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Milk
Milk (Motion picture : 2008)
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His life changed history, his courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third atte...
His life changed history, his courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he is elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, the first openly-gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, are shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blames his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. Based on the true story of Harvey Milk.
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- Creator
- in association with Axon Films a Groundswell production ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; a Gus Van Sant film ; produced by Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen ; written by Dustin Lance Black ; directed by Gus Van Sant
- Format
- Videos, Slides, Films
- Languages
- English, French
- Contributors
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- Cohen, Bruce, 1961- producer
- Jinks, Dan, producer
- Black, Dustin Lance, author of screenplay
- Van Sant, Gus, director
- Penn, Sean, 1960- actor
- Hirsch, Emile, 1985- actor
- Brolin, Josh, actor
- Luna, Diego, 1979- actor
- Franco, James, 1978- actor
- Pill, Alison, 1985- actor
- Garber, Victor, actor
- O'Hare, Denis, 1962-
- Spinella, Stephen
- Focus Features
- Axon Video (Firm)
- Groundswell Productions
- Jinks/Cohen Company
- Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
- Publication
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- Widescreen edition
- Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]
- ©2009
- Physical Details
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- 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in
- OCLC
- ocn299803250
- Credits
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- Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare, Stephen Spinella
- Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Danny Elfman ; costume designer, Danny Glicker ; production designer, Bill Groom
- Biographical docudrama.
- Title from opening frames.
- "Focus Features presents" --At head of title.
- Special features: deleted scenes; remembering Harvey; Hollywood comes to San Francisco; marching for Equality.
- "Based on the true story" --Container.
- DVD, region 1, anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer, NTSC.
- Dialogue in English with optional soundtrack in French, and with optional French, Spanish ; Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Subjects
- Milk, Harvey -- Drama.
- Moscone, George, 1929-1978 -- Drama.
- White, Dan -- Drama.
- San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors -- Drama.
- Gay rights -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
- Political campaigns -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
- Election districts -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.
- Assassination -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.