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Milk (2008) -- The story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by San Francisco Supervisor Dan White.

Overview

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7.9/10   40,265 votes
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Writer (WGA):
Dustin Lance Black (written by)
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Release Date:
30 January 2009 (USA) more
Tagline:
His life changed history. His courage changed lives. more
Plot:
The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official. full summary | full synopsis
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Won 2 Oscars. Another 32 wins & 45 nominations more
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Also Known As:
Untitled Harvey Milk Project (USA) (working title)
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Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violence.
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128 min
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The real Cleve Jones has a cameo in the film as Don Amador. more
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Incorrectly regarded as goofs: A scene shows Harvey Milk in the opera house during the last act of 'Tosca'. In the next scene (the next day) he says he saw Bidu Sayao (late Brazilian soprano) the night before. While Ms. Sayao never sang the role of 'Tosca', Harvey was actually referring to his date, Bidu Sayao - not anyone on stage. more
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Harvey Milk: [First lines] This is Harvey Milk speaking on Friday November 18th. This is to be played only in the event of my death by assassination. During one of the early campaigns, I started opening my speeches with the same line and it sort of became my signature... Hello, I'm Harvey Milk, and I'm here to recruit you. more
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Takin' My Time more

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149 out of 201 people found the following comment useful.
Everything comes together in this one, 18 November 2008
Author: Doug-193 from United States

Let's get one thing out of the way. Is it entertaining? And how! Sean Penn's best performance to date – Oscar quality; Emile Hirsch riotously perfect (best "supporting?"); James Franco heartbreaking; Diego Luna, devastating; Josh Brolin, flawless. Not one false note in any of the actors – a very complicated story unfolds with absolute clarity. I will be seeing this one again just for the screenplay. I was very gratified that no attempt is made to be "delicate" about Harvey Milk's personality, either his sex life or his out-sized ego, which perhaps ironically for some, makes him all the more heroic. The finest "political" film I think I've ever seen. It does more than dramatize a strong true story, it captures convincingly the truth about a whole political movement. (One that's as freshly active as today's headlines: Prop 6 or Prop 8 — does it ever end?) There is an ease and familiarity to the "scene" — to the historical period and place — with very few, small anachronisms, as far as I could tell. This is also the most assured work of Gus Van Sant, a genuine film artist, who here delivers a complete drama with real visual style and brazen wit. The blending of documentary footage is the most seamless I can remember seeing anywhere. The crowd scenes are remarkable, and all of the location shooting miraculously right. For a couple of fast, fast hours, I felt as though I had spent a couple of days — hilarious, intense, inspiring days — immersed in 1970s San Francisco. This movie does what all movies should do. See it.

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