hbo's highly acclaimed heavyweight six-hour tv drama, adapted from two pulitzer prize-winning broadway plays by tony kushner, 'the millennium approaches' and 'perestroika'. kushner also wrote the screenplay for the tv adaptation, which stars hollywood stalwarts al pacino and meryl streep alongside british actors emma thompson, michael gambon and simon callow. set in a turbulent new york city in the mid-1980s, the drama follows the interconnected lives of various new yorkers affected by issues of the day including the conservative reagan administration, aids, religious bigotry, angst about their sexuality - and miraculous spiritual visitations. the drama won six golden globe awards, including 'best mini-series or motion picture made for television'.