Milk

Milk [videorecording] / Focus Features presents Axon Films in association with Groundswell Productions ; Jinks/Cohen Company ; produced by Bruce Cohen, Dan Jinks, Michael London ; written by Dustin Lance Black ; directed by Gus Van Sant. - Widescreen ed. - Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009] - 1 videodisc (129 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in. - Focus Features four-star collection .

Special features: deleted scenes; remembering Harvey; Hollywood comes to San Francisco; marching for Equality.

Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Danny Elfman. Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Danny Elfman.

Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, James Franco, Alison Pill, Victor Garber.

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.

Academy Awards, 2009: Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Original Screenplay

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