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Milk
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Milk is a 2008 American biographical drama film directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black. The cast includes Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, and Diego Luna. Produced by Bruce Cohen and Dan Jinks, the film was distributed by Focus Features and Netflix. It features music by Danny Elfman and cinematography by Haris Savides. The narrative is set in New York City and San Francisco, with filming taking place in San Francisco.
The film has a runtime of 128 minutes and was released on November 5, 2008. It received an Academy Award for Best Actor and an Academy Award for Best Writing, Original Screenplay, along with the National Board of Review: Top Ten Films award. It was also nominated for the Academy Awards for Best Picture, Best Supporting Actor, and Best Director. The film has a budget of 20000000 and generated revenue of 54600000.
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7.2The 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.
Cast
- Sean Penn as Harvey Milk
- Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones
- Josh Brolin as Dan White
- Diego Luna as Jack Lira
- James Franco as Scott Smith
- Alison Pill as Anne Kronenberg
Themes
- california
- election campaign
- politics
- homophobia
- san francisco, california
- 1970s
- mayor
- politician
- biography
- based on true story
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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, alongside Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, and James Franco.
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 the early 1990s, but projects fell through for different reasons, until 2007. Much of Milk was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco, including Milk's former storefront, Castro Camera.
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