Product Description
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His life changed history. His courage changed lives. Academy
Award® winner Sean Penn stars in this stirring celebration of
Harvey Milk, a true man of the people. Based on the inspiring
true story of the first openly gay man elected to major public
office, this compelling film follows Milk's powerful journey to
inspire hope for equal rights during one of the least tolerant
times in our nation's history. With a stunning all-star cast,
including Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsh, Diego Luna and James Franco,
it's the emotionally charged story that was procled the Winner
of The New York Film Critics Circle Best Picture Award!
Bonus Content:
* Deleted Scenes
* Remembering Harvey
* Hollywood Comes to San Francisco
* Marching for Equality
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When a famous person, like the nation's first openly gay male
city supervisor, inspires an accled book (The Mayor of Castro
Street) and O-winning documentary (The Times of Harvey Milk),
a biopic can seem superfluous at best. Taking over from Oliver
Stone and Bryan Singer, Gus Van Sant, whose previous picture was
the more experimental Paranoid Park, directs with such grace, he
renders the concern moot. Unlike Randy Shilts' biography, which
begins at the beginning, Dustin Lance Black's script starts in
1972, just as Milk (Sean Penn, in a finely-wrought performance)
and his boyfriend, Scott (James Franco, equally good), move from
New York to San Francisco. Milk opens a camera shop on the Castro
that becomes a safe haven for victims of discrimination,
convincing him to enter politics. With each race he runs,
Harvey's relationship with Scott unravels further. Finally, he
wins, and the real battle begins as Milk takes on Proposition 6,
which denies equal rights to sexuals. He does what he can to
rally politicians, like George Moscone (Victor Garber) and Dan
White (Josh Brolin). While the mayor is willing, the conservative
board member has reservations, and after Milk fails to back one
of White’s pet projects, the die is cast, leading to the murder
of two beloved figures. If Van Sant’s film captures Harvey in all
his complexities (he was, for instance, a very funny man), Milk
also serves as an enticement to grass-roots activism, showing how
one regular guy elevated everyone around him, notably Cleve Jones
(Emile Hirsch), the ex-street hustler who created the NAMES
Project AIDS Memorial. Released in the wake of Proposition 8,
California’s anti-gay marriage amendment, Milk is inspirational
in the best way: one person can and did make a difference, but
the struggle is far from over. --Kathleen C. Fennessy
Get to Know the Cast From Milk
Sean Penn (Harvey Milk)
Josh Brolin (Dan White)
James Franco (Scott Smith)
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