Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner (2006)

5.0/10 98 min Documentary

Overview

Filmmaker Freida Lee Mock explores the life and work of playwright Tony Kushner. Starting in 2001, when Kushner was mounting the production of his play Homebody/Kabul and running through 2004, as he worked on John Kerry's presidential campaign, got married to Mark Harris, worked with Maurice Sendak, and opened the Broadway musical Caroline, or Change.

Cast

Tony Kushner

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Bill Camp

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Harrison Chad

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Jay Charan

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Linda Emond

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Marcia Gay Harden

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Justin Kirk

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Sean T. Krishnan

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Mike Nichols

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Diane Sawyer

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Ben Shenkman

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Meryl Streep

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Rita Wolf

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Jeffrey Wright

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