Summary

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.

Cast

Sean Penn … Harvey Milk

Josh Brolin … Dan White

Emile Hirsch … Cleve Jones

James Franco … Scott Smith

Diego Luna … Jack Lira

Brandon Boyce … Jim Rivaldo

Kelvin Yu … Michael Wong

Lucas Grabeel … Danny Nicoletta

Alison Pill … Anne Kronenberg

Victor Garber … Mayor George Moscone

Release Dates

USA 29 October 2008 (San Francisco, California) (premiere)

USA 26 November 2008 (limited)

Russia 4 December 2008

USA 5 December 2008

UK 16 January 2009

Netherlands 22 January 2009

Australia 29 January 2009

Romania 30 January 2009

Spain 6 February 2009