-
- Working titles: Groundswell, Harvey Milk ProjectThe New York Times: Milk Overview
- Release date: November 28, 2008
- Genre: Historical, period, politicalThe New York Times: Milk Overview
- Director: Gus Van SantThe New York Times: Milk Overview
- Screenwriter: Dustin Lance Black
- Producer: Dan Jinks, Bruce Cohen
- Distributor: Focus Features
- Starring: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, James Franco and Diego Luna
- Budget: $15 million
- MPAA: RThe New York Times: Milk Overview
- Running time: 127 minutesThe New York Times: Milk Overview
-
-
Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant, is a film about California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, who was assassinated on November 27, 1978. The film was shot on location in San Francisco.
The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards and won Best Original Screenplay and Sean Penn won Best Actor.
-
2009 Oscar Nominations
- Best Motion Picture of the Year
- Best Achievement in Costume Design
- Best Achievement in Directing
- Best Achievement in Editing
- Best Achievement in Music Written for Motion Pictures, Original Score
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role - Won
- Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role
- Best Writing, Screenplay Written Directly for the Screen - Won
Backstory
San Francisco's Castro Street, where Harvey Milk owned a camera shop, was transformed for the film in January, 2008, to look as it did in the 1970s. The producers felt that the life of Harvey Milk was "such a San Francisco story" that the film had to be shot on location. Milk is one of two films about Milk's life expected to be released around the same time. The other is The Mayor of Castro Street, directed by Bryan Singer.Quote
"Need equality? Get Milk. That might be one way of summing up how some gays and lesbians regard the new Gus Van Sant film.The film revolves in part around a fight to fend off the so-called Briggs Initiative, which would have outlawed gay teachers in the public schools, along with any and all sympathetic or positive expression for gays and lesbians."—EdgeEdge: Gay Activists Anchor Anti-Prop 8 Message in New Film (November 25, 2008)-
-
Milk Movie Questions
What is a good milk free pancake recipe? 3 AnswersRecipezaar had this easy milk-free recipe (makes 6 pancakes): - 1 cup white flour - 3 tablespoons white sugar - 2 1/4 teaspoons baking powder ... read more
Which movie *will* win the best Picture Oscar for 2009? Which *should* win? - Featured 10 AnswersWill win: Slumdog Millionaire. It also teems with life, although of the more sentimental kind. But it is more heartwarming than any other movie on this list, an... read more
Why is milk white? 6 Answers"The color white is nature's light buffet, in that it results from all the wavelengths of visible light being reflected into the eye. Casein and certain fats re... read more
view more questions...
-
-
On Twitter Powered by Twitter
-
@AugieJL the movie you let me borrow, Milk
-
so im gonna watch Milk now, another movie with Emile Hirsch<3 do not watch it if you are a homophobe..or so that's what @aplusp says loll
-
My favorite part of the movie 'Meet The Spartans' was when Britney Spears was like goo goo gah gah and stuff. Milk poppers. XD
-
finally saw "Milk." Great movie and story but sorry, that Jack guy was a pussy.
-
fantasia (the pearl milk tea cafe, not the disneyland movie)
view more tweets...
-
About this page
-
Page Views0
No one is currently managing this page.
This page currently has no vertical manager.
