DVD, Videorecording, Projected Medium, Visual Materials

Milk / Focus Features presents ; in association with Axon Films ; a Groundswell production ; a Jinks/Cohen Company production ; produced by Dan Jinks and Bruce Cohen ; written by Dustin Lance Black ; directed by Gus Van Sant.

Widescreen edition

Universal City, Calif. : Universal Studios Home Entertainment, [2009]

1 videodisc (129 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequence ; 4 3/4 in.

plastic

4 3/4 in.

digital

optical

videodisc

NTSC

video file

DVD video

region 1 rdare

Harvey Milk is a middle-aged New Yorker who, after moving to San Francisco, becomes a Gay Rights activist and city politician. On his third attempt, he is elected to San Francisco's Board of Supervisors in 1977, the first openly-gay man to be elected to public office in the United States. The following year, both he and the city's mayor, George Moscone, are shot to death by former city supervisor, Dan White, who blames his former colleagues for denying White's attempt to rescind his resignation from the board. Based on the true story of Harvey Milk.

Originally produced as a motion picture in 2008.

"Based on a the true story"--Container

Widescreen 1.85:1.

Special features: deleted scenes (4 min.); Remembering Harvey (14 min.); Hollywood comes to San Francisco (15 min.); Marching for equality (8 min.).

Director of photography, Harris Savides ; editor, Elliot Graham ; music, Danny Elfman.

Sean Penn, Emile Hirsch, Josh Brolin, Diego Luna, Alison Pill, Victor Garber, Denis O'Hare, Joseph Cross, Stephen Spinella, James Franco.

DVD, NTSC, region 1, dual layer, anamorphic widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital 5.1 surround.

For private home use only.

English or dubbed French dialogue; optional French or Spanish subtitles; optional subtitles in English for the deaf and hearing impaired [SDH].

Academy Awards, 2009: Best Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role (Sean Penn) ; Best Writing, Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black)

Screen Actors Guild Awards, 2009: Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Leading Role (Sean Penn)

Writers Gild of America, 2009: Best Original Screenplay (Dustin Lance Black); Paul Selvin Honorary Award (Dustin Lance Black)

Academy Awards, 2009: Best Actor in a Leading Role, Best Original Screenplay

MPAA rating: R; for language, some sexual content and brief violence.

Focus Features four-star collection

Focus Features four-star collection.

Milk, Harvey -- Drama.

Moscone, George, 1929-1978 -- Drama.

White, Dan, 1946-1985 -- Drama.

San Francisco (Calif.). Board of Supervisors -- Drama.

Gay rights -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

Gay politicians -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

Political campaigns -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

Election districts -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

Assassination -- California -- San Francisco -- Drama.

Historical films.

Biographical films.

LGBTQ+ films.

Biographical films.

Historical films.

Feature films.

Gay films.

Fiction films.

Political films.

Video recordings for the hearing impaired.

Van Sant, Gus, film director.

Jinks, Dan, film producer.

Cohen, Bruce, 1961- film producer.

Black, Dustin Lance, screenwriter.

Penn, Sean, 1960- actor.

Hirsch, Emile, 1985- actor.

Brolin, Josh, actor.

Luna, Diego, 1979- actor.

Franco, James, 1978- actor.

Pill, Alison, 1985- actor.

Garber, Victor, actor.

O'Hare, Denis, 1962- actor.

Cross, Joseph, 1986- actor.

Spinella, Stephen, actor.

Elfman, Danny, composer.

Savides, Harris, 1957-2012, cinematographer.

Graham, Elliot, 1976- film editor.

Focus Features, presenter.

Axon Video (Firm), presenter.

Groundswell Productions, production company.

Jinks/Cohen Company, production company.

Universal Studios Home Entertainment (Firm), publisher.

Container of (work): Milk (Motion picture : 2008)

Container of (expression): Milk (Motion picture : 2008). French.

Special features: Anamorphic widescreen version -- Deleted scenes -- Remembering Harvey -- Hollywood comes to San Francisco -- Marching for equality -- Language: English Dolby digital 5.1 ; French Dolby digital 5.1 -- Subtitles: English SDH, Spanish, French.

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