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Milk (2008)

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Me wanna see...me really wanna see.....



Milk (2008 ) (Sean Penn)



http://www.metacritic.com/film/titles/milk?q=milk

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009495-milk/



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Sean Penn Escorts Cindy Sheehan to Milk Film Release

Martin Sheen and Roseanne Barr Endorse Cindy Sheehan For Congress



http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story/Sean-Penn-Escorts-Cindy-Sheehan/story.aspx?guid=%7BAFAAF6E5-3010-412B-AA7F-424DA311713C%7D





A Hollywood affair in the Castro for world premier of 'Milk'

http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/10/28/BA2J13Q99C.DTL


'Milk' premiere brings stars to SF's Castro
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5htSafNz0eHe3JCJzNN8NQbyGXqLAD943UCD00
 
This is the movie I want to see the most this year. My expectations are very high. With a great cast, great story and a great director, I don't know what could possibly go wrong.
 
From Washington Blade:

'Milk' premiere brings stars to SF's Castro
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, director Van Sant attend

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) | Oct 29, 9:17 AM


It was only fitting that "Milk," the film about Harvey Milk's life and death, premiere Tuesday night in the Castro.

Milk, San Francisco's first openly gay leader who was slain 30 years ago, used to call himself "the Mayor of Castro Street," referring to the main drag through the neighborhood he represented on the Board of Supervisors and the center of the city's gay and lesbian community.

The world premiere of his biopic brought considerable star power to Milk's beloved Castro Theatre, including director Gus Van Sant and stars Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch and Diego Luna. The film follows Milk's rise to office and his and Mayor George Moscone's assassination at City Hall by fellow Supervisor Dan White in 1978.

Van Sant said he had been talking about making this film for 18 years.

"He's an American hero," Van Sant said. "He's a great example of a man representing his community and his city."

Milk received another tribute earlier in the day, when a historic streetcar featured in the film was dedicated to him. The supervisor had been a champion of public transportation.

Tuesday night's premiere also brought out many of Milk's old friends who helped usher in the gay rights movement that has led, a generation later, to a fight over the right of same-sex couples to marry.

Gay rights activist Cleve Jones, played in the film by Emile Hirsch, said Milk would have been thrilled at the film but angry that the fight over civil rights continued. He pointed across the street, where hundreds were rallying against Proposition 8, a Nov. 4 ballot measure that would rewrite the California constitution to deny same-sex couples the right to marry.

"Harvey would be angry," Jones said, "and he'd still be fighting."

http://www.washingtonblade.com/thelatest/thelatest.cfm?blog_id=22031
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Got Hope? Harvey Milk 30th Anniversary



http://www.bearotic.com/2008/10/24/got-hope-harvey-milk-30th-anniversary/

And the young gay people in the Altoona, Pennsylvanias and the Richmond, Minnesotas who are coming out and hear Anita Bryant in television and her story. The only thing they have to look forward to is hope.

And you have to give them hope. Hope for a better world, hope for a better tomorrow, hope for a better place to come to if the pressures at home are too great. Hope that all will be all right.

Without hope, not only gays, but the blacks, the seniors, the handicapped, the us’es, the us’es will give up.

And if you help elect to the central committee and other offices, more gay people, that gives a green light to all who feel disenfranchised, a green light to move forward.

It means hope to a nation that has given up, because if a gay person makes it, the doors are open to everyone.
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WE NEED PEOPLE ESPECIALLY IN LOS ANGELES!!!



THE POWER OF PEACE & UNITY

11.27.08
@ 9pm pst



Please join One Voice For Equality in a dignified and honorable ceremony marking the 30th anniversary of Harvey Milk's assassination; Gay Rights Leader and the first openly gay public official elected into office.




Joining hand in hand, we will silently line the sidewalks of Santa Monica Blvd meeting at San Vicente and stretching east and west in a show of Peace, Respect and Unity. Bring a candle, lighter or cell phone to achieve this goal.




Our goal is to create an aerial view of a candlelit equal sign showing the Nation what we stand for: Equality for All. This is a demonstration of Love, not a protest. This is a demonstration of Acceptance, not a march.




We need as many volunteers possible to keep this dignified, positive and peaceful. We will show this city, this nation and this world, that we are not merely an angry mob with picket signs. We are human beings who deserve to be heard and recognized as such.

Contact OneVoiceForEquality@gmail.com for more information on how you can help make this possible.
 
I saw it at pre-release screening tonight. Go see it. It's a great film, especially in the context of Prop 8.

It's a cliche to say it but Penn is stunning as Milk. You completely forget he's acting. He has mannerisms presumably taken from the real Milk and his performance is very moving. The mainly, I assume, straight audience was silent throughout and applauded at the end.

Franco is good as well, but more in an adorable sort of way. Some great passing still shots taken with Van Sant's sensibility. Not much nudity. I guess they thought it would steal the show. Pure eye candy.

The film has a nostalgic, grainy quality, and it's very realistic and obviously documentary in style, but more complex than that sounds.

Did I say Penn's performance was really good? He should get nominated for this and, although I doubt it will happen, the film's quality really is high enough for a nomination for the film as well.

http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/10009495-milk/
 
i saw the trailer yesterday afternoon and i am very much looking forward to seeing the movie!
 
Grr...

I thought it was opening wide (err, so to speak ;)) *this* weekend !

Guess not. :grrr:

Is it next week ?
 
Saw it Tuesday night. Thought it was very good. Could have used another twenty minutes or so to better develop the characters around Milk. The movie leaves you caring more about the movement than the people engaged in it. Of course, that is what he would have wanted.

Should be required viewing for anyone who doesn't think things like Prop 8 are worth getting upset over.
 
My partner and I were just talking about this film. We both really want to see it, especially since we lived through this time in gay history together. I just checked online and it's not playing at any theatre in our area. We will be in SF for Christmas, so we're hoping it's still playing there in a few weeks. Since it's up for Oscar consideration I think it will still be around.
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I saw it last night. I thought it was really good, particularly because of its relevance. I agree with killjoke that the movie's strong point is in its passion for the movement. Sean Penn was great, of course.

I think this movie is important to see especially for younger gays. I'm only 23 and, living in Boston, I've been pretty much sheltered from a lot of the institutionalized bigotry that the rest of the US faces. If anything, it's a reminder that people really did (and do) suffer and are occasionally murdered while fighting for my rights. And more over, it's a reminder that we have a responsibility to these people to continue the fight.
 
I'm looking forward to seeing it. Considering taking a road trip down to NYC to catch it, but if it's going to be in CT next week why bother. Does anyone know when it's it going wide?
 
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