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Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White, a city supervisor who assassinated Milk and Mayor George Moscone. The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds. Ultimately, it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Black.
Attempts to put Milk's life to film followed a 1984 documentary of his life and the aftermath of his assassination, titled The Times of Harvey Milk, which was loosely based upon Randy Shilts's biography, The Mayor of Castro Street (the film won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature for 1984, and was awarded Special Jury Prize at the first Sundance Film Festival, among other awards). Various scripts were considered in the early 1990s, but projects fell through for different reasons, until 2007. Much of Milk was filmed on Castro Street and other locations in San Francisco, including Milk's former storefront, Castro Camera.
Actors: Mike McNamara (actor), Mike McNamara (producer), Erin Breen (actress), Robert Breuler (actor), Maury Cooper (actor), Mike Kwielford (producer), Mary Kay Cook (actress), Kirk Anderson (actor), Suzanne Petri (actress), Stephen Louis Grush (actor), Katlyn Carlson (actress), Warren Levon (actor), Meredith Droeger (actress), Cannon Kinnard (producer), Ira Carol McGill (actress),
Genres: Drama,Actors: Laura Lomax (producer), Tall Paul (actor), James Kirkham (editor), James Kirkham (director), James Kirkham (writer), Daniel Kenwright (actor), Luke Hodgkinson (composer), Damien Speed (actor), Louise Sinclair-Jones (actress), Rosalie Mieville (actress), Ryan Moohan (actor), Jessica Loren (actress), Emily Alacan (actress), Helen Grant (actress),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Kayla Kristy (miscellaneous crew), Edward Ruedemann (writer), Edward Ruedemann (producer), Edward Ruedemann (director), Edward Ruedemann (editor), Stephen Ignagni (composer), Trevor Washburn (producer), Trevor Washburn (actor), Stephen Ignagni (producer), Ryan Munevar (producer), Ryan Munevar (producer), Ryan Mikulak (actor),
Plot: Two friends, Milk and Kevin, tell wildly fictitious stories at their local bar to manipulate women into sleeping with them. Tonight the boys go in with The Cat Tale, a story about how the two accidentally run over a cat and are forced by a hard-nosed police Sargent to return it to its cat obsessed owner.
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Ryan Quinn (writer), Ryan Quinn (editor), Ryan Quinn (director), Erica R. Sperber (producer), Sam Broscoe (actor), Ryan Kroboth (editor), Camille Tiangco (actress), Stephanie Burke (actress), Ryan Quinn (actor),
Genres: Comedy, Short,Actors: Ron Elliott (producer), David Ryan Kinsman (actor), Sean O'Keeffe (editor), Luke Kimble Williams (writer), Luke Kimble Williams (director), Cody Fern (actor), Emilia Jolakoska (producer), Matthew Lawrence (actor), Aston Dexter (actor),
Plot: The story of two British migrants living in Perth at the intersection of their friendship. Sam believes he can escape his social status by leaving this life and moving on with new university friends, whilst Milk who is content with the nine to five, living for the weekend lifestyle sees this as a betrayal of who he is and where he's from.
Genres: Drama, Short,Actors: Danielle Lozeau (actress), William DeCoff (actor), Adam LaFramboise (actor), Collin Pelton (actor), Chip Perro (director), Harley Harrison (actor), Chip Perro (writer), Chip Perro (editor), Chip Perro (producer), Roxanne Nichols (actress), Josh McBride (actor), Kyle Erha (actor), Kurt Grelak (actor), Rick Perro (director), Rick Perro (writer),
Plot: When Tara and Amy Wellword are forced to go to summer school, their plans before senior year take a dramatic turn. Going in with low expectations, they don't plan for their summer to be very exciting. Little do they know, hunky classmates Mike and Jim are also taking summer classes. What starts out as a lackluster summer soon becomes a three month beginning to unknown possibilities.
Keywords: remedial-attractionActors: Lou Martini Jr. (actor), Jennifer Quesenbery (miscellaneous crew), Antonio Saillant (actor), Jim Jones (actor), Jim Jones (producer), Cam'ron (editor), Cam'ron (producer), Cam'ron (director), Cam'ron (actor), Cam'ron (producer), Cam'ron (writer), Funkmaster Flex (actor), Juelz Santana (actor), Osas Ighodaro (actress), Kerry Muzzey (composer),
Plot: Flea was a basketball player, happy with his subtle hustle, until a Dominican connect introduced him to a new way to spread the work and make all the cake. Flea assembles his friends and decides to play it big by taking over a store and hustling' on the corner selling drugs to whoever got money. But with more money and power also comes drama and chaos ensues when some local criminals try to bring him down.
Keywords: african-american, business, gun, harlem-manhattan-new-york-city, hip-hop, manhattan-new-york-city, money, new-york-city, power, rapActors: Steven Berkoff (actor), Marc Bary (producer), Tom Maguire (miscellaneous crew), Tom Hickey (actor), Gerry O'Brien (actor), Edwina Forkin (producer), Donncha Crowley (actor), Stephen Patrick Kenny (actor), Jeanette McGrath (miscellaneous crew), Rachel Rath (actress), Jer O'Leary (actor), Mick Nolan (actor), Shimmy Marcus (director), Shimmy Marcus (writer), Gavin O'Connor (actor),
Plot: Headrush is a crime comedy about two disillusioned youths, struggling through a haze of cannabis, who hope to solve all their problems by smuggling a consignement of drugs for a local gangster. It's set in the present day in Dublin, Ireland against the backdrop of the end of the Celtic Tiger: the bursting of the bubble of this economy boom that's supposed to have done wonders for us all.
Keywords: caperActors: Tara Walker (actress), Wyeth Clarkson (director), Wyeth Clarkson (writer), Wyeth Clarkson (producer), Phillip Daniels (producer), Phillip Daniels (producer), Carole Larsen (editor), Tracy Nixon (actress), Damien Sykes (editor), Emil O'Neil (actor), Devanie Noons (actress), Andre O'Connor (actor),
Plot: BnE follows Milk, a young "Break n Enter" artist through the back yards and alleyways of the sleeping city. He's all about busting in and getting out with as much as possible except where Donette is concerned. He'd like nothing better than to be with her and be a father to her son, but she's got her own plans. Milk's other main concerns are keeping up with his life of theft and dealing with Natalie, the disarmingly beautiful 14-year old jail bait daughter of his landlord. When an ill-fated break in goes tragically wrong and he is caught in a compromised position with Natalie Milk learns the life he's living comes with a heavy price.
Genres: ,Actors: Akiko Hiramatsu (actress), Jacob Grimm (writer), Wataru Takagi (actor), Yuri Amano (actress), Akiko Hiramatsu (actress), Takehito Koyasu (actor), Kôzô Shioya (actor), Kôzô Shioya (actor), Wilhelm Grimm (writer), Hiroshi Naka (actor), Tsutomu Kashiwakura (actor), Katsumi Suzuki (actor), Mari Yokô (actress), Tetsuya Iwanaga (actor), Yûko Sasaki (actress),
Genres: ,Academy Award nominee Gus Van Sant directs Academy Award winner Sean Penn as gay rights icon Harvey Milk. Mr. Milk (1930-1978) was an activist and politician, and the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in America; in 1977, he was voted to the city supervisors board of San Francisco. The following year, both he and the citys mayor George Moscone were shot to death by another city supervisor, Dan White. Mr. Milk was previously the subject of the Academy Award-winning documentary feature The Times of Harvey Milk, but Milk filmed on location in San Francisco is the first non-documentary feature to explore the mans life and career.
[from Wikipedia] Milk is a 2008 American biographical film based on the life of gay rights activist and politician Harvey Milk, who was the first openly gay person to be elected to public office in California, as a member of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors. Directed by Gus Van Sant and written by Dustin Lance Black, the film stars Sean Penn as Milk and Josh Brolin as Dan White, a city supervisor who assassinated Milk. The film was released to much acclaim and earned numerous accolades from film critics and guilds. Ultimately, it received eight Academy Award nominations, including Best Picture, winning two for Best Actor in a Leading Role for Penn and Best Original Screenplay for Black.
Sean Penn stars in this biopic of pioneering gay San Francisco politician Harvey Milk. Directed by Gus Van Sant.
Milk is one of those wonderful films where everything is just right, and you realise that every department is at the top of their game. Sean Penn won an Oscar for his moving performance, and Dustin Lance Black won for his excellent script. Danny Elfman was also nominated, for his wonderful music, and this is one of my favourite brief but heavenly pieces he composed. Starring Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, James Franco, Diego Luna, Alison Pill, Victor Garber and Josh Brolin. Written by Dustin Lance Black and directed by the incredible Gus Van Sant. Music by Danny Elfman.
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Sean Penn winning the Best Actor Oscar® for his performance in "Milk." Presented by former Oscar winners Robert De Niro, Adrien Brody, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Douglas and Ben Kingsley. 81st Annual Academy Awards®.
http://TrailerHits.com is the first and only show that reviews the film by the trailer. Is "Milk" a trailer HIT? or a trailer MISS? Find out NOW! After moving to San Francisco, the middle-aged New Yorker, Harvey Milk, became a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he was elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, making him the first openly gay man to be elected to public office in the USA. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, were shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blamed his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. --IMDB Distributed by Tubemogul.
Milk, milk, milk
So good, so warm and white
Milk, milk, milk
Makes everything seem right