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His life changed history, his courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he is elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, the first openly-gay man to be...

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Uniform Title:Milk (Motion picture : 2008)
Corporate Authors: Focus Features, Axon Films, Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company, Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm)
Other Authors: Cohen, Bruce, Jinks, Dan, London, Michael, Black, Dustin Lance, Van Sant, Gus, Penn, Sean, 1960-, Hirsch, Emile, 1985-, Brolin, Josh, Luna, Diego, 1979-, Franco, James, 1978-, Pill, Alison, 1985-, Garber, Victor
Format: Video DVD
Language:English
French
Language Notes:In English or French with optional subtitles in French or Spanish; English subtitles for the deaf and hard-of-hearing.
Published: Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]
Edition:Widescreen ed.
Series:Focus Features four-star collection.
Subjects:
Milk, Harvey > Drama.
Moscone, George, > -1978 > Drama.
Gay rights > California > San Francisco > Drama.
San Francisco (Calif.). > Board of Supervisors > Drama.
Assassination > California > San Francisco > Drama.
Biographical films.
Historical films.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Feature films.
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Summary:His life changed history, his courage changed lives. Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he is elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, the first openly-gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, are shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blames his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. Based on the true story of Harvey Milk.
Item Description:Special features: deleted scenes; remembering Harvey; Hollywood comes to San Francisco; marching for Equality.
Videorecording.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:DVD; region 1; anamorphic widescreen (1.85:1) presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround, dual-layer; NTSC.
Audience:MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexual content and brief violence.
Awards:Academy Awards, 2009: Best Actor in a Leading Role (Sean Penn), Best Original Screenplay.
Production Credits:Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Danny Elfman.