Movie
Milk
Overview
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.
Details
- Release date
- 2008-11-05
- Runtime
- 128 min
- Genres
- History, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Focus Features, Axon Films, Groundswell Productions, Jinks/Cohen Company
- Country
- United States of America
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Sean Penn as Harvey Milk
- Emile Hirsch as Cleve Jones
- Josh Brolin as Dan White
- Diego Luna as Jack Lira
- James Franco as Scott Smith
- Alison Pill as Anne Kronenberg
- Victor Garber as Mayor Moscone
- Denis O'Hare as John Briggs
- Joseph Cross as Dick Pabich
- Stephen Spinella as Rick Stokes
- Boyd Holbrook as Denton Smith
- Lucas Grabeel as Danny Nicoletta
Crew
- Gus Van Sant - Director
- Dustin Lance Black - Writer
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