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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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Film · TMDB
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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Named after
- Harvey Milk
- Genre
- LGBTQ-related film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- American English
- Main subject
- Harvey Milk
- Creator
- Gus Van Sant
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Gus Van Sant
- Cast member
- Daniel Nicoletta
- Composer
- Danny Elfman
- Producer
- Dan Jinks
- Production company
- Focus Features
- Cinematographer
- Haris Savides
- Narrative location
- San Francisco
- Filming location
- San Francisco
- Duration
- 128
- FilmAffinity ID
- 772213
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.milkthemovie.com
- Image
- Castro-nov08.jpg
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- Commons category
- Milk (film)
- publication date
- 2009-02-19
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Original Score
- title
- Milk
- film editor
- Elliot Graham
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Milk River
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- review score
- 83/100
- characters
- Jimmy Carter
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