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Release Date: 2008

Cast: Sean Penn, Lucas Grabeel, Diego Luna, Victor Garber, Kelvin Yu, Jeff Koons, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Alison Pill, Howard Rosenman, Denis O'Hare, Josh Brolin ...MORE

Cast: Sean Penn, Lucas Grabeel, Diego Luna, Victor Garber, Kelvin Yu, Jeff Koons, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, Alison Pill, Howard Rosenman, Denis O'Hare, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Carol Ruth Silver, James Franco, Brandon Boyce, Lynn McRee, Dave Franco ...LESS

Categories: Movies, LGBT, Tragedy, Biography, Indie, History, Period piece, Biographical film, Political drama

Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White, a city supervisor who assassinated Milk and was released to much acclaim, earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds. Ultimately, it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two... MORE

Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White, a city supervisor who assassinated Milk and was released to much acclaim, earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds. Ultimately, it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Black. Attempts to put Milk's life to film followed a 1984 Oscar-winning documentary of his life and the aftermath of his assassination, titled The Times of Harvey Milk, which was loosely based upon Randy Shilts's biography, The Mayor of Castro Street. Various scripts were considered in the early 1990s, but projects fell through for different reasons, until 2007. Much of Milk was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco, including Milk's former storefront, Castro Camera. Milk begins on Harvey Milk's 40th LESS