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• The movie trailer for the Harvey Milk biopic made its first Internet appearance on September 3, 2008, on Apple's website. Milk stars Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch and Josh Brolin.

• Fast Facts

  1. Release date: December 5, 2008
  2. Director: Gus Van Sant
  3. Producers: Michael London and Bruce Cohen
  4. Screenwriter: Dustin Lance Black
  5. Studio: Focus Features
  6. MPAA rating: R
  7. Based on the life of Harvey Milk

• Milk Trailer Overview

  The Milk trailer begins by setting the tone for the film with these words, "If homosexuals are allowed their civil rights, then so are prostitutes or thieves or anyone else." The scene flashes to Harvey Milk stating that he is forty years old and he hasn't done a thing.

  In 1978, San Francisco's city supervisor Dan White states that he is not going to be forced out of San Francisco by social deviants and incorrigibles. The video then shows Milk as he decides to run for San Francisco's city supervisor, as the first openly gay man to do so. The clip shows Dan White telling Milk that "society can't exist without the family," and asks him if two men are able to reproduce. Harvey replies with a smile, "no, but God knows we keep trying." The animosity continues, and shortly before Milk is to make a speech he receives a note that threatens his life. The video ends with the written words "His life changed history, his courage changed lives."Apple: Milk Trailers

• Cast Information

  • Sean Penn as Harvey Milk
  • Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones
  • Josh Brolin as Dan White
  • James Franco as Scott Smith
  • Diego Luna as Jack Lira

• Related Pages on Mahalo

  Milk Movie Reviews | Milk Movie | James Franco Sean Penn Kiss | Gus Van Sant | Diego Luna | Eric Stoltz | Harvey Milk | Sean Penn | Emile Hirsch | Josh Brolin | James Franco

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