but i'm sure it's either VP Mike Pence or Sen. Lindsey "Maybe My Sister Could Be First Lady, Or We'll Have Rotating First Ladies" Graham (R-SC).

[@Eudaimaniac44]

@@jslasher1 cuz they were probably often IN the same closet. you can't have 2 powerful closeted ho mo sexshals in Washington DC without them sometimes hosting the same Eyes Wide Shut party.

[@emilyrosine7801]

Buchanan had a sort of "oh my god, they were ROOMMATES" type relationship with William Rufus King. They lived together and attended social functions together for ten years. People who knew them sometimes referred to them as "Aunt Fancy and Miss Nancy." There is speculation about whether they were romantically involved or just really close bachelor friends, but some people believe their nieces destroyed letters that would have proven a more intimate relationship. IMO if Buchanan was gay, he was about as out as you could be in the 1830's.

[@JC2023HD]

What does he mean when he uses the word “ephemera”?

[@victorr3554]

He's essentially dismissing Joe's moral objections to his request (demand, really) as piddling, insubstantial & inane in the grand scheme of things. Basically, power vs morality; morality is (ostensibly) important to Joe but means nothing to Roy who values power above all else. So Roy views Joe's reluctance on moral grounds to embrace the power he's offering as stupid and myopic. Roy feels that Joe is throwing away the opportunity of a lifetime over something as trifling and "ephemeral" as his morality.

[@JC2023HD]

@@victorr3554 Thanks!

[@gardensofthegods]

I'll never forget the way I dear friend of mine who was a successful art historian said Al Pacino was not amongst his favorite actors because he always chews up the scenery ... I know what he means and this particular scene could have been done with a lot more subtlety and sophisticated nuance ... it would have had more impact

[@diibadaa9502]

But would it be true to the character

[@mrt445]

I definitely agree, he tends to overact in a lot of scenes.

[@gardensofthegods]

@@mrt445 yep !

[@gardensofthegods]

@@diibadaa9502 Di ... no I think even here he overdid it because if you look at the videos of Roy Cohn I don't think he raised his voice like that and he was more subtle when he was telling people off . Al Pacino just has a way of over doing it too much sometimes ... he needs to be more subtle . You can see Cohn on some shows and you will see there's clips here on the tube and he is not as gruff .

[@mrt445]

@@gardensofthegods Exactly, if you watch Roy Cohn's interviews (like the gore Vidal debate for example) it's quite clear that Roy was extremely calm and level headed when arguing with people, not to say that he never had outburst or raised his voice when the cameras weren't around but I think he was a bit more subtle with it which to me would be a lot scarier than Al Pacino's version. I could imagine Roy being more like Mr Burns than Al's depiction.

[@jansapp]

Pacino's best work since the Godfather (the first one), and a great reclaiming of a legacy he'd lost over years of mediocrity.

[@KoningsPrey]

Thank god that the opinion of people like you gets washed away swiftly, Dog day afternoon, Scarface, Heat, The insider, Scent of a woman are some of the greatest movies ever made. i really hope you're not trying to become a movie critic because thats not going to get you very far. haha im still a little bit laughing at your comment, he also made something a couple years back wich was great, come to think of it the title of that piece ironically fits you perfectly - ''You dont know jack'' haha. Forgive me if my english-writing is a bit wrong, its not my first language. P.S. Please dont embarrass yourself like this anymore.

[@willjamesb]

Glengary Glen Ross

[@JackAShepherd]

jansapp AMEN TO THAT. “Scent of a Woman” makes me cringe... Which is a shame, since Por Una Cabeza is an incredible piece of music

[@JackAShepherd]

Yordi Althaus SCENT OF A WOMAN??? When’s the last time you watched that piece of... Ummm... Film...?

[@kevinguziec2497]

3 words. Sea. Of. Love😆😆 Pacino has done some absolutely shit work but I do acknowledge his greatness. The godfather 1 and 2. Dog day afternoon. Serpico. scent of a woman. Devil's advocate etc. But he's made just as many bombs

[@krisskross3076]

Does this miniseries contain real angels like in god's army?

[@chrisallenmax]

Kriss Kross mhm

[@rickardkaufman3988]

No it's a miniseries explaining faith, love, AIDS, and conservatism.

[@JC2023HD]

Yes. Angels do appear. Fluffy wings and all.

[@markpage9886]

What Roy Cohn stands for..? Patrick Wilson's character is so self-delusional, he makes me cringe. In a political landscape that includes slavery and genocide as tools of public policy, Roy Cohn was the worst human being ever to take up government service.

[@loganstroganoff1284]

The hate for roy cohn is hilarious. The nyc democratic party machine hated him with such vitriol bc he not only used their own sleazy tactics against them but he was better than them at utilizing them!

[@aidanmurray7319]

He was a spiteful genius. Exactly the same sort characters we need more of. I’ll take a morally compromised genius over a traitorous communist any day.

[@danielsalinas6683]

Roy Cohn is an American hero.

[@danielsalinas6683]

@@Sbamabelle he was a hero. He took down the Rosenbergs. They willingly sold our atomic secrets to the Soviets. They deserved what they got. Just like Alger hiss and the rest of the communist conspiracy. You better be glad we had people like roy cohn to defend us.

[@JackAShepherd]

King Cole I’m-a guess this’s either a Moscow-sponsored troll or a MAGA supporter... Not that the two are mutually-exclusive

[@JC2023HD]

He was certainly American.