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The story of Harvey Milk, and his struggles as an American gay activist who fought for gay rights and became California's first openly gay elected official.

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Using flashbacks from a statement recorded late in life and archival footage for atmosphere, this film traces Harvey Milk's career from his 40th birthday to his death. He leaves the closet and New York, opens a camera shop that becomes the salon for San Francisco's growing gay community, and organizes gays' purchasing power to build political alliances. He runs for office with lover Scott Smith as his campaign manager. Victory finally comes on the same day Dan White wins in the city's conservative district. The rest of the film sketches Milk's relationship with White and the 1978 fight against a statewide initiative to bar gays and their supporters from public school jobs. Written by <jhailey@hotmail.com>

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Rated R for language, some sexual content and brief violence | See all certifications »

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30 January 2009 (USA)  »

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Untitled Harvey Milk Project  »

Box Office

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$20,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$1,453,844 (USA) (28 November 2008)

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$31,838,002 (USA) (10 April 2009)
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Josh Brolin doesn't appear until 45 minutes into the movie. See more »

Goofs

The Chinese food containers look like old standard white containers, without the wire handles that would hold them together. Microwavable glued containers didn't exist until fairly recently. See more »

Quotes

Scott Smith: [Harvey and Scott are finally sitting down to dinner] Don't say ANYTHING.
Harvey Milk: [tucks his napkin under the collar of his shirt, eats a bite] Can I just tell you...
Scott Smith: If you say anything, about politics, or the campaign, or what speech you have to give, or anything, I swear to God I'm gonna stab you with this fork.
Harvey Milk: I just wanted to say... that this is the most wonderful dinner I have ever had.
[Both start laughing]
Harvey Milk: If we lose this, it'll just be you and me again, I promise.
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Referenced in The Simpsons: White Christmas Blues (2013) See more »

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You Make Me Feel (Mighty Real)
Written by Sylvester (as Sylvester James) and James Wirrick
Performed by Sylvester
Courtesy of Concord Music Group, Inc.
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Moving and inspiring
15 November 2008 | by (United States) – See all my reviews

I saw this last night at the Portland premiere with Gus Van Sant and James Franco among others. This is a powerful work and, in my opinion, Gus Van Sant has taken a big step towards the mainstream in his artistic direction. To me, the person who is by no means a movie expert, it seems that this movie had a much faster, accessible pace than his other movies. There were no long-shots or minutes at a time without dialog, etc.

I've really never thought much of Sean Penn before, but, with this role, I expect him to sweep up the awards. Everyone was great in their parts, but he did such an excellent job in portraying the Harvey Milk that I have seen before in clips and documentaries. They did not make out Milk to be a choir-boy, which was one thing I was afraid was going to happen. This story seems long overdue in it's telling, but so completely relevant to today's news.

I expect, as the movie hits theaters, this will cause quite a stir, with both sides using it as fodder in their fight. I expect the ratings will reflect this as there are already people giving it 0's who obviously did not attend the premiere. I don't think it deserves a 10 either, but is much, much closer to that end. Looked at objectively, it is a sometimes tearful, sometimes funny movie that was put together masterfully


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