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The true story of Harvey Milk, the first openly gay man ever elected to public office. In San Francisco in the late 1970s, Harvey Milk becomes an activist for gay rights and inspires others to join him in his fight for equal rights that should be available to all Americans.
Theatrical
Jan 30, 2009
Box Office
$54.6M
Budget
$20.0M
Return
2.7x
DVD / Blu-ray
Mar 10, 2009
Director
Gus Van Sant
Producers
Bruce Cohen, Tsui Ling Toomer, Catherine Sudolcan
Music
Danny Elfman
Studio
Focus Features, Axon Films, Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company
Themes
california
san francisco, california
homophobia
1970s
mayor
biography
politics
politician
election campaign
based on true story
murder
male homosexuality
morality
election
biting
lgbt
candlelight vigil
lgbt activist
mayoral campaign
gay history
gay theme
gay rights
cautionary
intense
antagonistic
enraged
inflammatory
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Quotes
See all →Embrace Uniqueness and Stand Out
Taglines
Never blend in
Courage That Changed Lives and History
Taglines
His life changed history. His courage changed lives.
Fighting for Lives Beyond an Issue
Dan White
You have an issue.
Harvey Milk
It's more than just an issue. This is our lives we're fighting for.
Questioning Identification of Homosexuals in Legislation
John Briggs
It's time to root them out.
Tom Ammiano
How are you going to determine who is homosexual?
John Briggs
My bill outlines procedures for identifying homosexuals.
Tom Ammiano
How? Will you be sucking them off?
Cast
Full credits →S
Sean Penn
Harvey Milk
E
Emile Hirsch
Cleve Jones
Josh Brolin
Dan White
D
Diego Luna
Jack Lira
J
James Franco
Scott Smith
A
Alison Pill
Anne Kronenberg
V
Victor Garber
Mayor Moscone
D
Denis O'Hare
John Briggs
J
Joseph Cross
Dick Pabich
S
Stephen Spinella
Rick Stokes
B
Boyd Holbrook
Denton Smith
L
Lucas Grabeel
Danny Nicoletta
J
Jeff Koons
Art Agnos
D
Dave Franco
Telephone Tree #5
E
Elias McConnell
Telephone Tree #8
A
Ashlee Temple
Dianne Feinstein
B
Brandon Boyce
Jim Rivaldo
K
Kelvin Yu
Michael Wong
C
Cleve Jones
Don Amador
D
Dustin Lance Black
Castro Clone
