"Milk (film) 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 Mayor George Moscone. The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds. Ultimately, it received eight"
"precaution. In 2008, CEO Alan Stock donated US$9,999 toward the successful passage of California's Proposition 8, an initiative restricting the definition of marriage to opposite-sex couples and overturning the California Supreme Court's ruling that same-sex couples have a constitutional right to marry. An ensuing campaign, launched by opponents to the Prop 8 passage, encouraged patrons to see the Gus Van Sant film ""Milk"", starring Sean Penn in the title role of gay-rights activist Harvey Milk, at a competing theater in protest. Others called for a more general boycott. In 2018, it was reported that company founder Lee Roy Mitchell was"
"celebration coordinated by the Foundation. Kronenberg was portrayed in ""Milk"" by Canadian actress Alison Pill. Pill played the role of Kronenberg as she was during the campaign; leather-wearing, bike-riding, and helping to ease some of the social and political barriers between gay men and lesbians. Kronenberg's response to the film was very positive. At the premiere of ""Milk"", she said in an interview: ... ""Milk"" highlights the struggles of the lesbian and gay movement and the inner workings of the man who changed the entire nature of the movement. Harvey is ""loving"" this — I have felt his presence through"
"and Spain while Stuart Milk's character was performed by actor Chad Allen in the spring 2010 production in Sacramento. Milk has been the recipient of international and national awards for his global civil rights work, including Spain's Annual Muestra T (cultural authenticity) in 2008, Keshet/Jewish Mosiac's Hacham and Hachamat Lev Award in 2010, the José Sarria International Human Rights Award from the International Court in 2007, the Equality Champion of the Year Award from Equality California in 2009, and was the 2011 recipient of the Medal of Turin. Stuart Milk Stuart Milk (born December 26, 1960) is a global LGBT"
"of Harvey Milk, who was San Francisco's first openly gay supervisor. The film documents Milk's rise from a neighborhood activist to a symbol of gay political achievement, through to his assassination in November 1978 at San Francisco's city hall, and the Dan White trial and aftermath. The film was produced after Milk's death using original interviews, exclusive documentary footage, news reports, and archival footage, so that Milk is credited as the lead (posthumously). Other politicians including San Francisco mayor George Moscone (who was assassinated with Milk), and Moscone's successor and now United States Senator Dianne Feinstein appear in archival footage."
"model; sometimes Milk spent entire rolls of film just taking pictures of Smith. Smith fell into a very deep depression after Milk was killed. With Frank M. Robinson, he was the executor of Milk's last will and testament. Smith died of pneumonia, possibly stemming from HIV/AIDS on February 4, 1995 at the age of 46. In the 2008 feature film ""Milk"", the role of Scott Smith was played by James Franco. Scott Smith (activist) Joseph Scott Smith (October 21, 1948 – February 4, 1995) was a gay rights activist best known for his romantic relationship with Harvey Milk, for whom"
"Milk's life was portrayed in the Academy Award-winning 2008 film ""Milk"". Kronenberg was one of the grand marshals of the 2009 New York City LGBT Pride parade, joining the film's writer Dustin Lance Black and AIDS activist Cleve Jones who also worked with Milk. Kronenberg is currently the executive director of the San Francisco Department of Emergency Management, and she is known globally through her public appearances in her role as co-founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation. Kronenberg was on a plane flying to Seattle when Milk was assassinated on November 27, 1978. At the airport, her family told her"
"account of what happened to Nirvana frontman Kurt Cobain in the days leading up to his death. In 2006, Van Sant began work on ""Paranoid Park"" based on the book by Blake Nelson, about a skateboarding teenager who accidentally causes someone's death. The film was released in Europe in February 2008. He also directed the ""Le Marais"" segment of the omnibus film ""Paris, je t'aime"". Released in 2008, Van Sant's ""Milk"" is a biopic of openly gay San Francisco politician Harvey Milk, who was assassinated in 1978 and is played by Sean Penn in the movie. The film received eight"
"Harvey Milk Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, where he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Although he was the most pro-LGBT politician in the United States at the time, politics and activism were not his early interests; he was neither open about his sexuality nor civically active until he was 40, after his experiences in the counterculture movement of the 1960s. In 1972, Milk moved from New York City to the Castro District of San Francisco"
"Franco joined ""Milk"", with Brolin replacing Damon as Dan White. ""Milk"" began filming on location in San Francisco in January 2008. The production design and costume design crew for the film researched the history of the city's gay community in the archives of the GLBT Historical Society in San Francisco, where they spent several weeks reviewing photographs, film and video, newspapers, historic textiles and ephemera, as well as the personal belongings of Harvey Milk, which were donated to the institution by the estate of Scott Smith. The crew also talked to people who knew Milk to shape their approach to"
"(""The Talented Mr. Ripley""), then a cowboy movie (""All the Pretty Horses""). I can't follow it up with a gay-cowboy movie!"" Van Sant went on to make the biographical film ""Milk"", based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk. Joel Schumacher was also linked with the project prior to Lee's involvement. When Ang Lee first heard of the story and screenplay, he attempted to get the film made as an independent producer. However, this did not work out and before Lee would take a break after finishing ""Hulk"" he got into contact with co-screenwriter and CEO"
"Dan Jinks Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer. In February 2010, Jinks launched his own film and television production company, the Dan Jinks Company. In July 2011, he signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios. Previously, working with producing partner Bruce Cohen, Jinks produced ""Milk"", directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk. The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards, including Best Picture, and won for Best Actor and Best Original Screenplay. ""Milk"" was named Best Picture of 2008 by the New York Film Critics Circle. The pair won the Best"
"the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Next, Penn portrayed governor Willie Stark (based on Huey Long) in an adaptation of Robert Penn Warren's classic 1946 American novel ""All the King's Men"" (2006). The film was a critical and commercial failure, named by a 2010 ""Forbes"" article as the biggest flop in the last five years. In November 2008, Penn earned positive reviews for his portrayal of real-life gay-rights icon and politician Harvey Milk in the biopic ""Milk"" (2008), and was nominated for best actor for the 2008 Independent Spirit Awards. The film also earned Penn his fifth nomination"
"the Castro has been the site for gala tributes to many legendary Hollywood stars including Tony Curtis, Ann-Margret, Debbie Reynolds, Jane Russell, and Sandra Dee—many of the events produced by local impresario Marc Huestis. In January 2008, for the filming of the Gus Van Sant biopic ""Milk"", restorations were made to the neon on the theater's marquee and blade sign, and the facade was repainted. The movie about the life and times of Harvey Milk, the San Francisco city Supervisor who was California's first openly gay elected official (portrayed by actor Sean Penn, who won an Academy Award for his"
"city and it will have Harvey Milk's name on it."" In 2012, Milk was inducted into the Legacy Walk, an outdoor public display which celebrates LGBT history and people. In November 2017 plans were presented for a stepped memorial plaza in the Castro district designed by American architecture firm Perkins Eastman. Harvey Milk Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician and the first openly gay elected official in the history of California, where he was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Although he was the most pro-LGBT politician in the United"
"Presidential Medal of Freedom, on behalf of his uncle from President Obama; co-founding the international Harvey Milk Foundation; and the development of several new LGBT centers named after Harvey in foreign nations. Milk was active in the 2012 U.S. presidential election as surrogate for incumbent Barack Obama, speaking to primarily LGBT audiences on behalf of the president at public campaign events, to the media and for the Obama For America organization. In October 2012, Stuart Milk, through his role as leader of the Harvey Milk Foundation, and Rosaria Iardino hosted a global summit on human rights inclusive of the LGBT"
"former prison inmates, as part of his family's legacy."" In 1999, Stuart Milk made available to the public several never before seen photos of his uncle's early campaign for elected office and as well as personal family pictures. In 1985, Milk gave his first large public address as an ""out"" LGBT activist alongside ""The Times of Harvey Milk"" producer Richard Schmiechen at Oberlin College in Ohio. At the time Milk was working as a campaign director for National Citizen Action, a progressive political advocacy organization and was based in western Pennsylvania. In addition to being the President of the Harvey"
"the entire production of ""Milk"". I could almost see him walking down the red carpet at the premiere, bowing, throwing kisses, and generally entertaining the masses. Harvey's life was theatre and Tuesday's premiere was the ultimate stage. Kronenberg served as an adviser for the film and made a cameo appearance as a stenographer. Anne Kronenberg Anne Kronenberg is an American political administrator and LGBT rights activist. She is best known for being Harvey Milk's campaign manager during his historic San Francisco Board of Supervisors campaign in 1977 and his aide as he held that office until he and mayor George"
"for best actor. ""Esquire"" said, ""[Hirsch] creates a vivid, unforgettable character you at once admire and pity."" Hirsch had the title role in Lilly and Lana Wachowski's ""Speed Racer"", which was released on May 9, 2008. Hirsch played gay-rights activist Cleve Jones in Gus Van Sant's biopic ""Milk"" (2008). He also appeared in Ang Lee's ""Taking Woodstock"" (2009), based on a screenplay of the Elliot Tiber memoir ""Taking Woodstock"". He then starred in the box-office disappointment ""Killer Joe"" (2011). In April 2011, he was cast in Oliver Stone's ""Savages"", which was released in July 2012. In 2012, Hirsch starred with"
"Stuart Milk Stuart Milk (born December 26, 1960) is a global LGBT human rights activist and political speaker. The nephew of civil rights leader Harvey Milk, he is the co-founder of the Harvey Milk Foundation. He has engaged in domestic and international activism, including work with LGBT movements in Latin America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. Stuart Milk has promoted his uncle's story and addressed LGBT rights in formal major addresses on multiple continents, including before the United Kingdom House of Lords in 2012, the Italian Chamber of Deputies in 2011, the Panamanian National Assembly in 2010, and Turkish"
"the role of the real-life gay rights activist-political leader Harvey Milk). In film and TV, ""pinkface"" is the use of straight actors to play LGB roles or characters. Anna King of ""Time Out"" likens ""pinkface"" to blackface. The LGB community raised concerns about the film ""Brüno"", in which a straight actor (Sacha Baron Cohen) plays the role of a gay man to ""...mak[e] fun of the queer community"". Dennis Lim states that the depictions of gays in mainstream film typically include the ""gay joke"" (in which LGB people are depicted to create humor); depicting gay men pejoratively as a ""daisy,"
"a stenographer, and Daniel Nicoletta appears as Carl Carlson. In early 1991, Oliver Stone was planning to produce, but not direct, a film on Milk's life; he wrote a script for the film, called ""The Mayor of Castro Street"". In July 1992, director Gus Van Sant was signed with Warner Bros. to direct the biopic with actor Robin Williams in the lead role. By April 1993, Van Sant parted ways with the studio, citing creative differences. Other actors considered for Harvey Milk at the time included Richard Gere, Daniel Day-Lewis, Al Pacino, and James Woods. In April 2007, the director"
"Dustin Lance Black Dustin Lance Black (born June 10, 1974) is an American screenwriter, director, film and television producer, and LGBT rights activist. He has won a Writers Guild of America Award and an Academy Award for the 2008 film ""Milk"". Black is a founding board member of the American Foundation for Equal Rights and writer of ""8"", a staged reenactment of the federal trial that led to a federal court's overturn of California's Proposition 8. He was born in Sacramento County, California as Dustin Lance Garrison. His father walked out on his polio-stricken mother, Roseanna, and his two brothers,"
"are also addressed, as is his tenuous affiliation with troubled Supervisor Dan White; the film ends with White's double homicide of Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The film's release was tied to the 2008 California voter referendum on gay marriage, Proposition 8, when it made its premiere at the Castro Theatre two weeks before election day. The film opens with archival footage of police raiding gay bars and arresting patrons during the 1950s and 1960s, followed by Dianne Feinstein's November 27, 1978 announcement to the press that Harvey Milk and Mayor George Moscone had been assassinated. Milk is seen recording"
"recognized by the state's government as a day of special significance for public schools. The day was established by the California legislature and signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger in 2009 after a series of petitions led by gay rights activist Daren I. Ball and in the wake of the award-winning feature film ""Milk"" retracing Milk's life. Harvey Milk Day Harvey Milk Day is organized by the Harvey Milk Foundation and celebrated each year on May 22 in memory of Harvey Milk, a gay rights activist assassinated in 1978. Harvey Milk was a prominent gay activist during the twentieth"
"his career working in the theatre in New York. Along with Laurence Mark, for six years Dan has produced ""A Fine Romance"", a benefit for the Motion Picture & Television Fund. Dan Jinks Dan Jinks is an American film and television producer. In February 2010, Jinks launched his own film and television production company, the Dan Jinks Company. In July 2011, he signed an overall deal with CBS Television Studios. Previously, working with producing partner Bruce Cohen, Jinks produced ""Milk"", directed by Gus Van Sant and starring Sean Penn as Harvey Milk. The film was nominated for 8 Academy Awards,"
"saved lives. Jones is portrayed by actor Emile Hirsch in ""Milk"", director Gus Van Sant's 2008 biopic of Harvey Milk. Jones is prominently featured in ""And the Band Played On"", Randy Shilts's best-selling 1987 work of non-fiction about the AIDS epidemic in the United States. Jones was also featured in the 1995 documentary film ""The Castro"". Jones was one of the Official Grand Marshals of the 2009 NYC LGBT Pride March, produced by Heritage of Pride joining Dustin Lance Black and Anne Kronenberg on June 28, 2009. In August 2009, Jones was an official Grand Marshal of the Vancouver Pride"
"in ""Pineapple Express"". In 2008 he also appeared in two films by American artist Carter, exhibited at the Yvon Lambert gallery in Paris. On September 20, 2008, he hosted the sketch comedy show ""Saturday Night Live"" (""SNL""), and a second time on December 19, 2009. Franco starred with Sean Penn, Josh Brolin and Emile Hirsch, in Gus Van Sant's ""Milk"" (2008). In the film he plays Scott Smith, the boyfriend of Harvey Milk (Penn). Kenneth Turan of the ""Los Angeles Times"", in review of the film, wrote: ""Franco is a nice match for him [Penn] as the lover who finally"
"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 birthday (in 1970), when he was living in New York City and had not yet settled in San Francisco. It chronicles his foray into city politics, and the various battles he waged in the Castro neighborhood as well as throughout the city, and political campaigns to limit the rights of gay people in 1977 and 1978 run by Anita Bryant and John Briggs. His romantic and political relationships"
"– and while it is not perfect, it is uplifting – lies in Penn's portrayal of Milk's generosity of spirit. ""The Advocate"", while supporting the film in general, criticized the choice of Penn given the actor's support for the Cuban government despite the country's anti-gay rights record. Human Rights Foundation president Thor Halvorssen said in the article ""that Sean Penn would be honored by anyone, let alone the gay community, for having stood by a dictator that put gays into concentration camps is mind-boggling."" ""Los Angeles Times"" film critic Patrick Goldstein commented in response to the controversy, ""I'm not holding"
"was in attendance. Harvey Milk formed in 1992, naming themselves after Harvey Milk, the first openly gay politician elected in a major U.S. city. Originally a trio of Creston Spiers, Stephen Tanner, and Paul Trudeau, the band released one album, ""My Love Is Higher Than Your Assessment of What My Love Could Be"", before Trudeau left in 1996. They disbanded in 1998 but reformed in 2006. On June 3, 2008, Harvey Milk released ""Life... The Best Game in Town"". The band toured the eastern and southern US as well as Germany, England, Belgium, France and Scotland during the Summer of"
"sought to direct the biopic based on a script by Dustin Lance Black, while at the same time, director Bryan Singer was developing ""The Mayor of Castro Street"", which had been in development hell. By the following September, Sean Penn was attached to play Harvey Milk and Matt Damon was attached to play Milk's assassin, Dan White. Damon pulled out later in September due to scheduling conflicts. By November, Focus Features moved forward with Van Sant's production, ""Milk"", while Singer's project ran into trouble with the writers' strike. In December 2007, actors Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch, Alison Pill, and James"
"has been described by media sources as his ""breakout performance"", and he was nominated for the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Young Performer and won the Satellite Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy. In 2008, Cross starred in the thriller film ""Untraceable"" (2008) with Diane Lane, and portrayed gay rights activist Dick Pabich in the Academy Award-nominated Harvey Milk biopic ""Milk"" (2008). He won the Critics' Choice Movie Award for Best Acting Ensemble with his ""Milk"" co-stars. The following year, he played William ""Fred"" Parsons in the West End production of ""Breakfast at Tiffany's"", at"