Milk

Film: Milk
Director: Gus Van Sant
Starring: Sean Penn, Emile Hirsh, Josh Brolin, James Franco
Premieres: 5 Dec 08 [US]

Milk, is story of California's first openly gay elected official, Harvey Milk, a San Francisco supervisor who was assassinated along with Mayor George Moscone by former city supervisor Dan White.
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This biopic by the briiliant Gus Van Sant [Elephant, Paranoid Park], has traces resembling Sean Penn's previous film The Assassination of Richard Nixon, except that his character now actually gains support and recognition. What a time in America to release a film looking back at rights, change and revolution.

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