A sassy parrot and a free-spirited librarian upend the well-ordered life of a solitary man. Lyman (Jackson Hurst) is a loner, working the graveyard shift for the Courtesy Patrol. When a green parrot flies in to his trailer he becomes obsessed with finding its owner, which leads him to Fiona(Rachel Nichols). She has been eyeing Lyman from a distance and decides to help with his parrot search, whether he wants her to or not. Along with her basset hound, they set out on a quest to find the bird’s previous owners and Fiona begins to unravel the mysteries of Lyman's past. But when Fiona joins Lyman on his nightly rounds, she witnesses a reality more intense than the romantic version she had envisioned.
上世纪八十年代中,美国处于列根的保守政权之下,正经历爱滋病危机。《天使在美国》正讲述在这种社会背景下,一群纽约客徘徊生与死、爱与性、天堂与地狱之间,挣扎求存、奋斗的故事。东尼.库什纳(Tony Kushner)的《天使在美国》可谓近几十年来最重要的戏剧之一。此剧共分两部分,总长逾七小时,于1992年至1993年间在伦敦英国国家剧院首演,并赢得普立兹戏剧奖等多项大奖。该剧有趣又感人,尖锐又富有深刻洞见,以充满想象力的方法,探讨爱、痛苦、疾病、死亡、信仰、政治等主题,即使在25年后的今天,仍然发人深省。本次复排版的演员阵容鼎盛,荷里活及英国剧界的一线演员纷纷登场。饰演主角普莱尔的安德鲁加菲(Andrew Garfield)曾获奥斯卡最佳演员提名,代表作包括电影《蜘蛛侠:惊世现新》(The Amazing Spider-Man)及《钢锯岭》(Hacksaw Ridge)。其他主要演员包括主演BBC剧集《宝拉》(Paula)的丹妮斯高弗(Denise Gough),曾演出《星球大战:原力觉醒》(Star Wars: The Force Awakens)的占士麦卡德(James McArdle),曾演出英国国家剧院《高校男生》(The History Boys)的罗素托维(Russell Tovey),以及演出音乐剧《金牌监制》(The Producers)和电影《假凤虚凰》(The Birdcage) 的尼芬连恩(Nathan Lane)。本剧导演玛丽安.艾略特(Marianne Elliott)是奥利花奖及东尼奖双料得主。她为英国国家剧院导演的《深夜小狗神秘习题》(The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time)及《雷霆战驹》(War Horse)都大获成功。这次,她为我们谱写了一曲感人至深的人性赞歌。
比夫(詹姆斯·贾克内 James Cagney 饰)和雨果(杰克·卡森 Jack Carson 饰)曾是感情十分要好的朋友,可是,两人共同爱上了名为维吉尼亚(丽塔·海华斯 Rita Hayworth 饰)的性感女郎。为了能够和维吉尼亚约会,雨果叫上了比夫,而维吉尼亚则带着自己的好友艾米(奥利维娅·德哈维兰 Olivia de Havilland 饰)。为了追求维吉尼亚,比夫几乎花光了自己的所有积蓄,可是,最终他得知,维吉尼亚已经和雨果私奔了。比夫崩溃了,艾米留在他的身边安慰和陪伴着他,久而久之,产生了感情的两人走到了一起。 当雨果和比夫再见面之时,他已经成为了公司经理,可当雨果的公司因为贪污受贿而遭到指控时,比夫却成为了替罪羊。
两名高等法院的法官遭杀手谋杀,法学院高材生达比(朱莉娅•罗伯茨 Julia Roberts 饰)随后开始调查此案,起草一份该案的报告,名为《塘鹅报告》。达比找到了记者格兰(丹泽尔•华盛顿 Denzel Washington 饰),因为他是最后一名见到其中一名法官的人,希望能得到他的帮助调查此案。一天格兰接到了一个神秘人来电,此人自称知道谁是该案凶手,格兰跟踪到了此人,可惜未能拦下他。
此时,总统暗中命令相关人士不要插手此案。格兰由此起疑,随后调查到了总统和马氏集团关系密切,而且一切证据都表明,马氏与两位法官的死有着千丝万缕的关系!
Reporter Curt Devlin loves sob sister Ellen Garfield but believes women are "bum newspapermen". When she learns the identity of a murdered arsonist, he calls it luck. When she goes after the murderer he gets enough evidence to have Maitland Coulter arrested. She finds a bunch of "not guilty" ballots and publishes the wrong story; he eavesdrops on the jury and gets the correct verdict. After being fired she gets a confession from the real killer and gets Coulter released.