Milk (film)

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Milk
Sean Penn (bottom right) as Harvey Milk addressing a crowd gathered for a rally in the Castro in the film Milk.
Directed by	Gus Van Sant
Written by	Dustin Lance Black
Starring	Sean Penn James Franco Emile Hirsch Josh Brolin Victor Garber
Cinematography	Harris Savides
Editing by	Jay Rabinowitz and Dylan Tichenor
Distributed by	Focus Features
Release date(s)	Fall 2008
Country	United States
Language	English
Budget	$15 million

Milk is the current title of the upcoming biopic of Harvey Milk, directed by Gus Van Sant. The film, one of two projects about the assassinated San Francisco city supervisor and gay rights activist, stars Sean Penn in the title role and is currently in production. (The other, an adaptation by Bryan Singer of The Mayor of Castro Street, was suspended due to the WGA strike.)

Milk was shot on location in San Francisco, California, and the famous Castro Street where Milk's camera shop was located was transformed in January 2008 to more accurately depict the 1970s setting of the film. The film was also shot at a number of other locations in the city, including San Francisco City Hall, Market Street and Duboce Park. ^[1] Some interior scenes were shot on sound stages at Treasure Island (California). Filming most of the movie in San Francisco was seen by local officials as well as the film's producers as essential, given that "Harvey Milk is such a San Francisco story." ^[2]

[edit] Cast

Tom Ammiano as himself
Josh Brolin as Dan White
James Franco as Milk's first lover (in the film) and campaign manager Scott Smith^[3]
Victor Garber as George Moscone
Lucas Grabeel as Danny Nicoletta
Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones
Diego Luna as Jack Lira
Denis O'Hare as State Senator John Briggs
Sean Penn as Harvey Milk
Alison Pill as friend/political aide Anne Kronenberg^[3]
Stephen Spinella as attorney/city supervisor candidate Rick Stokes^[3]
Steven Wiig as McConnely

[edit] References

^ http://imdb.com/title/tt1013753/locations Retrieved on March 20, 2008.
^ Stein, Ruthe. It's a wrap - 'Milk' filming ends in S.F. [1]
^ ^a ^b ^c May, Troy (February 2008, page 28 (magazine mistakenly has 2007)). Harvey Milk Movie Begins Production: Sean Penn Plays Milk. On Bay Area. Retrieved on 2008-02-07.