Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner

Name: Wrestling with Angels: Playwright Tony Kushner
Genre: Documentary
Released: October 4, 2006
Duration: 98 min
Rating: 64

2006

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Balcony Releasing | Release Date: October 4, 2006

Summary: This feature documentary profiles the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner ("Angels in America," "Caroline or Change," "Homebody/Kabul"). It tells the story of a relentlessly creative spirit at work and of how Kushner, raised in the Deep South in Lake Charles, Louisiana, would become an outspoken activist, aThis feature documentary profiles the Pulitzer and Tony Award-winning playwright Tony Kushner ("Angels in America," "Caroline or Change," "Homebody/Kabul"). It tells the story of a relentlessly creative spirit at work and of how Kushner, raised in the Deep South in Lake Charles, Louisiana, would become an outspoken activist, a compassionate spokesperson for outsiders, and one of today’s most important and entertaining playwrights. (Balcony Releasing)… Expand

Director: Freida Lee Mock

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 98 min

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TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Mock's film leaves us with a sense of gratitude and relief that so thoughtful an artist as Kushner continues to work among us, capturing and reacting to the world as he buzzes through it. Read full review

Wesley Morris

The filmmaker invites us to reconsider the author as someone warmer and less intimidating than his body of work. On that count, Wrestling With Angels succeeds. Read full review

Steve Winn

A canny piece of filmmaking, sure to absorb both audiences familiar with Kushner's plays and those who know little or nothing about him. Read full review

Gregory Kirshling

Wrestling with Angels could use some brouhaha: It's a bit too much of a pleasant air kiss from a fan, and doesn't engage inquisitively enough with Kushner's often controversial and very political ideas. Read full review

Sura Wood

An adulatory documentary that could well have been titled "Ode to Kushner." As good-looking and well-crafted as it is -- cinematographers Eddie Marritz and Don Lenzer, who were on board for Mock's "Maya Lin," as well as Bestor Cram provide the rich visuals -- the film suffers from a crucial lack of perspective. Read full review

Andrew O'Hehir

Many years in the making, Freida Lee Mock's documentary Wrestling With Angels paints an intimate and detailed portrait of playwright Tony Kushner, in the years since he became the most important living American dramatist. It's hard to avoid the conclusion that this is something of a booby prize. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Freida Lee Mock's adulatory portrait makes for pleasant viewing - but should it? Read full review

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StuartS

Oct 21, 2006

Kushner is a very interesting guy, indeed. Learning about his life and his achievements via this well constructed documentary is a real pleasure. If you like Kushner's work, or if you are Jewish, or if you are gay, or if you are touched by human achievement and caring people you will Kushner is a very interesting guy, indeed. Learning about his life and his achievements via this well constructed documentary is a real pleasure. If you like Kushner's work, or if you are Jewish, or if you are gay, or if you are touched by human achievement and caring people you will love this film.… Expand

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