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Milk

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Milk
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R,2hrs 7min
Genre:
Drama
Released:
January 9, 2009
Director:
Gus Van Sant
Distributor:
Focus Features
Starring:
Sean Penn, Josh Brolin, Emile Hirsch  ...more
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Synopsis: Academy Award winner Sean Penn takes the title role in Gus Van Sant's biopic tracing the last eight years in the life of Harvey Milk, the ill-fated politician and gay activist whose life changed history, and whose courage still inspires people. When Milk was elected to the San Francisco Board of Supervisors in 1977, he made history for being the first openly gay man in American history to be voted into public office. But the rights of homosexuals weren't Milk's primary concern, as tellingly evidenced ... Full Synopsis
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Ann Hornaday, Washington Post
What makes Milk extraordinary isn't just that it's a nuanced, stirring portrait of one of the 20th century's most pivotal figures, but that it's also a nuanced, stirring portrait of the thousands of people he energized. Full Review
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Universal Acclaim
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Based on 39 critic reviews
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Diego Luna promotes "Milk" in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2008.
Diego Luna promotes "Milk" in Los Angeles on Oct. 28, 2008.
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Emile Hirsch and mother Margaret Davenport at Focus Features' Los Angeles Premiere of 'MILK' on...
Emile Hirsch and mother Margaret Davenport at Focus Features' Los Angeles Premiere of 'MILK' on...
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