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His life changed history.
His courage changed lives.
The true story of Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), an activist who became California's first publicly gay elected official -- a San Francisco supervisor. His election in 1977 followed his move to SF from NYC when he turned 40 and decided he didn't want to live the rest of his life in the closet.
Milk's little camera shop in the Castro district quickly became a gathering place for other gays and he began leading the disenchanted minority into political action by mobilizing their spending power and taking on the righteous religious right.
Others in the cast include James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel, Kelvin Yu, and Brandon Boyce as assorted gay friends and lovers of Milk through the years in SF; Alison Pill as Milk's campaign manager; Victor Garber as SF Mayor George Moscone; Josh Brolin as arch-conservative SF supervisor Dan White who assassinated both Milk and Moscone.
Actual film footage of the era and fabulous '70s music add to the reality of this powerful film.
"I'm Harvy Milk and I'm here to recruit you."
Directed by Gus Van Sant.
Run time: 2 hours, 8 minutes
Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violence.
My personal rating: A-
His courage changed lives.
The true story of Harvey Milk (Sean Penn), an activist who became California's first publicly gay elected official -- a San Francisco supervisor. His election in 1977 followed his move to SF from NYC when he turned 40 and decided he didn't want to live the rest of his life in the closet.
Milk's little camera shop in the Castro district quickly became a gathering place for other gays and he began leading the disenchanted minority into political action by mobilizing their spending power and taking on the righteous religious right.
Others in the cast include James Franco, Emile Hirsch, Diego Luna, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Lucas Grabeel, Kelvin Yu, and Brandon Boyce as assorted gay friends and lovers of Milk through the years in SF; Alison Pill as Milk's campaign manager; Victor Garber as SF Mayor George Moscone; Josh Brolin as arch-conservative SF supervisor Dan White who assassinated both Milk and Moscone.
Actual film footage of the era and fabulous '70s music add to the reality of this powerful film.
"I'm Harvy Milk and I'm here to recruit you."
Directed by Gus Van Sant.
Run time: 2 hours, 8 minutes
Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violence.
My personal rating: A-
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