Milk(Movie, 2008)

Name: Milk
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2008
Duration: T02:8:00
Rating: 3.6

2h 8min | Genres: History, Drama

Rating: 3.6/5 (with 983 votes)

Milk is a 2008 American biographical drama film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk, Josh Brolin as Dan White, a city supervisor, and Victor Garber as San Francisco Mayor George Moscone. Attempts to put Milk's life to film followed a 1984 documentary of his life and the aftermath of his assassination, titled The Times of Harvey Milk, which was loosely based upon Randy Shilts's 1982 biography, The Mayor of Castro Street (the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1984, and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival, among other awards). Various scripts were considered in t... ()

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Awards & Nominations for Milk

Academy Award for Best Actor Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay National Board of Review: Top Ten Films nominated for: Academy Award for Best Picture nominated for: Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Actor nominated for: Academy Award for Best Director nominated for: Academy Award for Best Film Editing nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay nominated for: Academy Award for Best Costume Design nominated for: Academy Award for Best Original Score

About Milk

The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.

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Trailer for Milk + Featurettes/Teaser/Clips

MILK - Official Trailer(Trailer, 2:30)

Additional Information

Official websites:

focusfeatures.com

Production country: United States of America (USA)

Shot in: San Francisco (California)

Plays in: New York City (NYC), San Francisco (California)

Made by: Focus Features, Jinks/Cohen Company, Groundswell Productions

Original language: English (EN)

Spoken languages: English (EN)

Translated into 27 languages: Arabic (AR), Bulgarian (BG), Czech (CS), Danish (DA), German (DE), Greek (EL), English (EN), Spanish (ES), French (FR), Hebrew (HE), Hungarian (HU), Italian (IT), Japanese (JA), Georgian (KA), Korean (KO), Lithuanian (LT), Dutch (NL), Polish (PL), Portuguese (PT), Romanian (RO), Russian (RU), Slovak (SK), Swedish (SV), Turkish (TR), Ukrainian (UK), Vietnamese (VI), Chinese (Mandarin) (ZH)

Status: Released

Release date GR: 11/05/2008

Appearing Characters: Harvey Milk, Cleve Jones, Dan White, Scott Smith, Anne Kronenberg, George Moscone, John Briggs, Dick Pabich, Daniel Nicoletta, Art Agnos, Dianne Feinstein, Carol Ruth Silver, Gordon Lau, David B. Goodstein, Dennis Peron, Phillip Burton, Bill Kraus, Sylvester, Castro clone, Frank M. Robinson, Tom Ammiano, Don Amador, Jimmy Carter

Cast: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel, Brandon Boyce, Douglas Smith, Eric Stoltz, Jeff Koons, Steven Wiig, Kelvin Yu, Dave Franco, Boyd Holbrook, Dustin Lance Black, Sean Paul Lockhart, Jimmy Carter, Scott Patrick Green, Howard Rosenman, Ashlee Temple, Wendy Tremont King, Kelvin Han Yee, Ted Jan Roberts, Robert Chimento, Zachary Culbertson, Mark Martinez, Frank M. Robinson, Tom Ammiano, Carol Ruth Silver, Cleve Jones, Daniel Nicoletta

Creator: Gus Van Sant

Director: Gus Van Sant

Producer: Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks

Screenwriter: Dustin Lance Black, Brandon Boyce

Film Editor: Elliot Graham

Director of Photography: Haris Savides

Composer: Danny Elfman

Costume designer: Danny Glicker

Production Designer: Bill Groom

Alternative titles in other countries (from previews, ads etc.):

"Milk - A Voz da Igualdade"

"밀크"

"Obywatel Milk"

"自由大道"

"Гарві Мілк"

Keywords: lgbt, morality, candlelight vigil, 1970s, mayoral campaign, biography, politics, murder, lgbt activist, gay history, politician, mayor, homophobia, election, california, election campaign, gay, based on true story

Budget: 20,000,000 USD

Revenue: 54,589,558 USD (= 273%)

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Milk(Movie, 2008)

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