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Milk (2008) -- This is the theatrical trailer for Gus Van Sant's Milk.
Milk (2008) -- Milk: Rally Clip
Milk (2008) -- Behind the scenes: Filming a part
Milk (2008) -- Interview: Justin Lance Black "On how Harvey Milk affected his life"
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

User Rating:
8.0/10   34,772 votes
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Director:
Gus Van Sant
Writer (WGA):
Dustin Lance Black (written by)
Contact:
View company contact information for Milk on IMDbPro.
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
Awards:
Won 2 Oscars. Another 33 wins & 44 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(1170 articles)
2009 Comic-Con Schedule for Wed July 22 - Thurs July 23
 (From Screen Rant. 11 July 2009, 6:53 AM, PDT)

Top 15 Performances in a Woody Allen Film
 (From SoundOnSight. 10 July 2009, 1:53 PM, PDT)

User Comments:
Great Actors and a Great Filmmaker at the service of a Great Story more

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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Untitled Harvey Milk Project (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violence.
Runtime:
128 min
Country:
USA
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Company:
Focus Features more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Sean Penn's cosmetic transformation in the film included a prosthetic nose and teeth, contact lenses and a redesigned hairline. His makeup was done by Academy Award winner Stephan Dupuis. more
Goofs:
Continuity: When Scott and Harvey are lying in bed together in the beginning of the film, Scott tells Harvey he is going to get fat. The scene is shown again at the end of the film, but this time Scott tells Harvey he is going to be a "fat ass." more
Quotes:
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
Movie Connections:
Featured in "At the Movies: Summer Special 2008/09" (2008) more
Soundtrack:
Wake Up, San Francisco more

FAQ

What's that classic-like choral music in the first trailer?
What's the Bowie-esque song in the new trailer?
Who is/was Harvey Milk?
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192 out of 263 people found the following comment useful:-
Great Actors and a Great Filmmaker at the service of a Great Story, 4 November 2008
9/10
Author: M. J Arocena from New Zealand

Enormously moving film/document about the raise and fall of Harvey Milk. If you don't know who he was, you will. The most startling feature of the film is the casting of Sean Penn. A stroke of genius. I, personally, never would have though that the range of this fantastic actor was as wide as this. He took me over and convinced me. I was watching Harvey Milk himself and Penn with the extraordinary support of his director never betrays that illusion. I'm sorry "Milk" didn't come out a few weeks ago. For those in California having to vote for Proposition 8, it would have been easier to decide just by watching Anita Bryant ranting about the evils of homosexuality. She sounded ridiculous then, Im sure, but today she sounds ridiculously ancestral. The vision of Harvey Milk is still, unfulfilled but we're certainly getting closer. Gus Van Sant surrounds our hero by an extraordinary group of young actors, in particular Emile Hirsch, James Franco and a superlative Josh Brolin. Not to be missed.

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