Milk
Blu-ray
Release date: 08.06.2009
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MILK is director Gus Van Sant's riveting biopic about slain gay rights activist and San Francisco city supervisor Harvey Milk. Based on the politically resonant and thoroughly timely screenplay of documentarian Dustin Lance Black, Van Sant follows the arc of Milk's political awakening, from closeted Brooklyn insurance executive to doyen of San Francisco's Castro district's burgeoning gay Mecca in the 1970s. Sean Penn portrays the film's hero, melting into the role with an affable flamboyance that is both spirited and eminently engaging. James Franco plays opposite Penn as Milk's supportive and easygoing boyfriend, Scott Smith. The couple's cheerful and loving rapport lends buoyancy to the film's overall message of hope as Milk ascends from grassroots community organiser to a galvanising figurehead in the push for gay civil liberties. When Moral Majority crusader Anita Bryant forms an initiative to root out gay teachers and their supporters from public schools (Proposition 6), Milk is pitted in a bitter battle against fellow City Hall supervisor Dan White, played by Josh Brolin. While Van Sant does not deviate from the expository conventions that have defined other biopics, MILK sticks to biographically pertinent details that serve the film's underlying message of one man's idealism and conviction in the face of repression and bigotry.
Consumer Advice:
Contains strong language and sex references
Special Features
- Deleted scenes
- Remembering Harvey
- Hollywood Comes To San Francisco
- Marching For Equality
- Trailers
Film Information
| Genre | Drama |
|---|---|
| Release date | 08/06/2009 |
| Studio | Momentum Pictures |
Cast Members
- Sean Penn
- Diego Luna
- Josh Brolin
- Emile Hirsch
- James Franco
Crew
- Gus Van Sant Director
- Danny Elfman Composer
- Harris Savides Director of Photography
- Bruce Cohen Producer
- Dan Jinks Producer
- Bill Groom Production Designer
- Dustin Black Screenwriter
- Danny Glicker Costume Designer
- Elliot Graham Editor
Video Trailer
